Medication Safety Officer

Integrated Care System; Worthing; On-site; GBP 62,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust is seeking a Medication Safety Officer to oversee and enhance medication safety initiatives. The successful candidate will lead national practices, manage medication-related incidents, and contribute to the clinical governance agenda, ensuring patient safety standards are met. This position is integral to delivering safe healthcare services.

Qualifications

• Professional registration required.
• Experience in improving quality of healthcare services.
• Good understanding of medication risk.

Responsibilities

• Lead in medicines safety at a national level.
• Provide assurance for managing medicines shortages.
• Organise and deliver the F1 KSS Deanery prescribing assessment.

Skills

Change Management

Medication Risk Awareness

Diversity Championing

Education

NMC/GPHC Registration

Job description

Go back University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

Medication Safety Officer

The closing date is 20 July 2025

We are seeking to appoint a pharmacist or nurse to be the Medication Safety Officer for the Trust who will be an expert in medication safety and plan, manage and deliver medicines safety initiatives and improvements across the Trust centred around the patient. This will be a job-share with the current Medication Safety Officer Pharmacist.

Main duties of the job

Provide expert advice on medication safety to ensure that processes throughout the Trust are safe, effective and legal and are supported by up to date policies, procedures, protocols and training.

Application of systems thinking and thematic analysis to extract learning from medication incidents and develop corrective and preventative actions in line with PSIRF principles

To promote a culture of safety in relation to medicines

and to ensure that medication safety is at the forefront of clinical practice

• Support the Trust in its preparation for CQC inspections for matters pertaining to medicines safety

About us

At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.

We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in ourWellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work life balance - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.

We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.

Job responsibilities

• To be a leader in medicines safety at a national level, researching, innovating andimplementing leading edge practice requiring the development of National levelexpertise and practice
• To provide assurance that all relevant medicines shortages and recalls are managed appropriately
• To attend Patient Safety Incident Review Group and other relevant safety groups
• To lead, organise, co-ordinate and deliver the F1 KSS Deanery prescribing assessment
• To produce medicines safety communications to the Trust

Person Specification

• Professional registration
• Experience of improving quality of healthcare services
• Experience of successful implementation of change management processes
• A good understanding of medication risk and factors to reduce the risk of medication errors
• Evidence of previous experience in provision of expertise to the clinical governance agenda

Qualifications

• NMC/GPHC

Skills and ED&I

• Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
• Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

£62,215 to £72,293 a yearper annum pro rata