Medication Safety Officer and Clinical Governance Pharmacist

NHS; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 64,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Greater London is seeking an advanced level pharmacist for a fixed-term position. The successful candidate will be responsible for driving medication safety initiatives and clinical governance. Duties include leading safety work streams, incident analysis, and educational training. Applicants are required to have a postgraduate diploma in Clinical Pharmacy alongside leadership and communication skills. This role additionally necessitates full pharmaceutical registration and a commitment to improving patient care.

Qualifications

• Full registration as practicing pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Desirable to have a Masters in clinical/advanced pharmacy or equivalent experience.
• Broad range of clinical pharmacy skills and knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the Trust Clinical Governance and Medication Safety agenda.
• Lead and coordinate the medicines safety work streams.
• Facilitate medication incident risk reduction strategies.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Time management

Organizational skills

IT proficiency

Education

Postgraduate Diploma in General/Clinical Pharmacy Practice

Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy

Job description

Job summary

A fixed term position has arisen for a highly motivated, experienced, advanced level pharmacist with an enthusiastic interest and ability to drive and embed positive changes for medication safety and clinical governance. This post holder will perform cross-site job roles and responsibilities in addition to clinical ward cover and dispensary duties.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for delivering the Trust Clinical Governance and Medication Safety agenda in collaboration with the Medication Safety Group (MSG), in relation to medicines use; lead and coordinate the medicines safety work streams; embed a safe medication culture across the Trust; act as the Trust Medication Safety Officer and a member of regional Medication Safety Networks; facilitate medication incident risk reduction strategies and Trust incident reporting processes/systems; review, analyse and monitor medication incidents within pharmacy including staff feedback for wider awareness, education, and shared learning to prevent recurrence.

Additional responsibilities include MSG secretary, medication safety bulletins, root cause analysis investigation, implementation of Trust action plans and response to national patient safety alerts, education and training for multidisciplinary teams, audit, service evaluation, and research.

About us

Our Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites--Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital--along with award-winning clinics across North West London.

Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5m, providing full clinical services including maternity, A&E and children's services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health care. The CQC rates us Good in safety, effectiveness, care and responsiveness, and Outstanding in leadership and resource use.

We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Mid.

We are delivering sustainable healthcare through our Green Plan. In line with Greener NHS ambitions, we aim for net zero carbon emissions by 2045. Achieving this requires collective effort. We encourage staff to reduce their impact on carbon, waste and pollution wherever possible. Every action counts to create a healthier, more sustainable future.

We are committed to equal opportunities and believe diversity drives innovation and excellence. We welcome applications from the global majority, veterans and underrepresented communities, valuing the perspectives they bring.

If you haven't heard from us within 3 weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six-month probation. Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.

Details

Date posted: 29 December 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 8a

Salary: £64,156 to £71,148 a year per annum incl. HCAS

Contract: Fixed term

Duration: 12 months

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 289-CS-272

Job locations: Cross-site – 3 days (Mon-Wed) at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital & 2 days (Thurs-Fri) at West Middlesex Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH

Job responsibilities

Candidate must have a postgraduate diploma, and desirable to have a Masters in clinical/advanced pharmacy (or equivalent), or relevant qualification/experience in medication safety with a broad range of clinical pharmacy skills and knowledge; clinical governance, medication safety and risk management; education and training, and research. Excellent leadership and communication (verbal and written) skills, advanced presentation/IT skills, self-motivation, time management, ability to cope with demands/requests at short notice, adaptable and flexible nature, organisational and people skills are essential. The Medication Safety Officer represents Pharmacy and the Trust at various internal and external meetings.

Person Specification

Education – Essential

• Full registration as practicing pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council of Great Britain
• Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy and completion of the foundation training year
• Postgraduate Diploma in General/Clinical Pharmacy Practice or equivalent experience

Experience – Essential

• Experience as an advanced level clinical pharmacist able to demonstrate a high level of competency
• Broad hospital experience including medicines information, clinical services and dispensing rotations

Desirable

• Contributes to multi-disciplinary healthcare research

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Job locations: Cross-site – 3 days (Mon-Wed) at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital & 2 days (Thurs-Fri) at West Middlesex Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH

Employer's website

https://www.chelwest.nhs.uk/