Lead Outpatient Pharmacist inGateshead inGateshead PUBLISHED THU 7 NOV 2024

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Leadership Role, As the Lead Outpatient Pharmacist, you have the opportunity to lead and mentor a team of pharmacists, shaping the work environment and professional development of your colleagues.

Impact on Patient Care, The role is focused on delivering high-quality, patient-centered pharmacy services, allowing you to directly contribute to patient health outcomes.

Regulatory Compliance, You'll play a key role in ensuring that the pharmacy meets all legal and regulatory standards, enhancing your professional expertise and understanding of compliance issues.

Professional Development, The position involves overseeing the induction and recruitment of new pharmacists, offering a chance to shape the next generation of pharmacy professionals.

Governance and Quality Assurance, You'll support the governance structure by conducting internal checks and managing incident reports, providing a comprehensive understanding of quality assurance in pharmacy practices.

Strategic Impact, You will engage with the QE Facilities Pharmacy strategy and contribute to business development efforts, enhancing both your leadership skills and understanding of pharmacy operations within a healthcare setting.

The Lead Outpatient Pharmacist at QE Facilities in Gateshead is responsible for supporting the Head of Pharmacy by ensuring that regulatory standards are adhered to while promoting the development of Outpatient Dispensary (OPD) and Homecare services. This role involves leading a team to deliver high-quality, patient-focused pharmacy services, coordinating daily pharmacy activities, overseeing complaints and incidents investigations, and ensuring compliance through governance checks. The Lead Pharmacist will also participate in recruitment, train new team members, develop key performance indicators (KPIs), and assist in writing Standard Operating Procedures.

In addition to these responsibilities, the Lead Pharmacist will serve as a link between staff and the Superintendent Pharmacist, ensuring that any issues are reported and addressed appropriately. This role requires strong leadership skills to manage team dynamics, promote a culture of safety and learning, and align with the overall objectives of QE Facilities Pharmacy. The ideal candidate must be a GPhC registered pharmacist with a commitment to upholding legal and regulatory standards while fostering a supportive and efficient working environment.

The Lead Pharmacist will support the Head of Pharmacy with delegated superintendent duties to ensure regulatory standards are met and bolster the ongoing business development of the Outpatient Dispensary (OPD) and Homecare services. Co-ordinate on delivery of pharmacy services by leading the teams with ownership to deliver a compliant, safe and effective service leading with quality through the governance structure.

1. Lead the teams to support the delivery of services daily at a high quality, patient focused service. Plan and co-ordinate Pharmacist resource to associated daily activities.

2. Lead on Pharmacy Complaints and Incidents investigations providing timely reports and escalation to the Superintendent Pharmacist. Support with completion and directing of Corrective Actions and Follow Up stages.

3. Undertake and oversee the induction of all newly appointment Pharmacist team members.

4. Support with recruitment to shortlist and interview Pharmacist candidates.

5. To work towards the delivery of the QEF Pharmacy Key Performance Indicators (KPI) targets and develop and promote stretch targets.

6. Support the completion of monthly internal Governance Checks.

7. Support the Superintendent Pharmacist to deliver risk assessment action plans and support the Change Control process.

8. Assist in the writing of Standard Operating Procedures including adjustment to existing and creating new documents.

9. Support the Superintendent Pharmacist to submit the monthly KPI reports.

10. Support and develop action plans as a result of system non-conformance incident reports.

11. Understand the QE Facilities Pharmacy and QE Facilities Business strategy and objectives.

12. Agree individual objectives at appraisal and performance review meetings with line manager.

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1. Ability to work as a Responsible Pharmacist and promote the legal and regulatory standards of a GPhC registered Pharmacy.

2. Understand the individual role and responsibilities of all staff engaged in the registered Pharmacy and understand when to report issues to the Superintendent Pharmacist.

3. Demonstrate leadership of the Pharmacist team and co-ordinate annual leave requests, sickness absence, appraisal and performance management.

4. Understand the principle of safer care and promote a just culture environment for error reporting and learning from previous pharmacy incidents.

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1. Can you describe your experience in leading a pharmacy team? What strategies do you use to ensure high-quality, patient-focused services?

2. How do you approach the induction process for newly appointed pharmacists? What key elements do you think are essential for a successful onboarding?

3. Can you discuss a time when you had to manage a conflict within your team? How did you resolve it?

4. What is your approach to ensuring that all pharmacy services meet regulatory standards? Can you provide an example of a challenge you've faced in this area?

5. How do you ensure compliance with internal governance checks? What steps do you take if an issue is identified?

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