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Job reference: 116363
Salary: Band 8D (£88,385- £92,424)
Job closing date: 23/09/2022
Job Type: Senior Managers
Location: Golden Jubilee University National Hospital
Employment type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 37.5
Job posted date: 22/08/2022
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Golden Jubilee
Department: Pharmacy

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NHS Golden Jubilee is a world leading health institution, specialising in heart and lung services, orthopaedics, ophthalmology, general surgery and diagnostic imaging, providing care through collaboration for Scotland’s patients since 2002. We are committed to continuous improvement to ensure high quality, sustainable, person centred and effective services.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, ambitious, decisive, and engaging Director of Pharmacy to provide strategic leadership and development to provide safe pharmaceutical care for our patients, while growing the pharmacy profession

This opportunity comes at an exciting time as NHS Golden Jubilee is about to implement HEPMA, and relocate our department to improved facilities within the building, including a pharmacy robot.

As an experienced individual in pharmacy leadership, you will be joining an expanding organisation with our new surgical centre opening in 2023 and continued growth in the NHS Golden Jubilee family of national facilities. The recent establishment of the NHS Scotland Academy, University Hospital status with University of Strathclyde and the creation of the Centre for Sustainable Delivery, all offer opportunities for an innovative and ambitious pharmacy leader to work within NHS Golden Jubilee.

With a Master of Pharmacy degree, registration as a pharmacist with the GPhC and a Post Graduate Degree/Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or Management, you will also have:

  • Significant senior management pharmacy experience showing the ability to provide visible, clear and consistent leadership.
  • Experience of strategic planning, resource allocation, service quality, performance management and governance within a complex organisation.
  • Transformational leadership capability to ensure implementation of national reports and strategies, continually improving sustainable outcomes and performance.
  • Strong communication, influencing and negotiating skills to build strong working relationships across Scotland to secure engagement, collaboration and partnership working on both pharmacy practice and educational services.
  • A commitment to demonstrating our positive values culture through your leadership style.

NHS Golden Jubilee is proud of our diverse workforce and encourages applications from all sections of the community. This post will include working from home as part of hybrid working practice but will require regular, weekly, on site working at the Golden Jubilee National Hospital

Informal enquiries to: Mark MacGregor, Medical Director on 0141 951 4350 or mark.macgregor@gjnh.scot.nhs.uk

To arrange an informal visit please contact Nicki Hamer, Deputy Head of Corporate Governance telephone 0141 951 4350 or Hamerni428@gjnh.scot.nhs.uk.

To obtain an application pack please contact recruitment@gjnh.scot.nhs.uk

Interview date: 13 October 2022

NHS Golden Jubilee encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have.

​​​​​​​Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Job Pack.


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