Job summary
Care to join us? If you are looking for your next leadership step you could be our perfect candidate for one of our Divisional Team Lead roles! Our four Divisional Lead Pharmacists together with their directorate leads form the leadership team for the OUH Clinical Pharmacy Service. Reporting to the Associate Director of Pharmacy (Clinical Services), they play a key role in delivering the Pharmacy and Sterile Services Directorate's vision by engaging their own teams and their wider divisional team to deliver our goals and objectives.

This is an interim post for 12 months, so offers the ideal opportunity to test if a senior leadership role is for you, and to gain new experiences for your portfolio.

You will be responsible for pharmacy services to our Neurosciences, Orthopaedics, Trauma, Specialist Surgery, Children and Neonates Division, which consists of the following Directorates; Neurosciences, Specialist Surgery, Trauma & Orthopaedics, Children's, Ophthalmology, Major Trauma & Theatres. The soon to open Surgical Elective Centre also forms part of the division's services.

Main duties of the job
The Divisional Lead Pharmacists act as role models in terms of Trust values and behaviours as well as clinical expertise. The post-holder will lead and manage, the delivery of an exemplary clinical pharmacy service to their division, in accordance with national standards and strategy.

About us
Oxford, the "city of dreaming spires" is world renowned, and contains the oldest university in the English-speaking world. It has a variety of famous monuments and buildings, cultural landmarks and historical artefacts, including the notorious Headington Shark. With close links to London and Birmingham and the picturesque Cotswolds within easy reach, Oxford offers that escape-from-the-city atmosphere without compromising on availability to the big city attractions.

Our pharmacy team pride themselves on delivering excellent and compassionate care, acting with integrity and respect, for the benefit of patients within the trust. Our leadership team align to the Trusts Divisional and Directorate structure and includes eight consultant pharmacists across various specialities. We focus on delivering the best clinical training and opportunity for learning, while simultaneously striving to improve pharmaceutical services.

Job responsibilities
This role maintains a key relationship between their division and the pharmacy directorate to ensure excellent medicine management and the delivery of patient focussed medicines optimisation. The divisional lead is an integral member of the divisional management team, providing expert advice on pharmaceutical matters and taking responsibility for ensuring medicines management and pharmacy services are considered and and any risks mitigated in all developments within the division. The post-holder will need to balance the demands of human resource management, medicines governance and safety, antimicrobial stewardship and cost-effective use of medicines and resources.

Full details are in the attached job description.

Person Specification
Essential

• GPhC Registration
• Post Gradualte Diploma/MSc or equivalnet
• Leadership Qualification or Training
• Broad clinical or directorate pharmacy provision
• Experience leading change
• Incident investigation and risk management
• Deliver of cost improvement/reduction

Desirable

• Teaching qualification
• COaching qualification
• RPS credentialing/ faculty
• Recent clinical expereince within Divisions sepciality
• Policy development

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.