Superintendent Pharmacist

CHS is an exceptional place to work with many amazing teams of hard working and dedicated staff, delivering high standards of estates, facilities, clinical engineering and procurement services to Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust and other customers.
The Trust itself is currently reconfiguring its services, supported by £196.5m of capital funding from the Department of Health and Social Care to invest in local health services at both Calderdale Royal Hospital (CRH) and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary (HRI).
The Person:
Directly accountable to the Clinical Director of Pharmacy for all outpatient dispensary services, you will provide a specialised outpatient dispensing service, providing highly specialist advice and expertise to clinical staff and patients.
You will advise CHS Board of local and national developments/recommendations and their impact in relation to Medicines Management and be responsible for safe and secure medicines practice including patient education.
You will provide expert advice and ensure all staff have appropriate opportunities and support for training and development and are acting in accordance with the Code of Ethics and requirements of the (GPhC)., To ensure the safe, efficient and effective delivery of all aspects of the out-patient dispensary service in accordance with national and local standards.
To have delegated budgetary accountability for ordering and management of all medicines within the outpatient dispensary.
To advise CHS Board on appropriate workforce plans, providing sufficient staff who are trained and competent for their role.
To provide leadership and expert advice, acting as a role model for the staff and for the business.
§ To fulfil the regulatory and statutory responsibilities as required by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) and Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).
§ To develop a high quality, safe and timely outpatient dispensary service for patients.
§ To develop effective working relationships with prescribers.
§ To ensure the optimisation and development of the overall profitability of the business.
§ To report progress against KPIs to the Board each month., At CHS we understand the differences in delivering our services in complex environments and we have a flexible approach to meet the needs of our customers. Our Estates and Facilities management functions alongside our Clinical Engineering, Decontamination and Procurement service, provides the following:
+ Fully managed estate and building maintenance
+ Clinical engineering/equipment maintenance/ decontamination
+ Procurement advice, guidance and governance
+ Capital project management
+ Transport
+ Grounds maintenance.
+ Portering
+ Catering
+ Cleaning (including robot and deep cleaning), Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/education history over the last three years and include valid email addresses for them. CHS will request electronic Factual Employment References from your previous employers. These references will be requested before you are issued with an unconditional offer of employment letter.
If applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred third-party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through NHS Jobs, and furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent to us via NHS Jobs. If you have a query relating to your application, please contact the recruitment team on [email protected].
If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system. The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.
You may be required to undertake a DBS. The Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £42.90, Standard £22.90 or Basic £22.90) from your salary when you commence in post (including Internal staff). For Enhanced and Standard DBS checks you will also be required to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £13 cost per year. This is a condition of your employment.
CHS is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.

Calderdale & Huddersfield Solutions Ltd is a dynamic and successful organisation with a strong organisational and personal development focus. With over 450 employees and a turnover of £100 million, the company provides a comprehensive range of Estates, Facilities and Procurement services.

CHS is able to offer a wide range of services. Our scale enables us to offer competitive rates and we have a long track record of providing high quality, customer-focused services.
We offer comprehensive estates, facilities management, medical engineering, catering solutions and procurement services supporting the provision of safe, effective healthcare to our communities. We are committed to delivering our Green Plan goals of reducing carbon emissions, air pollution, waste generation and improving recycling throughout delivery of our services. We also enable profit to go back into patient care.
CHS recognises that its staff are its greatest asset and that its business is its people. The company aims to create an environment and culture of openness, trust and honesty. We encourage and celebrate diversity because broader perspectives, skills, experience and knowledge will enrich and enhance the value we bring to each other, our clients, shareholders and other stakeholders.