Fixed Term Clinical Lead Pharmacist, Clinical

**Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity**

The Clinical Lead Pharmacist, Clinical Services provides professional and clinical supervision to, and coordination of, the team ensuring that the team utilises its staff and other resources to deliver quality patient care in coordination with other team leaders and the Service Clinical Director. The role is a fixed term maternity cover position and sits within the leadership team and provides strategic leadership to the department’s clinical services. Working across all Directorates, this role demands strong clinical knowledge, positive role modelling and awareness of clinical governance and legislation to optimise patient care through quality improvement and clear strategic direction.

As a service leader you will model Te Toka Tumai values, uphold just culture and champion the organisational vision and strategy and communicate the path forward. This full time fixed term position will provide you the opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge and integrate yourself into all aspects of clinical service leadership. The position collaborates extensively both within the pharmacy department and with multiple Directorates of the wider organisation and region.

For further details, please refer to the position description **here**.

**Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills**

Suitable applicants will ideally have:

- Previous significant pharmacy operational management and leadership preferably in a large health organisation
- Experience of a leadership role within hospital pharmacy
- Be a registered Pharmacist with a current APC or be eligible to obtain one
- A deep commitment to achieving excellent clinical and business outcomes based on quality service delivery and outstanding and empathetic patient care
- Sophisticated capacity to develop and promote clinical leadership and engagement
- The ability to develop an organisation culture based on collaboration, trust and transparency

As the ideal person for this role, you will have the following skills and attributes:

- A commitment to biculturalism
- A commitment to achieving equitable outcomes for Māori
- Relevant tertiary qualification
- Demonstrated high level leadership, supervisory or management experience
- Proven ability to provide leadership and direction in investigating, changing, implementing and developing strategies for improving service delivery
- Demonstrated experience in complex large project management
- Clear understanding of current developments in the provision of hospital pharmacy services in NZ.
- Good organisational skills and excellent written, oral communication and interpersonal skills

**He aha ngā painga o tēnei mahi mōu | Why you will enjoy working here**

We recognise there is more to life than mahi | work, and we encourage and provide access to all our staff several services and benefits to support themselves whilst they are employed within Te Toka Tumai Auckland.

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**Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply**

**Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation**

We are Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland. We provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand. Our main sites are Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Children’s Hospital, located in central Auckland.

We are part of Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand, the overarching organisation for New Zealand’s national health service. Te Whatu Ora leads the day-to-day running of the health system, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels. We are also an Accredited Employer with Immigration NZ (Please visit Immigration NZ Accredited Employer Work Visa for more information if you will be needing a Work Visa)

We are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe care. We value role modelling manaakitanga as demonstrated by Ngāti Whātua in the gifting of their whenua on which our hospitals stand. We aspire to having a workforce reflective of the communities we serve and achieving equitable outcomes for all.

Te Toka Tumai’s Pharmacy Department is an innovative and exciting place to work. We employ over 100 staff including those working within two retail pharmacies, Aseptic Production Unit and a flagship inpatient service covering both supply and clinical functions.

The Clinical Pharmacy Service serves over 1200 inpatient beds with service provision to a full array of secondary and tertiary level clinical services including Adult Medical, Surgical, Cardiac, Paediatrics (Starship Children’s Hospital), Mental Health, Women’s Health and Cancer Care services. We have a reputation for excellence and innovation and have won several awards for our novel patient centric models of care and initiatives.

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