Lead Pharmacist for Medication Safety and Governance
Huddersfield, England, United Kingdom Full-time Posted 1 week ago
The post holder will, with the support of the Pharmacy Senior Management Team, lead all aspects of the medication safety agenda across the Trust and act as the Trust Medicines Safety Officer.
They will work as part of the Pharmacy Board Team to deliver the medicines’ clinical governance plans which support safe and effective Pharmacy and medicines optimisation services to patients under the care of Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust and other Trusts under service level agreements. This involves close liaison with multidisciplinary teams working across the Trust.
They will develop education and training materials including reports relating to the management of medicines in the Trust and undertake research and audit to support innovative practice and sustain robust medicines management systems and processes.
Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Elisabeth Street Job title: Clinical Director of Pharmacy Email address: Elisabeth.Street@cht.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01484 355098
They will work as part of the Pharmacy Board Team to deliver the medicines’ clinical governance plans which support safe and effective Pharmacy and medicines optimisation services to patients under the care of Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust and other Trusts under service level agreements. This involves close liaison with multidisciplinary teams working across the Trust.
They will develop education and training materials including reports relating to the management of medicines in the Trust and undertake research and audit to support innovative practice and sustain robust medicines management systems and processes.
- Lead the Medication Safety agenda and be responsible for the monitoring systems and provision of information to support a reduction in avoidable harm resulting from inappropriate medicines use across the Trust including a medicines safety dashboard.
- Acting as a role model and expert in medication safety ensuring a consistently high level of pharmacy input in line with corporate objectives and NHS England policy.
- Manage the Pharmacy Medication Safety Team to ensure that the medicines clinical governance agenda is delivered in line with Trust priorities.
- Undertake research and audit to mitigate the risk associated with medicines use.
- As part of the Pharmacy Management team contribute to the strategic development of pharmacy services and lead by example to enhance the Pharmacy Service reputation both at a local and national level.
- To ensure medication safety is a common theme across all elements of business planning for the Trust
- Contribute to the local regional and national agenda with respect to medication safety liaising with national regional and local groups to share, learn and minimise medication errors.
- The post holder is responsible for the production, implementation and maintenance of a Trust-wide Medicines Code
- The post holder provides support to the Trust Accountable Officer for Controlled Drugs
- The post holder will support with safe handling, prescribing and administration of Medical Gases.
Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Elisabeth Street Job title: Clinical Director of Pharmacy Email address: Elisabeth.Street@cht.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01484 355098
