Clinical Governance Pharmacist

Uniphar; Leinster; Sur place; EUR 70 000 - 100 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Uniphar is seeking an experienced Clinical Governance Pharmacist to support patient safety, regulatory compliance, and governance standards across our pharmacy network. This field-based role requires travel to locations across Ireland and reports to our Regulatory Pharmacist.

You will collaborate with Regional Managers, Supervising Pharmacists, and pharmacy teams to maintain high professional standards and patient care.

Qualifications

• PSI-registered Pharmacist in good standing.
• Minimum 5 years' post-registration community pharmacy experience.
• Experience in governance, incident investigations, risk management, and complaints handling.

Responsabilités

• Act as the primary governance support partner for a portfolio of pharmacies.
• Drive compliance with PSI requirements, SOPs, legislation and professional standards.
• Conduct audits and monitor governance, patient safety, and operational risks.
• Lead investigations into medication errors, near misses, patient safety incidents, and complaints.
• Support PSI inspections, regulatory responses, and corrective action planning.
• Identify compliance gaps and implement sustainable improvements with pharmacy teams.
• Provide coaching and guidance on governance and best practice.
• Support rollout of new services, operations projects and Regulatory Office activities.

Connaissances

Governance awareness

Audits

Stakeholder management

Coaching & mentoring

Problem solving

Formation

Pharmacy degree

Description du poste

We are seeking an experienced and passionate Clinical Governance Pharmacist to support patient safety, regulatory compliance, and governance standards across our pharmacy network. Working closely with Regional Managers, Supervising Pharmacists, and pharmacy teams, you will help ensure the highest standards of professional practice, compliance, and patient care while supporting the safe and effective operation of our pharmacies. This is a field-based role with regular travel to pharmacy locations, providing governance oversight, compliance support, audit activity, incident investigations, and regulatory guidance. The role will report into our Regulatory Pharmacist.

Key Responsibilities

Act as the primary governance support partner for a portfolio of pharmacies. Drive compliance with PSI requirements, company SOPs, legislation, and professional standards. Conduct pharmacy audits and monitor governance, patient safety, and operational risks. Lead investigations into medication errors, near misses, patient safety incidents, and customer complaints. Support PSI inspections, regulatory responses, and corrective action planning. Identify compliance gaps and work with pharmacy teams to implement sustainable improvements. Provide coaching and guidance to pharmacists and pharmacy teams on governance and best practice. Support the rollout of new pharmacy services, operational initiatives, and business projects. Contribute to pharmacist recruitment, onboarding, training, SOP development, and wider Regulatory Office activities.

Requirements:

PSI-registered Pharmacist in good standing. Minimum 5 years' post-registration community pharmacy experience. Previous experience in a Supervising Pharmacist, pharmacy management, governance, or area support role. Strong knowledge of Irish pharmacy legislation, PSI guidance, and professional standards. Experience in audit, incident investigation, risk management, and complaint handling. Excellent communication, coaching, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills. Ability to influence, challenge constructively, and drive continuous improvement. Willingness to travel regularly across Ireland.

Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that's unique about us: our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to sustainability, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it's our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hard working, curious, trustworthy, humble, and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in the area.