Medicines Safety Officer Pharmacist

Hounslow and Richmond Community NHS Healthcare Trust

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Job summary

To provide a clinical pharmacy service to the inpatient unit at Teddington Memorial Hospital, and support the Medicines Safety officer role to support the safe medicines agenda at HRCH.

Main duties of the job

To provide professional pharmaceutical advice to all Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare teams.
To identify and act on pharmaceutical issues which arise in the community
To reduce risk associated with medicines use by contributing to the safe medication practice agenda
To be responsible for communicating and interpreting relevant national and local decisions and policy relating to medicines, to community healthcare staff.

About us

Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust (HRCH) provide a wide range of healthcare services for the population of London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and the London Borough of Hounslow.

The Clinical Services Directorates have a wide range of responsibilities to manage, including co-ordinating and delivering community primary care services on behalf of the Trust. A wide range of these healthcare services are delivered by staff in the community, who include medical staff, paediatric therapists, therapy assistants, health visitors, specialist nurses, nurses, nursery nurses, paediatric phlebotomists and healthcare support workers with the support of administrative staff working in localities with GPs, other health professionals, early years, education, and social care professionals.

The digitalisation of health services is underway with a requirement to become paper-light by 2023 through improving the use of digital tools and adopting mobile and agile working practices and increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of clinical delivery.

Date posted

22 April 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,178 to £55,492 a year per annum pro rata incl HCAS (outer)

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

779-NN-6001664-ACS-Z-D

Job locations

Teddington Health and Social Care Centre

Hampton Road

Teddington

TW11 0JL

Job description

Job responsibilities

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Job description

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Member of General Pharmaceutical Council

Experience

Essential

Minimum of 2 years experience in providing pharmaceutical advice in either primary care, or hospital or community pharmacy
Experience in Hospital Pharmacy and Community Health Services Pharmacy or Community Pharmacy
Evidence of success in service development

Knowledge&Skills

Essential

Experience of working with a range of healthcare professionals
Good written skills with the ability to produce reports proposals and deliver presentations
Ability to prioritise workload, to work under pressure and to meet deadlines

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Member of General Pharmaceutical Council

Experience

Essential

Minimum of 2 years experience in providing pharmaceutical advice in either primary care, or hospital or community pharmacy
Experience in Hospital Pharmacy and Community Health Services Pharmacy or Community Pharmacy
Evidence of success in service development

Knowledge&Skills

Essential

Experience of working with a range of healthcare professionals
Good written skills with the ability to produce reports proposals and deliver presentations
Ability to prioritise workload, to work under pressure and to meet deadlines

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Hounslow and Richmond Community NHS Healthcare Trust

Address

Teddington Health and Social Care Centre

Hampton Road

Teddington

TW11 0JL

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Hounslow and Richmond Community NHS Healthcare Trust

Address

Teddington Health and Social Care Centre

Hampton Road

Teddington

TW11 0JL

Employer's website

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

For questions about the job, contact:

joint deputy chief pharmacist

Navneet Sahota

navneet.sahota@nhs.net

07786197109

Date posted

22 April 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,178 to £55,492 a year per annum pro rata incl HCAS (outer)

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

779-NN-6001664-ACS-Z-D

Job locations

Teddington Health and Social Care Centre

Hampton Road

Teddington

TW11 0JL

Supporting documents

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