Pharmacy Manager

Pharmacy Manager

York Hospital | Pharmacy | Permanent | Full Time

Up to £61,250 per annum dependent on skills and experience

37.5 hours per week

As a Pharmacy Manager, you will:

• Provide leadership and advice on medicines management to ensure that processes across all clinical departments throughout the hospital are safe, cost effective and legal and are supported by up-to-date policies, procedures and guidelines. This will include chairing the Medicines Management Forum on a quarterly basis.
• Provide expert clinical input into oncology treatment pathways and medicines optimisation.
• Be responsible for leading, motivating and effectively managing the pharmacy team by providing excellent leadership.
• As the Antimicrobial Stewardship Lead, optimise the management of antimicrobials to minimise the occurrence of hospital acquired infections by ensuring pharmacy adherence to up to date policies, guidelines and systems of work. Undertake regular audit of this in conjunction with the IP nurse / nurse team.
• Ensure the pharmacy team undertake daily ward rounds reconciling medication for new inpatients; counselling patients; managing PODs and checking for relevant allergies, adverse drug reactions and contra‑indications to treatment, ensuring all medicines prescribed are clinically appropriate in line with national and/or local policies and guidelines.

As a Pharmacy Manager, you will have:

• Be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Significant oncology pharmacy experience (hospital or specialist setting).
• Postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy or oncology (essential).
• Experience of working in a clinical setting as a Pharmacist is essential.
• Leadership / managerial experience in a Pharmacy setting.
• An awareness and knowledge of Oncology Pharmacy.
• Share evidence based practices with colleagues to enhance service and standards.
• The ability to make decisions and use your initiative.
• Strong communication skills.
• Passion to deliver excellent care in a rewarding and emotionally challenging environment.

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We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. You can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and wellness rewards, such as a free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health we take care of what’s important to you.

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