Head of Medicines Optimisation and Safety

Provide CIC; England; Vor Ort; GBP 90.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Provide CIC is recruiting a Head of Medicines Optimisation and Safety to set the strategy for medicines optimisation, safety and governance across the organisation. The post leads pharmacists, technicians and prescribers across more than 40 services in community settings in multiple regions of the UK.

The role requires GPhC registration and a strong track record in medicines governance, quality improvement and system transformation, working with clinicians and senior leaders to improve patient

Qualifikationen

• Comprehensive knowledge of medicines legislation, clinical governance and regulatory requirements.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Collaborative leadership that inspires teams and influences change.
• Significant senior pharmacy leadership experience in a complex healthcare environment.
• Evidence of leading improvements in quality and patient safety.
• Evidence of managing complex medicines-related risks.
• Proven track record in medicines optimisation, governance, quality improvement and service transformation.

Aufgaben

• Provide strategic leadership for medicines optimisation, medicines safety and governance across the organisation.
• Lead the development and delivery of medicines strategies.
• Give expert advice and assurance on medicines-related risks and governance.
• Drive continuous improvement through innovation, quality improvement and transformational change.
• Oversee prescribing governance, controlled drugs management and medicines safety frameworks.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and professional standards.
• Work with clinicians, senior leaders and system partners to improve medicines-related outcomes.
• Reduce unwarranted variation and support integrated care pathways.
• Provide professional leadership for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and prescribing professionals.
• Foster an inclusive, high-performing culture focused on learning, improvement and patient-centred care.

Kenntnisse

Strategic leadership

Quality improvement

Patient safety

Regulatory governance

Stakeholder communication

Ausbildung

GPhC registration as a pharmacist

Postgraduate leadership/quality improvement

Jobbeschreibung

Provide CIC, a community health and social care social enterprise, is recruiting a Head of Medicines Optimisation and Safety to work alongside its Director of Pharmacy, Quality and AHP. The post sets the strategy for medicines optimisation, medicines safety and governance across the organisation, including prescribing governance and controlled drugs, and leads pharmacists, technicians and prescribers. It covers more than 40 services for children, families and adults in community settings across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England. GPhC registration as a pharmacist is required.

What the job involves

• Provide strategic leadership for medicines optimisation, medicines safety and governance across the organisation
• Lead the development and delivery of medicines strategies
• Give expert advice and assurance on medicines-related risks and governance
• Drive continuous improvement through innovation, quality improvement and transformational change
• Oversee prescribing governance, controlled drugs management and medicines safety frameworks
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and professional standards
• Work with clinicians, senior leaders and system partners to improve medicines-related outcomes
• Reduce unwarranted variation and support integrated care pathways
• Provide professional leadership for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and prescribing professionals
• Foster an inclusive, high-performing culture focused on learning, improvement and patient-centred care

What’s required

Registration & licences

• GPhC registration as a pharmacist

Experience

• Significant senior pharmacy leadership experience in a complex healthcare environment
• Evidence of leading improvements in quality and patient safety
• Evidence of managing complex medicines-related risks
• Proven track record in medicines optimisation, governance, quality improvement and service transformation

Skills & knowledge

• Comprehensive knowledge of medicines legislation, professional standards, clinical governance and regulatory requirements
• Excellent communication skills
• Collaborative leadership that inspires teams and influences change

Nice to have

• Postgraduate qualification in leadership, management, patient safety or quality improvement
• Knowledge of medicines-related challenges in transitions of care and working across organisational boundaries
• Senior pharmacy leadership experience in community health services and/or integrated health and social care
• Experience as a Medication Safety Officer or equivalent
• Experience of controlled drugs governance