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    Lead Pharmacist Medication Safety - London, United Kingdom - North Middlesex University Hospital

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    Description

    Job overview

    The Pharmacy Service is comprehensive and we have a full range of services including Inpatient and Outpatient dispensary service, ward-based clinical pharmacy, Medicines Information, aseptic and non-sterile production services. Specialist clinical pharmacists provide direct clinical input into medicines management in a number of clinical areas including HIV, general medicine, emergency services, surgery, rheumatology, anti-coagulation, oncology & haematology, women's health, paediatrics and infection control.

    Main duties of the job

  • In conjunction with the Chief Pharmacist will lead on patient safety and clinical governance initiatives relating to medicines management, including EPMA and Controlled Drugs, across the Trust. The post holder will assist the Chief Pharmacist develop, deliver and evaluate the medication safety programme for the Trust.
  • will lead on the review and evaluation of clinical risk and critical incidents, including trends, relating to medicines use within the Trust.
  • will be responsible for dissemination of learning relating to risks, including risk prevention.
  • will contribute to the production of departmental and Trust policies, guidelines, Standard operating procedures and bulletins, relating to patient safety and clinical governance, as appropriate.
  • will be a member of a number of groups and committees concerned with patient safety, medication safety and clinical governance within NMUHT and also across the sector.
  • will coordinate the delivery of a responsive, proactive, patient-focused clinical pharmacy service to ward(s) as required. This will include the promotion of safe, effective and cost effective drug use to facilitate patient admission and enhance continuity of care across the primary/secondary interface, ensuring appropriate mechanisms are in place to promote high quality drug use, effective risk management, patient safety and adherence to trust policies and guidelines. Advice on drug budget management in these areas will also be provided.
  • Working for our organisation

    The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium-sized acute and community trust with over 525 beds and over 600 community staff, serving more than 600,000 people living across Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest.

    The hospital has been on its present site for over 100 years and was established as an NHS trust by statute in December 1990. The Trust's services are provided on the North Middlesex University Hospital site as well as a range of community sites across the London Borough of Enfield, including at partner hospitals. They provide services in collaboration with a range of partners, including local GPs, acute, mental health and other community health service providers across North Central London.

    Detailed job description and main responsibilities

    Please refer to job description and person specification for full details of roles, responsibilities and expectation of this post holder.

    Person specification

    Education and qualifications

    Essential criteria

  • BPharm, MPharm or equivalent
  • Registered with GPhC
  • PG diploma/MSc in General Pharmacy
  • Educational Supervisor Qualification
  • Management or Leadership Qualification
  • Desirable criteria

  • Member of the RPS
  • Independent Prescriber
  • Statement of Teaching Proficiency
  • Skills and abilities

    Essential criteria

  • Ability to critically review services and processes
  • Effective organisation and prioritisation skills
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills with all disciplines, colleagues & patients
  • Ability to innovate and implement change
  • Ability to motivate, influence and persuade staff, build team
  • Ability to monitor service provision and use performance indicators pro-actively
  • Experience

    Essential criteria

  • Relevant hospital experience
  • Leading and implementing change
  • Management experience of trainee pharmacists and junior pharmacists
  • Experience working on wards
  • Personal qualities

    Essential criteria

  • Attention to detail and high level of accuracy
  • Able to communicate complex information effectively
  • Assertive and diplomatic
  • Interest in development of others
  • Interest in expanding knowledge and self development
  • Enthusiastic, self-motivating, hardworking and conscientious
  • We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

    You will only be contacted by the Recruitment Team via email if you are shortlisted for this post. Please ensure therefore that you check your e-mail account regularly.

    Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, (NLPSS) who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of NMUH.

    If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a "selfie" using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit

    NMUH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of NMUH will have their original documents verified using this technology.

    By applying for this post you are agreeing to NMUH transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through the NHS Jobs website, and as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system and other secure, internal NHS workforce systems.

    By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers. Therefore we want you to complete your e-learning modules prior to joining our organisation.

    If you are an EU/EEA citizen who does not have EU Settlement or Pre-Settled status, you will require a visa to work in the UK.

    If you require sponsorship for a visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check to ensure you are eligible under the



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