Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 241-697DS-24
- Employer
- Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bolton
- Town
- Bolton
- Salary
- £62,215 - £72,293 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/09/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Senior Pharmacist – Medicines Safety Officer and Governance Lead
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Job overview
Senior Pharmacist – Medicines Safety Officer and Governance lead
Band 8b
Part time, 30 hours per week (0.8 WTE). Permanent post.
We have a fantastic opportunity for a dynamic and experienced pharmacy leader to join the senior pharmacy team as the Medicines Safety Officer and Governance Lead.
If you relish a challenge and want the chance to develop your clinical, leadership, research and managerial skills, this could be the right role for you.
We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic pharmacist to help develop the pharmaceutical service.
You will need an excellent clinical knowledge base, possess significant and proven leadership, project, and change management skills and have an ability to build effective relationships and influence prescribing practice at a senior level.
You would need to be an experienced pharmacist and be motivated in developing the service and your own professional skills.
Main duties of the job
· To lead the strategic development of the Trust-wide medication safety agenda and identify initiatives to minimise risk from medication safety issues which have the potential to cause patient harm including prescribing, dispensing and administration of medicines and monitoring of medicines use.
· To be the designated Medicines Safety Officer for the Trust. The role will support the Chief Pharmacist, Medical Director and Chief Nurse Officer in undertaking their overall corporate responsibility for Medicines Management.
· To act as the pharmacy lead for Trust-wide implementation of medicines related NHS Improvement alerts, MHRA Drug Safety Updates and alerts and manufacturer initiated safety initiatives including production of action plans and monitoring of ongoing compliance.
· To review medication incident reports, ensure appropriate investigations and implement action plans to ensure lessons are learned and, where appropriate
· Support the Deputy Chief Pharmacist with all elements of medicine and pharmaceutical clinical governance, ensuring that policies and procedures for all aspects of medicine use are developed to the highest quality and that all relevant standards, professional, statutory and operational are met
· Lead the Pharmacy Governance Group
· Support the Controlled Drugs Accountable Officer
Working for our organisation
Why Bolton?
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated provider of acute, intermediate and community health care serving the population of Bolton. This provides us with an opportunity for our services to work closely with our partners in primary care and the local authority to ensure a seamless service for our patients.
Here at Bolton our patients are at the heart of everything we do. We ensure our patients receive the highest quality of Care and are guided by our trust Values. We are proud that our Trust is a centre of excellence for maternity, neonatal and care for children.
The aims of this Trust are to improve the health of and provide the best possible care to the population in which we serve and ensure that our staff have joy and pride in their work. We are striving to recruit a workforce that reflects the communities in which we serve. We value our staff and can offer excellent opportunities for further training and development. We are keen to reflect our local population and therefore applications from all sectors of the community are welcomed.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information regarding the key responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description. If you have any further questions regarding this role please do not hesitate to contact us
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- One year pre-registration training and experience
- Diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent documented experience.
- Good all round clinical knowledge and practical clinical skills.
Desirable criteria
- Membership of The Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Evidence of further education / training in clinical pharmacy practice
- Formal Management qualification (eg diploma or degree)
- Certification of Supplementary/ Independent prescribing
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Post registration hospital experience
- Experience as a Highly Specialist Clinical Pharmacist or equivalent documented clinical experience
- Ability to cope with occasional distressing circumstances eg when dealing with seriously ill patients
- Able to think clearly in stressful situations
- Line management experience
Desirable criteria
- Previous clinical experience in specialised field
- Evidence of successful multi- disciplinary working
- Teaching/training experience
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ana Freitas
- Job title
- Chief Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01204 390 555
- Additional information
Suzanne Blenkinship Clinical Lead Pharmacist Acute Adult Care
01204 390555
or
Jennifer Dillon Clinical Lead Pharmacist for Women's & Children's Services
01204390555
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