Medication Safety Specialist Pharmacist

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 64,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in London seeks an experienced pharmacist for the Medication Safety Team. Responsibilities include leading medication safety initiatives, promoting safe medication use, and providing training. The ideal candidate holds a Master's in Pharmacy, is a registered pharmacist, and has a solid background in acute NHS hospital pharmacy. This full-time, permanent position offers a competitive salary of £64,156 to £71,148 per annum.

Qualifications

• Registered Pharmacist with competency assessed by the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice.
• Experience in acute NHS hospital pharmacy.

Responsibilities

• Take a leadership role in developing and monitoring the Trust's medication safety agenda.
• Act as a specialist role-model in medication safety.
• Facilitate learning from patient safety insights.

Skills

Empathy and curiosity

Communication and collaboration skills

Digital literacy and data management skills

Ability to adapt to changing priorities

Education

Masters degree in Pharmacy (MPharm)

Registered Pharmacist

Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice

Job description

Job summary

We are seeking a motivated and experienced pharmacist who is passionate about patient safety to join the King's Medication Safety Team. This is a fantastic opportunity to deliver local and national medication safety priorities across the organisation working in our team of pharmacist and nurse medication safety specialists. Our team is in an exciting position at the centre of the patient safety and digital medicines management work happening in the Trust right now.

Success in this post will require:

• Empathy and curiosity
• Great communication and collaboration skills
• Understanding the NHS Patient Safety Strategy and practical experience of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework
• Experience and/or ready to further develop skills in human factors ergonomics, improvement and implementation sciences and project management
• Digital literacy and data management skills
• Ability to be agile to adapt to changing priorities, partnerships and demands

Main duties of the job

• To take a leadership role in developing, delivering and monitoring the Trust's Medication Safety agenda.
• To act as a specialist role‑model and provide expertise in Medication Safety across the Trust.
• To promote and facilitate safe medication use and practice.
• To develop, assess and monitor the implementation of local and national safety guidance.
• To implement change to reduce the risk of preventable harm caused by medications.
• To facilitate learning from patient safety insights including by coordinating and leading responses to safety events.
• To promote and drive a positive safety culture with regard to medicines use and practice.
• To provide education and training to healthcare professionals within and outside the Trust.
• To participate in practice and clinical research and audit.
• To deputise for Consultant Pharmacist Medication Safety.

About us

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust's strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD: Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person‑centred, digitally‑enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

Details

Posted: 26 November 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £64,156 to £71,148 a year per annum, including high cost allowance
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full‑time
Reference number: 213‑Division‑A‑7609640
Job locations: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications – Essential

• Masters degree in Pharmacy (MPharm)
• Registered Pharmacist (1 year competency assessed and examined professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council)
• Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice.
• Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent qualification

Education and Qualifications – Desirable

• Registered Independent Prescriber or willingness to complete
• Completed NHSE Patient Safety Syllabus Modules 3 and 4 or equivalent healthcare human factor ergonomics training
• Project management or quality improvement qualification

Knowledge and Experience – Essential

• Specialist clinical knowledge and skills relevant to area of practice
• Experience of protocol / guideline development
• Demonstrates an advanced level of reasoning & judgment
• Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the clinical governance agenda particularly as it relates to patient safety
• Substantial relevant post registration experience in acute NHS hospital pharmacy

Knowledge and Experience – Desirable

• Demonstration of advanced practice using evidence mapped to the RPS Core Advanced Practice Curriculum
• Experience of leading change in the NHS

Skills and Competencies – Essential

• Specialist competencies in area relevant to practice
• Be able to provide highly complex information on patient safety, medicines use, clinical pharmacy and financial issues and impart knowledge to all levels of healthcare professionals (up to and including senior consultants/professor/executive director level)
• Be able to provide highly complex information on patient safety, medicines use and financial issues to multidisciplinary groups involving staff outside of Pharmacy (e.g. Medication safety committee, DTC, Non‑Medical Prescribing Group, Divisional Management Teams, Clinical Effectiveness)
• Be able to analyse highly complex information relating to patient safety and medication safety
• Be able to triangulate safety data and insights from multiple sources, determine local relevance or implications and to identify patterns, trends and themes

Skills and Competencies – Desirable

• Able to participate in on‑call service and during times of recalls and safety event management

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. 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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Employer details

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS

Website: https://www.kch.nhs.uk/