Principal Pharmacist: Medication Safety and Governance

Job description Job responsibilities NHS Staff Survey: Our staff scored Autonomy and Control at 7.19, well above the national average. Here, you're trusted to lead, innovate, and shape your work. To represent Pharmacy and Medication Safety at organisational Operational, Safety and Governance meetings. To represent pharmacy at multi-disciplinary patient safety incident response framework (PSIRF) meetings. To support the internal pharmacy PSIRF panel in collaboration with pharmacy area leads and managers. To investigate medications-related incidents, liaising with and delegating to pharmacy managers where necessary. To participate and where necessary lead on hot debriefs, after action reviews (AARs) and MDT investigation into medication-related incidents as deemed by the patient safety team. To develop a good working relationship and communications with clinical and managerial staff in the clinical divisions and provide a link regarding all aspects of Medication Safety across local health economy. To ensure effective communication with the Patient Safety Team and the Pharmacy team, between the team and the rest of the Pharmacy, within the Trust and external to the Trust as appropriate Please refer to attached Job description for full details. We believe success lies in the diversity of our employees and are committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity and embracing inclusion. We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us. MKUH is committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and as such we offer a range of flexible working practices. We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once enough applications have been received. MKUH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of MKUH will have their original documents verified using this technology. By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that information from your application will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system. Your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers. Upon commencing employment with the Trust all employees (except Medical & Dental Staff on national terms and conditions)are subject to a probationary period lasting a period of six months with an option to extend for a further six months to a total of 12months.