POST TITLE:Lead EPMA and Informatics Specialist Pharmacist
GRADE/SCALE/SALARY:Band 8a (plus EDC)
BASE:Prospect Park Hospital, Reading
This is an established role offering exciting opportunities to shape and drive the Berkshire Healthcare Clinical Informatics vision. You will get autonomy, variation and the chance to further develop your leadership skills. You will work in a forward thinking GDE Trust that has adopted a quality improvement (QI) programme which aims to help everyone deliver the best possible care to our patients, recognising that “better never stops”.
As the PharmacyInformaticsLead, you will be expected torepresentpharmacy at external supplier meetings and high-level Trust meetings, including liaising closely with the Trust Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO). You will need to have a proventrack recordof implementing change.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer.We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
• Free parking across Trust sites
The “must haves” for this role:
You need to be dynamic, innovative and proactive, using your specialist knowledge to prioritise and target service improvement and best use of the system.
If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, join us and let’s be outstanding together.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Carl Partridge, Chief Pharmacist, on 07799 861823 or email:carl.partridge@berkshire.nhs.ukwho’ll be delighted to help.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
This advert closes on Wednesday 3 Jan 2024
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