Specialist Pharmacist - Medication Safety & Governance

National Health Service; Honiton; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a highly motivated Medication Safety & Governance Pharmacist to join the Medicines Use, Safety, Governance and Quality team within the Pharmacy Department.

You will work with the Medication Safety Officer and the broader patient safety team to drive safe, evidence-based use of medicines and lead governance, audit and service development across the Trust.

Qualifications

• Pharmacy degree (Masters level) and GPhC registration.
• Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support the Principal Pharmacist to improve medication safety and governance across the Trust.
• Plan, develop, coordinate and audit the impact of medicines safety initiatives across the Trust.
• Support the running of the Trust Medicines Safety Committee and PSIRF agenda.

Skills

Organised

Critical review/analysis

Influence others

Negotiation

Report writing

Training and mentoring

Education

Masters level Pharmacy degree

GPhC registration

Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent

Accredited Diploma Tutor

Post graduate Masters in Pharmacy

RPS/Stage 1 Faculty Member

Independent Prescriber

QSIR training or equivalent

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Medication Safety & Governance Pharmacist to join our friendly and supportive Medicines Use, Safety, Governance and Quality team within the Pharmacy Department at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We are a dynamic and compassionate team who collectively aspire to deliver a safe and effective service for our staff and patients, in line with our Trust objectives. The post-holder will form part of the medication safety team, working closely with the Medication Safety Officer, Medication Safety Matron and wider patient safety team, providing expert clinical input trust-wide to support the safe, effective and evidence-based use of medicines across the Trust. The post holder will play a key role in driving quality improvement, governance and service development. Main duties of the job Support the Principal Pharmacist - Medication Safety and Governance (Medication Safety Officer) to improve medicaiton error incident reporting and learning within the Trust and coordinating, monitoring and auditing the required actions to ensure compliance with Care Quality Commission criteria Actively support the Principal Pharmacist - Medication Safety and Governance (Medication Safety Officer), to improve medication safety within the trust and to ensure good clinical governance, audit and risk management within medicines management activities Plan, develop, coordinate and audit the impact of medicines safety initiatives across the Trust. This will involve close working with other members of the multidisciplinary patient safety team. Be a key member of the Pharmacy Clinical Governance Meetings, Pharmacy Weekly and Monthly incident Meetings Provide support and advice on medicines related Patient safety incident response framework (PSIRF) actions, ensuring any agreed plans or areas of concern are fully integrated into the overall Quality Management System within Pharmacy Support the running of the Trust Medicines Safety Committee (MSC), including reporting output of designated subgroups; to produce Trust wide medicines safety communication and to assist with the Trust PSIRF agenda work streams

About us

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.

Details

Date posted09 October 2026Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 8aSalary 57,528 to 64,750 a year per annum ContractPermanentWorking pattern Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working Reference number418-DTO4392-KAJob locationsLuton and Dunstable HospitalLewsey RoadLutonLU4 0DZUnited KingdomJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesRefer to Job Description for further details.Medication Safety & GovernanceRisk Management & AuditClinical Pharmacy Job description Job responsibilitiesRefer to Job Description for further details.Medication Safety & GovernanceRisk Management & AuditClinical PharmacyPerson SpecificationQualifications EssentialPharmacy degree (Masters level)Registration as a pharmacist with the GPhCPost graduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalentDesirableAccredited Diploma TutorPost graduate Masters in PharmacyMember of the RPSStage 1 Faculty Member (MIFRPS)Independent PrescriberQSIR training or equivalent Experience and Knowledge EssentialValidated expertise in hospital pharmacyExperience of supervising and training staffDemonstration of up to date clinical awareness in specialist areaKnowledge and awareness of medication safety developmentsUnderstanding the need of confidentiality awareness at all timesAudit/Research/Project experiencePolicy and service developmentEvidence of relevant continued professional developmentAwareness of current developments in Pharmacy practiceDesirableExperience of process redesign / continuous improvement workValidated project management experienceExperience of coaching staffKnowledge of improvement methodology tools and techniquesKnowledge of Clinical GovernanceLine manager experience Skills EssentialOrganised and able to devise, plan and manage work programmesCritical review/analysis and interpretation of clinical literature and medicines legislationAbility to influence other professionalsNegotiation skillsReport writingTraining and mentoring skillsDesirableAbility to formulate, lead and implement service improvements Other EssentialEnthusiastic and passionate about safe medicines management systemsAbility to thrive on development/changeFlexible and proactive Person Specification Qualifications EssentialPharmacy degree (Masters level)Registration as a pharmacist with the GPhCPost graduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalentDesirableAccredited Diploma TutorPost graduate Masters in PharmacyMember of the RPSStage 1 Faculty Member (MIFRPS)Independent PrescriberQSIR training or equivalent Experience and Knowledge EssentialValidated expertise in hospital pharmacyExperience of supervising and training staffDemonstration of up to date clinical awareness in specialist areaKnowledge and awareness of medication safety developmentsUnderstanding the need of confidentiality awareness at all timesAudit/Research/Project experiencePolicy and service developmentEvidence of relevant continued professional developmentAwareness of current developments in Pharmacy practiceDesirableExperience of process redesign / continuous improvement workValidated project management experienceExperience of coaching staffKnowledge of improvement methodology tools and techniquesKnowledge of Clinical GovernanceLine manager experience Skills EssentialOrganised and able to devise, plan and manage work programmesCritical review/analysis and interpretation of clinical literature and medicines legislationAbility to influence other professionalsNegotiation skillsReport writingTraining and mentoring skillsDesirableAbility to formulate, lead and implement service improvements Other EssentialEnthusiastic and passionate about safe medicines management systemsAbility to thrive on development/changeFlexible and proactiveDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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 SponsorshipApplications 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 the 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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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 SponsorshipApplications 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 the 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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).Employer detailsEmployer nameBedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustAddressLuton and Dunstable HospitalLewsey RoadLutonLU4 0DZUnited KingdomEmployer's websiteEmployer detailsEmployer nameBedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustAddressLuton and Dunstable HospitalLewsey RoadLutonLU4 0DZUnited KingdomEmployer's website