Director of Pharmacy & Medicines Management

☞ Countess of Chester Hospital

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Update day: 04-06-2024

Location: Chester North West

Category: Health / Medical Care

Industry: Hospitals Health Care

Position: Director

Job type: Full-time

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for an exceptional, creative and dynamic leader with a proven track record of clinical services delivery and innovation. The successful candidate with provide strategic, clinical and professional leadership for the development of pharmacy services within The Countess of Chester Hospital and Cheshire West Place.As a key member of the Trust’s Senior Management Team you will work closely with clinical and management colleagues to deliver the vision for Pharmacy services developing and delivering innovative, high quality patient care.The Postholder Will
  • Provide strategic leadership in medicines management within the Trust and across the health economy to ensure services provided are progressive, responsive to internal and external demand, patient focused, safe and efficient.
  • Be responsible for the professional leadership, management, and development of the pharmaceutical services at COCH and Cheshire West Place, and those provided via SLA to the Backford Hospice and Virgin Care.
  • Provide expert advice to the Board and other senior officers on all medicines management and optimisation issues.
  • Hold statutory and ethical responsibility for ensuring safe systems are in operation for the ordering, prescription, dispensing, storage, and administration of medicines.
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust consists of a 600 bedded large District General Hospital, which provides its services on the Countess of Chester Health Park, and a 64 bedded Intermediate Care Service at Ellesmere Port Hospital.The Trust provides services in all of the surgical and medical specialties common to a District General Hospital with some specialist services. The Trust serves the whole of the local population currently in excess of 250,000 residents which geographically covers populations in England and North Wales.The Trust strives to continuously improve and sustain the quality of its services for patients, providing care to more than 445,000 patients per year, with almost 4,000 staff working together putting quality and patient safety, at the heart of everything we do. The organisation provides a wide range of services offering health care to the whole spectrum of the population from birth to the end of life. The Trust complies with its terms of authorisation as a Foundation Trust.For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Cathy Chadwick Job title: Chief Operating Officer Email address: cathy.chadwick1@nhs.net Telephone number: 01244 363248To discuss the role further please contact Cathy Chadwick, Chief Operating Officer or Nigel Scawn, Medical Director
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Deadline: 19-07-2024

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