Job Title

The primary role of this post is to lead and provide a comprehensive, high-quality clinical pharmacy service to Women’s Health and Maternity Services at the Trust. This includes delivering high-quality, cost-effective, safe, efficient, and timely pharmacy services for patients and wards within your specialty.

• Responsibilities:

  • Develop and advise on pharmacy services that affect the phases of a UHCW patient’s journey.
  • Work with teams across the Trust and outside to ensure our patients' medications are managed well.
  • Screen all TTOs at ward level, supporting the Women’s and Maternity wards.
  • Lead/organize a pharmacy team to meet the demands of the service.
  • Develop and monitor key performance indicators that are patient outcome-orientated.
  • Work with Clinical Service Leads, the pharmacy governance team, other clinical pharmacists, and the Operational team to ensure a suitably trained and equipped team of pharmacists and technicians are well led to provide ward-based, patient-centered models of care in Women’s Health.

• Requirements:

  • Work within our Women’s and Children’s Pharmacy Team and provide cross cover for the Senior Pharmacist.
  • Build the required competencies to provide pharmacy services to Neonatal and Paediatrics in addition to Women’s Health in order to achieve this.
  • Provide effective clinical and medicines management service to patients in your areas at the Trust.
  • Lead, develop, and deliver education and training in the pharmaceutical aspects of Women's Health and Maternity to other healthcare professionals.
  • Manage more junior rotational staff allocated to your areas including aspects of day-to-day line management and acting as a diploma tutor/designated supervisor as needed.
  • Identify areas within Women's Health and Maternity services where improvements in both quality and cost effectiveness of pharmaceutical care and prescribing may be encouraged.