Lead Pharmacist - Workforce Development (One Herefordshire Pharmacy)

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Wye Valley NHS Trust would like to recruit an exceptional forward- thinking, highly motivated pharmacist to lead of the strategy for pharmacy workforce development, education and training. This position will be based at Hereford County Hospital but there is a requirement to collaborate with other organisations representing One Herefordshire Pharmacy.

One Herefordshire includes Wye Valley NHS Trust, Taurus Healthcare, Herefordshire & Worcestershire NHS Trust (Herefordshire – Mental Health) and Community Pharmacy in Herefordshire

This is a new position and is an exciting opportunity to lead the training and development of our enthusiastic team including clinical and technical staff.

Our intention is to ensure every staff member has the opportunity to develop and reach their full potential including working across the interface at both pre and post registration level.

We will also support your career development to enable you to effectively support our team and create a compelling vision of how the future might be and creating a culture of empowerment and exciting opportunities for development.

The post holder will be responsible for workforce development including managing the pharmacy education and training team, developing a workforce development strategy.

The post holder will act as a role model for education and training and use their specialist knowledge to develop our team of staff.

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT and the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.

More than 3,000 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”

Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.

For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.