Band 8a Medication Safety Pharmacist

The duties and responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to: Leading on medication safety throughout the organisation and promote a positive culture around reporting medication errors and incidents. Providing highly complex medication safety related information, advice and education to all staff groups who handle medicines and patients. Ensuring appropriate audits are conducted across the organisation in relation to safe and effective use of medicines to ensure compliance with legislation and national medication safety initiatives, and that changes are implemented as a result. Working autonomously but build appropriate internal and external networks. Prioritise work appropriately, responding to urgent matters in a timely manner. Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for further details. The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. You will be tested against the following NHS Knowledge and Skills framework, and Civil Service
behaviours.Please include a personal statement demonstrating that your skills, knowledge, experience align to these in the CV section of the application form. Leadership Working Together Seeing the big Picture Changing and Improving Communicating and Influencing Managing a Quality Service NHS Information & Knowledge NHS IK2 Information Collection & Analysis NHS Core NHSC6 Equality and Diversity At interview, you will be tested against the following NHS Knowledge and Skills framework, and Civil Service behaviours: Seeing the big Picture Changing and Improving Communicating and Influencing NHS Information & Knowledge NHS IK2 Information Collection & Analysis Please see the link to our Youtube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit.To
be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application. Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements. The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed. There will be no reimbursement for any