Job role/areas of responsibility

• Provides strategic and professional leadership for the pharmacy department and medicines across the Trust.
• Ensuring the safe, effective and economical use of medicines, maximising the beneficial impact of medicines on patients whilst minimising the risk of adverse reactions. This encompasses prescribing, administration, monitoring, supply to clinical areas, procurement and storage of medicines, making sure that this is in line with legislation, regulations and national and professional standards.
• Ensures effective pharmacy services across the Trust, which incorporates the dispensary, distribution, aseptics, Medicines Information, homecare, procurement, clinical pharmacy team, clinical trials, etc.
• Maintain and strengthen the governance of medicines and the pharmacy service.