Pharmacy Emergency Planning & Business Continuity Lead

The post holder will work in the Pharmacy Emergency Planning and Business Development Team to help provide professional and strategic leadership advice to the Chief Pharmacist, and the Trust, on contingency planning as necessary within Pharmacy to manage a range of emergencies. They will be responsible for helping develop business continuity plans, preparing and conducting exercises to train staff as needed, and completing after action reviews post incidents. The post holder will also support and deputise for the Principal Pharmacist for Emergency Planning and Business Development and in the completion of transformation work ensuring that departmental functions continue to meet business needs.

Responsibilities

• Helping develop and implement plans within Pharmacy, aligned with Trust Policy, to handle a range of emergency situations including major incidents, pandemics & extremes of weather.
• Planning, preparing and conducting exercises in the department to ensure staff can carry on functioning in the event of an emergency and are familiar with Trust & Departmental procedures.
• Responding to incidents, helping assess the situation and level of response required liaising directly with the Chief Pharmacist, other Deputy Chief Pharmacists as required and / or Trust Site Team.
• To develop and coordinate the implementation of Pharmacy Business Continuity Plans alongside the EP team.
• Helping to track agreed quality standards and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for any new service/ business developments in the department.
• To undertake an active role in generating research to support the emergency planning portfolio within pharmacy.
• To work closely with the Pharmacy Procurement and Distribution Team in ensuring inventory management can be upheld and extended in event of any incident this includes the management of acute medication shortages.
• To support the Medication Safety Team with activities aligned to emergency planning and also attend the Patient Safety Incident Review Framework (PSIRF) meetings, as the EP representative.

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