Senior pharmacist – Medicine Safety

Job overview

An exciting opportunity for an experienced and enthusiastic pharmacist with a passion for improving medicines safety has arisen.

The post holder will support the Principal Pharmacist for Medicines Safety and Governance with the delivery of medication safety quality improvement projects across the Trust as identified by the Medication Safety Group and national publications, participating in a multidisciplinary, patient centred approach.

We require a dynamic pharmacist with excellent communication skills, who is able to work with the multidisciplinary team to deliver service improvement and enhance the care of our patients. 

We are passionate about the training and development of our pharmacists and have recently appointed a principal pharmacist for education and training.  We will provide the opportunity for you to undertake the prescribing course if you are not already a prescriber.

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To provide a high-profile lead role in the provision and development of medicines safety initiatives to healthcare professionals within the Trust, contracted services and Primary Care, and management of staff working in the service.

To continuously monitor the Trust Datix Reporting system to identify themes and trends within medication incidents. To analyse datix information, seeking and investigating changing trends and making recommendations for practice changes to improve patient care.

To be a member of local committees relevant to medicine use and medication safety, in order to provide relevant and evaluated information on medicines to assist in decision making for the use of medicines in the local health economy.

To support the Principal Pharmacist for Medication Safety and Governance in the delivery of the medication safety agenda within the Trust.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve.  We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.