Head of Pharmacy – Workforce Development Team

Global Healthcare Jobs, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency looking for an experienced and dedicated Head of Pharmacy to work in St Helier on a full-time basis.

The salary for this permanent Head of Pharmacy job is £74,599.69 – £85,476.52 per annum.

Duties:

• Lead, manage and develop the Pharmacy Education and Training programme, to deliver a high- quality education, learning and development service aligned to the strategic intent and workforce need in relation to pharmaceutical care provision across Health and Community Services (HCS)
• Act as the department’s strategic lead for workforce development
• Lead the development of long-term plans for learning, strategies, and training programmes to meet the future strategic direction and needs of Pharmacy staff across HCS
• Work with the Chief Pharmacist and other senior leadership colleagues to develop a strategy for the training, development, and utilisation of pharmacist prescribers across HCS
• Lead and promote opportunities for pharmacy professional education and learning across HCS and in collaboration with other care sectors, to ensure that they are maximised and programmed enabling the best use of resources and joint learning
• Lead strategically on the long-term operational planning for the continued sustainable delivery of a pharmacy professional workforce and develop opportunities for the delivery of a home- grown workforce wherever possible, which ensures fairness and equity
• Develop, manage, implement, and evaluate education and training policies / procedures for Pharmacy, providing high quality professional supervision and mentorship of clinical pharmacists, Independent Prescriber Pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pre-registration pharmacists, MSc students and pharmacy undergraduates

Requirements of the Head of Pharmacy:

• Vocational four-year master’s degree in pharmacy
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (obtained by completing one-year post- graduate pre-registration training followed by passing the General Pharmaceutical Council registration examination)
• Post-graduate MSc or Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy
• Non-medical prescribing qualification
• Post graduate teaching qualification
• Expert understanding of therapeutics and all aspects of medicines used within all clinical services
• Knowledge of and ability to apply all aspects of regulatory legislation and guidelines to hospital pharmacy
• Knowledge of appraisal processes
• Ability to prioritise competing demands and manage own time effectively for successful delivery
• Proven and sustained track record of contribution to the development of policy and practice in teaching and learning support
• Post- registration experience in hospital practice, including in a senior pharmacy role

Contact:

This Head of Pharmacy job is advertised by Craig Osborne; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Global Healthcare Jobs is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award. Global Healthcare Jobstakes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Global Healthcare Jobsis best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.