Advanced Pharmacist Medicines Safety

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Town of Oxford; On-site; CAD 102,000 - 116,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare trust in Nova Scotia is seeking an Advanced Pharmacist to lead initiatives in medicine safety and implement infusion pump technology. The role involves engaging with multidisciplinary teams, conducting risk assessments, and promoting best practices for safe medicine use. Candidates should have a relevant pharmacy degree and experience in clinical pharmacy practices. This position offers a salary between £55,690 and £62,682 annually, with flexibility in work arrangements.

Qualifications

• Must have a Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent.
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Experience in clinical pharmacy and patient safety training.

Responsibilities

• Implement and optimise smart infusion pump technology.
• Promote the safe use of injectable medicines.
• Participate in audit, research, and quality improvement.

Skills

Clinical pharmacy provision

Quality improvement

Risk management

Team leadership

Education

Degree in Pharmacy (Masters) or equivalent

Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Post-Graduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma

MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or Patient Safety

Job description

Advanced Pharmacist Medicines Safety

The closing date is 30 December 2025

In this post, you will be a key member of the medicines safety team, involved in dynamic workstreams focused on optimising and improving the safe use of medicines throughout the trust.

This role provides an opportunity to take a leadership role in the injectable safety workstream within the Medicines Safety team. The postholder will be involved in implementing and optimising smart infusion pump technology across the trust, including designing and implementing drug‑error reduction software. This includes interpreting a range of resources to define clinical dosing parameters for drugs administered using smart infusion pumps in a variety of clinical areas.

The role offers the chance to expand your expertise and skillset, to be involved in service development or research, and to put your management and leadership skills into action in a supportive setting. The postholder should maintain high standards of pharmaceutical care and ensure timely, effective communication with both the multi‑disciplinary clinical teams and collaborators.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the job are active involvement in implementing and optimising smart infusion pump technology across the Trust, learning from incidents and risks, measuring and monitoring safety to ensure the safest use of medicines, optimising processes and systems, and engaging all staff in the medicine safety agenda.

About us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is part of the acclaimed Shelford Group and is one of the largest teaching trusts in the UK. The pharmacy department contains around 400 multidisciplinary healthcare staff.

The medicines safety team is a multi‑disciplinary team that aims to promote the safe use of medicines across the trust, improve safety for all our patients, and equip staff with the knowledge and expertise they need to use medicines safely.

Job responsibilities

Main responsibilities

• Promote the safe use of injectable medicines in accordance with guidance and evidence‑based best practice, and support the implementation of drug‑error reduction software across the Trust.
• Work with corporate and divisional colleagues to ensure medication risks are identified as part of the dose‑error reduction software infusion pump project; assess risks and ensure risk‑reduction measures are put in place and monitored.
• Promote a multidisciplinary approach to the implementation and optimisation of smart infusion pump technology.
• Promote learning and sharing of experiences in risk reduction and improvement methodologies related to infusion pump technology.
• Participate in audit, research and quality improvement to support medicines safety.
• Use innovation to support effective patient outcomes and experience, improve cost‑effectiveness, and particularly support safety improvement.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree in Pharmacy (Masters) or equivalent
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Post‑Graduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma or equivalent experience
• MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or Patient Safety (or equivalent)
• Education and training experience
• Patient safety or human factors training

Experience

• Broad clinical pharmacy provision in a number of different clinical areas or sectors.
• Delivering quality improvements and change management.
• Risk management and investigation of incidents.
• Line management / Leading a team.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and therefore a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) is required to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£55,690 to £62,682 a year, pro rata