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Job overview
As the Governance lead for medication within UHBW you will interact and provide expert guidance to a range of staff from all professional groups across the Trust. Working closely with and supporting the Director of Pharmacy.
As part of the future strategy for clinical services in Bristol and Weston, UHBW and NBT have joined to form a Hospitals Group. This job will provide the vital role of Medication Safety Officer (MSO) across the Hospitals Group, ensuring a consistent and collaborative approach is taken within the medication safety agenda.
UHBW is a Large Acute Trust, providing a range of secondary and tertiary services across the South West and beyond. It has a well established and highly regarded pharmacy team of over 350 staff, providing a range of clinical services across many pathways from tertiary paediatics to exemplar frailty teams. UHBW also has significant aseptics facilities providing chemotherapy to our tertiary Cancer hospital, Licensed Radiopharmacy and Specials Production Units.
NBT employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. The pharmacy department consist of over 250 team members and provides a clinical service across the Trust with many highly specialist posts & pharmacist-led clinics.
Main duties of the job
- To lead on all aspects of medication safety and governance, providing highly specialised pharmaceutical advice relating to the safer use of medicines within University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW).
- To act as the Medication Safety Officer for UHBW and North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) as part of the Hospitals Group relationship, implementing and co-ordinating national patient safety alerts and improvement strategies.
- To lead on UHBW’s compliance with national standards (e.g. Care Quality Commission) relating to safer medicines management.
- To work without supervision, be self-motivated and self-directed in between regular supervisory meetings. Develop detailed project plans and manage their implementation, either directly or by coordinating the actions of others.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience of Medicines Optimisation
- Knowledge of risk and error theory
- Experience of medication error reduction
- Experience of project management and quality improvement
Desirable criteria
- Supervisory/management experience
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Exceptional organisational, time management and prioritisation skills
- Excellent negotiation, persuasive and diplomacy skills
- Analysis and problem solving skills
- Able to work independently and in a team
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Masters degree (or equivalent) in Pharmacy
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate diploma or Masters in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent)
We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.
- As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
- The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.
- UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
- To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview.
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