Band 8a Senior Pharmacist - Medicines Safety & Governance

NHS; Romford; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organisation in Romford is seeking a Band 8a Senior Pharmacist to join their Medicines Safety and Governance team. Candidates must have substantial clinical pharmacy experience in a UK hospital and strong communication skills. This role involves supporting the Medication Safety Programme, managing risks, and ensuring high-quality pharmaceutical care. A competitive salary offered between £61,631 and £68,623.

Qualifications

• Experience as a clinical pharmacist practitioner.
• Extensive post-registration experience in a UK hospital.
• Ability to discuss medication governance and safety.

Responsibilities

• Support the Medication Safety Programme.
• Participate in audit work for controlled drugs.
• Manage risks and deliver service improvement.

Skills

Oral and written communication skills

Quality improvement methodology

Clinical pharmacy services

Education

Broad experience as a clinical pharmacist in a UK hospital

Job description

Band 8a Senior Pharmacist - Medicines Safety & Governance

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and forward-thinking pharmacist to join our Medicines Safety and Governance team. You will support the Medication Safety Programme, share learning from medication errors, and help to promote good governance across the organisation.

Main Duties

This is a key role that will support the work of the local Medication Safety Programme, participate in medication safety and governance audits, report and escalate identified issues concerning medicines governance, support the development of policies and guidelines, and share learning from reported medication incidents to pharmacy and other Trust staff.

The post-holder will deputise for the Medication Safety Officer and work closely with lead pharmacists, senior technicians, ICS colleagues and the wider healthcare and corporate teams to apply improvement methodology to provide high quality, comprehensive and co-ordinated pharmaceutical care.

Requirements

You will need to have a high standard of oral and written communication skills, the ability to apply quality improvement methodology, and confidently discuss medication governance and safety issues with all levels of healthcare professionals.

You should have broad experience as a clinical pharmacist in a UK hospital setting, and the knowledge and skills to provide high quality clinical pharmacy services to patients.

About Us

We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.

Job Responsibilities

Support the Medication Safety Programme, participate in audit work, reviewing use of controlled drugs, managing risks, and delivering service improvement.

• Experience as a clinical pharmacist practitioner
• Extensive post registration experience in a UK hospital in a wide range of clinical settings
• Able to manage and sustain change

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

Salary: £61,631 to £68,623 a year