Lead Pharmacist Patient Safety & Quality

Due to promotion of the current post holder, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and enthusiastic pharmacist to lead on maximising medicine related patient safety, pharmacy service quality and patient experience. As the Medication Safety Officer, you will drive the strategy for the Trusts multidisciplinary Medication Safety Group, ensuring that all medicines related events are reported and reviewed, learning is shared, and medicines safety strategies are reviewed as a result of learning. You will work across organisational boundaries and actively contribute to local and national medication safety groups. Supporting the Trusts aim of striving for excellence and to achieve excellent patient experience, you will lead Pharmacys quality agenda, ensuring that the department reports on all aspects of service quality, working with other leaders to seek opportunities for service improvement to benefit patient care and experience. You will also contribute to the implementation of the Medicines Optimisation & Pharmacy Services strategy to actively promote high standards of care.,

• To ensure a multidisciplinary approach is applied to medicines safety, in accordance with legislation, national, local and Trust guidance.
• Act as the Medication Safety Officer for the Trust, becoming a clinical expert for medication safety.
• Produce and contribute to medication related investigations as required according to the patient safety incident response framework (PSIRF), and NHSE Never Events involving medicines.
• Produce a quarterly Thematic Review of Local Incident Medication Priority Events to disseminate Trust-wide.
• Act as the Professional Secretary to the Medication Safety Group
• Respond to urgent requests for advice from pharmacy, medical, nursing staff and other healthcare professionals with regard to medication safety related issues and concerns.
• Lead the development and implementation of local strategies and policies to reduce risks with medicines.
• Act as the clinical governance lead for Pharmacy and Chair of the Pharmacy Quality & Governance Group and lead on the monitoring and formal reporting of the quality of Pharmacy services using appropriate agreed performance indicators.
• Assist the Director of Pharmacy with the safe and secure handling of Controlled Drugs Trust-wide.
• Lead the development of a long-term departmental audit plan, promoting a culture of learning and positive change within the department that will contribute to improving delivery of pharmacy services.
  
  You must have an in-depth understanding of the national medication safety agenda and be experienced in problem solving, influencing, and facilitating change with a multidisciplinary team.
  
  We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust. If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.