Deputy Superintendent Pharmacist
- Employer
- Pharmacy@UHB Ltd
- Location
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
- Salary
- TBC - from £70,000, based on experience
- Closing date
- 11 Apr 2025
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- Role
- Other Pharmacy roles, Superintendent Pharmacist
- Sector
- Hospital - NHS
- Contract Type
- Temporary
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
Deputy Superintendent Pharmacist (Maternity Cover – 12-15 months)
Pharmacy@UHB Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB), established in 2011.
We provide a pharmacy service to UHB patients, operating both Outpatient and Discharge Pharmacies at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB) and Heartlands Hospital (BHH), all of which are equipped with automation technology. Additionally, we have a Homecare Delivery Pharmacy based in Kings Norton.
We are seeking to recruit an innovative and forward-thinking pharmacist to take on the role of Deputy Superintendent Pharmacist on a maternity cover contract for 12-15 months. This position will lead our team of 50 staff, primarily based at QEHB and the Homecare site. Our pharmacies operate as a unique hybrid of community and hospital pharmacy services, providing an opportunity to enhance patient experience at the interface of care settings. The Deputy Superintendent Pharmacist will work closely with the multidisciplinary hospital team to ensure the delivery of exceptional care for UHB patients.
Applicants must have extensive experience as a qualified pharmacist and significant senior-level management experience within pharmacy, ideally including Independent Pharmacy. The successful candidate will be required to demonstrate expertise in leading and developing a team of pharmacists and dispensing staff, with a proven track record of maintaining the highest professional standards.
This is a fixed-term opportunity to contribute to a highly regarded and modern pharmacy service, delivering outstanding patient care within one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. The successful candidate will be employed by Pharmacy@UHB Ltd and subject to the Ltd company policies and procedures. This is not an NHS position.
Why Join Us?
We offer an excellent environment to develop your clinical, leadership, and management skills. Benefits include:
- Annual leave – 25 days plus bank holidays
- Excellent learning and development opportunities
- Generous sick pay (following a qualifying period)
- Nest Pension auto-enrolment
- Exclusive NHS discounts for you and your family at various retailers, restaurants, and leisure facilities
Contract: Full-time, approximately 42 hours per week
Salary: TBC – from £70k, based on experience.
Closing date: 28th February 2025
Interviews: To be confirmed
Company
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is the leading university teaching hospital in the West Midlands. It is one of the most consistently high performing trusts in the NHS and has been rated "excellent" for financial management and "excellent" for quality of clinical and non-clinical services by the Healthcare Commission.
On 16 June 2010 UHB’s new £545 million Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham opened, with A&E and inpatients transferring from Selly Oak Hospital and other services moving from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. More services will transfer during phased moves through to October 2011, with Selly Oak Hospital eventually closing and some services remaining at the old QE, adjacent to the new hospital.
The Trust employs around 6,900 staff and provides adult services to more than half a million patients every year, from a single outpatient appointment to a heart transplant. The Trust is a regional centre for cancer, trauma, burns and plastics, and has the largest solid organ transplantation programme in Europe.
Mental health services and certain women's health services are provided
at the nearby Mental Health and Birmingham Women's hospitals. These services are not based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.
- Location
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Mindelsohn Way
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TH
United Kingdom
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