Job summary
Senior Pharmacist - Medicines Safety Officer and Governance lead
Band 8b
Part time, 30 hours per week (0.8 WTE). Permanent post.
We have a fantastic opportunity for a dynamic and experienced pharmacy leader to join the senior pharmacy team as the Medicines Safety Officer and Governance Lead.
If you relish a challenge and want the chance to develop your clinical, leadership, research and managerial skills, this could be the right role for you.
We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic pharmacist to help develop the pharmaceutical service.
You will need an excellent clinical knowledge base, possess significant and proven leadership, project, and change management skills and have an ability to build effective relationships and influence prescribing practice at a senior level.
You would need to be an experienced pharmacist and be motivated in developing the service and your own professional skills.
Main duties of the job
To lead the strategic development of the Trust-wide medication safety agenda and identify initiatives to minimise risk from medication safety issues which have the potential to cause patient harm including prescribing, dispensing and administration of medicines and monitoring of medicines use.
To be the designated Medicines Safety Officer for the Trust. The role will support the Chief Pharmacist, Medical Director and Chief Nurse Officer in undertaking their overall corporate responsibility for Medicines Management.
To act as the pharmacy lead for Trust-wide implementation of medicines related NHS Improvement alerts, MHRA Drug Safety Updates and alerts and manufacturer initiated safety initiatives including production of action plans and monitoring of ongoing compliance.
To review medication incident reports, ensure appropriate investigations and implement action plans to ensure lessons are learned and, where appropriate
Support the Deputy Chief Pharmacist with all elements of medicine and pharmaceutical clinical governance, ensuring that policies and procedures for all aspects of medicine use are developed to the highest quality and that all relevant standards, professional, statutory and operational are met
Lead the Pharmacy Governance Group
Support the Controlled Drugs Accountable Officer
About us
Why Bolton?
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated provider of acute, intermediate and community health care serving the population of Bolton. This provides us with an opportunity for our services to work closely with our partners in primary care and the local authority to ensure a seamless service for our patients.
Here at Bolton our patients are at the heart of everything we do. We ensure our patients receive the highest quality of Care and are guided by our trust Values. We are proud that our Trust is a centre of excellence for maternity, neonatal and care for children.
The aims of this Trust are to improve the health of and provide the best possible care to the population in which we serve and ensure that our staff have joy and pride in their work. We are striving to recruit a workforce that reflects the communities in which we serve. We value our staff and can offer excellent opportunities for further training and development. We are keen to reflect our local population and therefore applications from all sectors of the community are welcomed.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information regarding the key responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description. If you have any further questions regarding this role please do not hesitate to contact us
Job description
Job responsibilities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information regarding the key responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description. If you have any further questions regarding this role please do not hesitate to contact us
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- One year pre-registration training and experience
- Diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent documented experience.
- Good all round clinical knowledge and practical clinical skills.
Desirable
- Membership of The Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Evidence of further education / training in clinical pharmacy practice
- Formal Management qualification (eg diploma or degree)
- Certification of Supplementary/ Independent prescribing
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Post registration hospital experience
- Experience as a Highly Specialist Clinical Pharmacist or equivalent documented clinical experience
- Ability to cope with occasional distressing circumstances eg when dealing with seriously ill patients
- Able to think clearly in stressful situations
- Line management experience
Desirable
- Previous clinical experience in specialised field
- Evidence of successful multi- disciplinary working
- Teaching/training experience
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- One year pre-registration training and experience
- Diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent documented experience.
- Good all round clinical knowledge and practical clinical skills.
Desirable
- Membership of The Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Evidence of further education / training in clinical pharmacy practice
- Formal Management qualification (eg diploma or degree)
- Certification of Supplementary/ Independent prescribing
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Post registration hospital experience
- Experience as a Highly Specialist Clinical Pharmacist or equivalent documented clinical experience
- Ability to cope with occasional distressing circumstances eg when dealing with seriously ill patients
- Able to think clearly in stressful situations
- Line management experience
Desirable
- Previous clinical experience in specialised field
- Evidence of successful multi- disciplinary working
- Teaching/training experience
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.
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 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 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.
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 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).
