Job summary
Are you a registered Pharmacist with a passion for clinical leadership and a commitment to advancing pharmaceutical care?
BPAS are looking for an experienced Pharmacist to join our team as a Medicines Governance Pharmacist and Medication Safety Officer. This is a permanent, part time role working 22.5 hours over 3 days, Monday to Friday. This is a hybrid working arrangement with travel to BPAS units (travel expenses re-imbursed).
About the role:
The Medicines Governance Pharmacist and Medication Safety Officer will play a pivotal role in ensuring the safe and effective utilisation of medicines at BPAS.
In collaboration with the Lead Pharmacist, you will provide dynamic clinical leadership, offering expert pharmaceutical advice on the proper and cost-effective use of medicines.
Your responsibilities encompass continuous development, improvement, implementation, and embedding of a robust infrastructure for medicines management in compliance with legal and professional regulations.
Leading on all aspects of medicines safety and governance, you will foster a positive reporting culture for medicines incidents. With varied responsibilities, you'll also step into the role of the Lead Pharmacist in their absence.
This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the organisation's commitment to excellence in pharmaceutical care.
Main duties of the job
About you:
The successful candidate will hold an MPharm or equivalent qualification, along with a postgraduate diploma in pharmacy practice or equivalent. You will be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
With substantial post-registration experience in a hospital setting, you excel in communicating complex clinical information to healthcare professionals of all levels. Your ability to manage change, lead service developments, and analyse drug expenditure sets you apart. Knowledgeable about relevant regulations and legislation, you demonstrate a keen understanding of current pharmacy and NHS issues. Your excellent report writing and presentation skills, coupled with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively, will make you a valuable addition to our team.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Act as the designated Medication Safety Officer (MSO) for the organisation
- Plan and manage clinical risk management and audit assurance programs
- Monitor and analyse medication errors, providing education and training where necessary
- Lead on medicines safety and governance throughout the organisation
- Engage with external networks and represent BPAS at national and regional pharmacy forums
- Ensure policies, training, and materials are compliant with relevant legislation and standards
- Maintain the drug formulary and provide guidance on drug decommissioning, handling, distribution, and storage
About us
British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) is the UK's largest independent women's reproductive healthcare charity. We work mainly on behalf of the NHS across the country providing abortion, contraception, STI testing & treatment. We specialise in evidence-based, not-for-profit care reproductive healthcare.
Working with us:
Alongside a supportive and friendly working environment, BPAS has generous benefits: life assurance cover at 3 times salary, 34 days annual leave per year & a defined contribution pension scheme. You will have access to our employee benefits programme through BHSF which includes special health & wellbeing services & lifestyle offers for you & your family. This includes various salary sacrifice schemes, counselling services & free private GP appointments.
For our clinical roles, a full clinical training package will be provided along with comprehensive support. Nursing & midwifery colleagues will have the opportunity to train in 1st & 2nd trimester sonography scanning, contraception fitting & STI testing. For surgical units you will gain experience in conscious sedation & general anaesthetic treatment in our operating departments.
BPAS is committed to safeguarding & promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults, children & young people through a safer recruitment framework. This includes a thorough selection process & a number of pre-employment checks.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description and terms and conditions of the role can be found on the right hand side of the advert, under supporting documents. These are available for you to download and review.
Further Information:
Location: Home based with travel to BPAS units - this will depend on business needs. Travel expenses will be re-imbursed.
Salary: £50,952 to £68,525 per annum pro rata - depending on skills and experience.
Hours: 22.5 per week. 3 x 7.5 hour days to be worked across Monday to Friday. We are open and flexible regarding which days you work - more to be discussed at interview.
Interview date: 7th February at our Office in London:
3HP, 30-31 Furnival St, London EC4A 1JQ
For an informal discussion about the role or to arrange a conversation with our Lead Pharmacist, Kalpesh Thakrar, please contact recruitment@bpas.org
Interested so far? Don't delay, apply today!
This job advert may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.
The Small Print: All applicants must be pro-choice.
If you do not hear from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, unfortunately you will not have been shortlisted on this occasion.
References: All offers of employment are conditional based on satisfactory pre-employment checks. We require applicants to provide 3 years of employment references including information on reasons for leaving and any gaps in employment.
