Senior Pharmacist for Education, Training and Quality Improvement

Be responsible for the management and delivery of Pharmacy education and training Facilitate and deliver training and act as a designated supervisor for trainee and foundation level pharmacists Develop education and training materials including reports relating to the management of the medicines in the Trust and undertake research and audit to support innovative practice and sustain robust medicines management systems and processes. Manager related training provision to all operation staff within the Trust. Support the department with clinical activities ensuring accuracy, legality, safety and efficacy of prescribed medication in line with local and national procedures Support with pharmacy practice-based audit and research within the department. Act as an operational lead in any relevant aspects of regulatory audit (internal and external). Support the medication safety agenda, collaborate on monitoring system and provision of information to support a reduction in avoidable harm resulting
from inappropriate medicines use across the Trust. Work to deliver the medicines clinical governance plans which support safe and effective pharmacy and medicines optimisation services to patients. This involves close liaison with the medicines safety officer and multidisciplinary teams working across the Trust. Lead serious incident reviews where appropriate and provide a quality assurance function for incident reviews involving medicines. Support multidisciplinary teams to investigate incidents to enable the root cause to be understood and appropriate plans to be established to mitigate future risks.