Head of Clinical Pharmacy Services

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Trust in Kings Lynn is excited to announce a fantastic opportunity within our pharmacy team. Are you anenthusiastic and motivated pharmacist with strong leadership and communication skills, a track record of change management and service improvement with excellent operational management skills.

The Head of Clinical Pharmacy Services will provide clinical and strategic leadership for the clinical team, working to develop a culture which enables clinical colleagues to flourish and provide the highest standards of care for our patients.

You will be part of planning our new QEH, opening in 2030. We look forward to bringing this state-of-the-art health care facility to King's Lynn and West Norfolk - which is nothing less than our patients, local communities and staff deserve.

Our friendly team appreciate the lifestyle in beautiful West Norfolk where you can enjoy the Norfolk coastline - officially designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, fantastic beaches or Pensthorpe Natural Park on your doorstep, not forgetting the amazing Norfolk skys. King's Lynn has an impressive historic centre with 15th and 18th century architecture and charming cobbled streets.

Main duties of the job

Lead and manage the pharmacy clinical team, providing leadership and support, clinical supervision, quality service delivery and delivery of performance standards.

Lead the clinical pharmacy service development at an operational & strategic level.

Strategically lead the pharmacy departments clinical audit programme and support team members to develop improvement and action plans to effect change.

Be part of the pharmacy senior leadership team and contribute to business development projects within the Trust including cost saving initiatives, liaising with the senior multidisciplinary teams within the Trust and external organisations.

Lead department and trust level quality Improvement programmes, such as Improvements to the discharge process to Improve patient experience and effectively manage resources.

Collaboratively represent pharmacy and be part of the team delivering strategic, large scale digital Improvement, leading the pharmacy deliverables

Oversee the Pharmacy's Education and Training programme for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, trainee foundation pharmacists, pre-registration pharmacy technicians and all members of the pharmacy team.

Deputise for the Chief Pharmacist on clinical and staff management issues and act as the senior Pharmacy representative at relevant clinical meetings (internal & external).

Be accountable for the out of hours and on-call service and participate In the senior rota provision

There's never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We're working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we've ever undertaken.

Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.

At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.

We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as 'Good', and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.

We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.