COVID-19: BPAS encourages all applicants to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and we invite you to share evidence of your vaccination status. This is in addition to the requirement to provide evidence of vaccination/immunity against the following conditions of Tuberculosis, Hepatitis B, MMR and Varicella for clinical roles directly involved in patient care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description and terms and conditions of the role can be found on the right hand side of the advert, under supporting documents. These are available for you to download and review.
Further Information:
Location: Home based with travel to BPAS units - this will depend on business needs. Travel expenses will be re-imbursed.
Salary: £50,952 to £68,525 per annum pro rata - depending on skills and experience.
Hours: 22.5 per week. 3 x 7.5 hour days to be worked across Monday to Friday. We are open and flexible regarding which days you work - more to be discussed at interview.
Interview date: 7th February at our Office in London:
3HP, 30-31 Furnival St, London EC4A 1JQ
For an informal discussion about the role or to arrange a conversation with our Lead Pharmacist, Kalpesh Thakrar, please contact recruitment@bpas.org
Interested so far? Don't delay, apply today!
This job advert may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.
The Small Print: All applicants must be pro-choice.
If you do not hear from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, unfortunately you will not have been shortlisted on this occasion.
References: All offers of employment are conditional based on satisfactory pre-employment checks. We require applicants to provide 3 years of employment references including information on reasons for leaving and any gaps in employment.
COVID-19: BPAS encourages all applicants to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and we invite you to share evidence of your vaccination status. This is in addition to the requirement to provide evidence of vaccination/immunity against the following conditions of Tuberculosis, Hepatitis B, MMR and Varicella for clinical roles directly involved in patient care.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Substantial post registration experience as a practising hospital pharmacist
- Experience with communicating complex clinical information to all grades of healthcare professionals
- Managing change and leading service developments
- Writing / implementing clinical guidelines, patient materials, and government directives
Desirable
- Working in the independent/charitable or private sector
- Specialist clinical pharmacist in obstetrics/gynaecology/sexual and reproductive health
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate an understanding of current pharmacy /NHS issues
- Knowledge of regulations and legislation relevant to area of practice
- Manages difficult and ambiguous clinical problems and can clearly communicate to clinicians at all levels
- Understanding of clinical and risk management guidance as applied to medicines optimisation including legal and coroners context
- Demonstrates expert clinical knowledge and skills with the ability to critically appraise research and extant guidance and incorporate into practice
- High level of report writing and presentation skills
Desirable
- Provision of abortion and sexual and reproductive health in the UK
Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm or equivalent
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) - please provide registration number
- Post graduate diploma in pharmacy practice or equivalent
Desirable
- Advanced qualification in specialist area
- Registered non-medical prescriber
General
Essential
- Do you support a woman's right to choose abortion?
- Are you the family or friend of a current BPAS employee? If yes, please state the name and the nature of the relationship
- This role is working 22.5 hours per week over 3 days. Can you commit to this?
- You will be required to travel to BPAS units nationwide - approximately monthly but this will depend on business needs. Can you commit to travelling nationwide?
Desirable
- Please state any further information in support of your application
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Substantial post registration experience as a practising hospital pharmacist
- Experience with communicating complex clinical information to all grades of healthcare professionals
- Managing change and leading service developments
- Writing / implementing clinical guidelines, patient materials, and government directives
Desirable
- Working in the independent/charitable or private sector
- Specialist clinical pharmacist in obstetrics/gynaecology/sexual and reproductive health
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate an understanding of current pharmacy /NHS issues
- Knowledge of regulations and legislation relevant to area of practice
- Manages difficult and ambiguous clinical problems and can clearly communicate to clinicians at all levels
- Understanding of clinical and risk management guidance as applied to medicines optimisation including legal and coroners context
- Demonstrates expert clinical knowledge and skills with the ability to critically appraise research and extant guidance and incorporate into practice
- High level of report writing and presentation skills
Desirable
- Provision of abortion and sexual and reproductive health in the UK
Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm or equivalent
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) - please provide registration number
- Post graduate diploma in pharmacy practice or equivalent
Desirable
- Advanced qualification in specialist area
- Registered non-medical prescriber
General
Essential
- Do you support a woman's right to choose abortion?
- Are you the family or friend of a current BPAS employee? If yes, please state the name and the nature of the relationship
- This role is working 22.5 hours per week over 3 days. Can you commit to this?
- You will be required to travel to BPAS units nationwide - approximately monthly but this will depend on business needs. Can you commit to travelling nationwide?
Desirable
- Please state any further information in support of your application
