Medication Safety Lead Pharmacist

This is an exciting opportunity to to make a real difference in the lives of our patients through influencing patient safety across our organisation, driving improvements in medicines management and optimisation and ensuring the Trust has safe processes in place and is compliant will all relevant safety guidance.

The postholder will be supported by our excellent medication safety team comprising of Pharmacists, Pharmacy technicians and Nurses to:

• Undertake the role of Medication Safety Officer (MSO) for UHL


• Be responsible for delivering, managing and developing the medication safety strategy across the Pharmacy Service.


• Be the lead pharmacist for medication safety in the Trust, developing and implementing strategies for quality improvement ensuring risks associated with medicines management activities are reduced or removed.


• Develop a broad range of plans to address complex medicines safety challenges within UHL, ensuring appropriate action plans are in place, monitored and adjusted according to changing priorities and risk, balancing long and short-term actions to develop and maintain a culture of safety.


• Represent pharmacy at CMG and Trust level to promote the highest standards of medicines management and provide pharmacist input into the implementation of national safety standards related to medicines.


• Lead in the monitoring of medicines management across the Trust through regular performance reporting
  
  We are looking for an experienced pharmacist with an interest in medication safety to join our team and lead the medication safety agenda across the organisation
  
  We are one of the biggest and busiest NHS trusts in the country, incorporating the General, Glenfield and Royal Infirmary hospitals. We have our very own Children's Hospital and run one of the country's leading heart centres.


Our team is made up of more than 17,000 staff providing a range of services primarily for the one million residents of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

We have four primary goals:

• high-quality care for all,


• being a great place to work,


• partnerships for impact, and


• research and education excellence


And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

• we are compassionate,


• we are proud,


• we are inclusive, and


• we are one team


This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.