Associate Director of Pharmacy - Patient Care

Due to the promotion of the current post holder, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic pharmacy professional to lead on our patient focussed services.

You will be responsible for leadership, development, operational delivery and service evaluation in these services: clinical pharmacy; education, training and workforce development; patient safety and quality; medicines information; and medicines commissioning.

You will work closely with Director of Pharmacy and the Associate Director of Pharmacy, Patient Services in the overall delivery of medicines optimisation and pharmacy services, in addition to senior clinicians, nurses, allied health professionals, managers and executives both within and outside of the Trust.

Supporting the Trusts aim of striving for excellence and to achieve excellent patient experience each and every time, you will contribute to the implementation of the Medicines Optimisation & Pharmacy Services strategy, working with other leaders in your teams to promote and evaluate new service models to benefit patient care and experience. You must be highly experienced at a senior management level with a comprehensive understanding of systems relevant to the practice of hospital pharmacy. You will possess business planning and project management skills. As a natural motivator of staff, you will have the drive to innovate, implementing and evaluating new ways of working.,

• To work with the Director of Pharmacy to ensure the Trust-wide delivery of safe, effective and efficient Medicines Optimisation & Pharmacy Services to patients and other service users in the Trust.


• As a member of the Medicines Optimisation & Pharmacy Services Senior Leadership Team, to assist in leading the development of Medicines Optimisation & Pharmacy Services throughout the Trust.


• To manage Medicines Optimisation & Pharmacy Services staff throughout the Trust who are involved in providing services or supporting projects within the areas of responsibility of the Associate Director of Pharmacy, Patient Care.


• To work with the Director of Pharmacy in ensuring objectives are met for Medicines Optimisation & Pharmacy Services.


• The Associate Director of Pharmacy, Patient Care will be responsible for the following areas of the Medicines Optimisation & Pharmacy Services:

o Clinical Pharmacy;
o Patient Safety and Quality;
o Medicines commissioning;
o Medicines Information;
o Education, training and workforce development;
oProfessional secretary to the Medicines Optimisation Group.

We provide care and support to over a million people in Wakefield and Kirklees in their homes, community settings and across our three hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury and Pinderfields (Wakefield).

Always striving for excellence, we are at the forefront of innovation and research, and we invest in teaching and the development of our workforce.

We live by our values of caring, improving, being respectful and maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim to make Mid Yorkshire the best place to work and receive care.

We value diversity and welcome talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances including providing unpaid carers support to someone with a health and care need. As ethnic minority groups, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and people with a disability/neurodivergence are currently under-represented across the organisation, we encourage applications from members of these groups. We have policies and procedures to ensure all applicants are treated fairly and consistently.

We are proud of our staff networks - who offer valuable guidance and feedback from those with lived experience.

We have a clear vision and you could be part of this! If you share our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families and carers, we would love to hear from you.