Medication Safety Officer

Job summary

Medication Safety Officer (MSO) Join Our Team at LPT!

Are you passionate about medication safety and patient care? Do you have the expertise to assess and manage risk, drive change and ensure the safe use of medicines? This crucial role focuses on improving medication safety, reducing medication-related harm and embedding a strong safety culture within our organisation.

As aMedication Safety Officer (MSO), you will:

• Promote a culture of open and proactive medication incident reporting to support learning and improvement.
• Work closely with clinical teams across all LPT sites to ensure best practices in medication safety.
• Investigate medication-related incidents, analyse trends and provide recommendations to enhance patient safety.
• Develop and implement policies, guidelines and training programs to improve medication safety across the Trust.
• Lead quality improvement initiatives and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to drive meaningful change.
• Provide expert advice on serious incidents, medication risk management and regulatory compliance.

To be successful in this role, you must have:

• Experience in investigating medication incidents and implementing improvement strategies.
• A strong background in quality improvement and patient safety initiatives. Knowledge of medicines safety legislation and the ability to apply it in practice.
• The ability to influence and engage with healthcare professionals at all levels.

Hours of work: Mon- Fri. 8.30am-4.30pm/9.30am-5:30pm

Main duties of the job

The post holder is responsible for leading medication safety and governance across the Trust, promoting a positive culture around incident reporting, and deputising for the Chief Pharmacist when needed.

Key responsibilities include:

• Acting as the Trust's Designated Medication Safety Officer and leading the Medication Safety agenda to reduce avoidable harm.
• Supporting the Chief Pharmacist in medicines governance and quality improvement.
• Leading clinical risk management, audits, and assurance programs related to medicines.
• Providing clinical pharmacy services in line with relevant standards. Coordinating strategies to enhance medication safety and ensuring compliance with national standards.
• Leading the Medication Risk Reduction Group within the Patient Safety Group.
• Working with clinical teams to improve medicine use safety and identifying risks on the hospital floor.
• Developing and implementing medication safety strategies and ensuring compliance with Care Quality Commission (CQC) regulations.
• The role involves proactive engagement with teams, designing safer systems, and fostering a strong safety culture within the Trust.

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

LPT Pharmacy Services

Glenfield Hospital, Groby Road

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE3 9EJ

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

LPT Pharmacy Services

Glenfield Hospital, Groby Road

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE3 9EJ

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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