Job Description

Are you looking for a work-life balance where you won't have weekend, on-call or bank holiday working commitments but still do something rewarding and challenging? Are you proactive, flexible, agile in your work approach? If so, we're looking for you to join our well-respected medicines management team to lead on Children and Young People (C&YP) services across the Trust. This role is broad and includes covering some adult/specialist services, but its focus is on C&YP services



We use electronic patient records and electronic Medicines Administration Records (eMAR) within C&YP services and Electronic Prescribing & Medicines Administration (EPMA) within our adult Intermediate Care Units (training provided).



We're committed to ensure our pharmacists who wish to gain an independent prescribing qualification are given the opportunity to do so in a fair and equitable way.



Full time hours are 37.5 hours per week (general office hours) Flexible working arrangements may be discussed but will require you to work a minimum 22.5 hours per week over 3 days. Hybrid working from home and Trust locations is supported, and there are split roles within the Trust.



This role is based at Brighton General Hospital and involves a regular presence at Chailey Heritage Foundation and occasional travel to Crawley Hospital and other sites across Sussex.



You will work with other pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and assistants, as well as other members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure the delivery of a high quality and effective medicines management service to our Children and Young People and specialist services. You will be involved in the development of pharmacy staff and C&YP service. You will support the medicines management team as needed with a clinical service to adult bedded units.



You will take the lead role within the Medicines Management Team, across the whole of Trust, for the particular areas of Children and Young People and Specialist services in accordance with experience, previous knowledge and personal development plan. This may include developing policy and service developments. You will require excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills, and a proactive "can do approach", together with good clinical skills and knowledge. The ability to travel within the Trust's foot-print is essential



We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.



Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.



Why work for us?

Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussex Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement Excellent training, development, and research opportunities Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast

Our values -- Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence --guide everything we do.



We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.



This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.



The Medicines Management team is ambitious for its service and staff. We are supporting foundation pharmacist trainees and pre-registration pharmacy technicians. We have supported some of our pharmacists to gain a prescribing qualification or management qualifications.



The Medicines Management Team provides input into a range of medicines optimisation services including to Rheumatology, Children and Young People and Pro-active care, Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes, Virtual Wards and this supports developmental and learning as well as progression opportunities.



See attached and Person Specification for further information