Highly Specialist Pharmacist, Medicine Safety

Job overview

We are seeking a motivated, experienced, and patient‑safety‑focused pharmacist to join our Medication Safety Team, to cover for maternity leave. This role offers an exciting opportunity to deliver both local and national medication safety priorities as part of a team of pharmacists and medication safety pharmacy technicians and nurses.

You will play a key role in supporting the Trust to improve medication safety, deliver high‑quality patient care, and contribute to a positive safety culture across all areas of practice. This role also offers excellent opportunities for professional development, working alongside colleagues and patients to drive improvement initiatives.

Success in this post will require:

Empathy, curiosity, and strong communication skills

Collaboration and relationship‑building across multidisciplinary teams

Understanding of the NHS Patient Safety Strategy and PSIRF

Ability to adapt to changing priorities and work flexibly

Digital literacy and experience with data management

This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term basis as it has been established to provide cover for maternity leave and will after a period of 12 months  or when the substantive postholder returns.

Whilst this post is advertised on a fixed term basis there is the potential that this post may become permanent in the future.

Main duties of the job

Lead, deliver, and monitor the Trust’s Medication Safety Programme.  Act as a specialist expert and role model for medication safety across the organisation.

Drive and embed a positive safety culture across all services.

Coordinate medication safety workstreams and contribute to wider clinical governance.

Review, analyse, and monitor medication incidents, providing feedback to support shared learning.

Support the implementation of local and national safety guidance, patient safety alerts, and incident action plans.

Facilitate learning from safety events and promote continual improvement.

Provide education and training to multidisciplinary teams, and support audit, evaluation, and research activity.

Contribute to Medicine Safety Group activities, safety communications, and incident reporting processes.

Participate in cross‑site operational responsibilities, including clinical cover and dispensary duties.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Leadership & Strategic Responsibilities

• Lead, deliver, and monitor the Trust’s Medication Safety Agenda.
• Act as a role model and specialist expert in Medication Safety across the organisation.
• Drive and embed positive medication safety culture across all services.
• Participate in regional Medication Safety Networks
• Lead and coordinate medicines safety workstreams and contribute to clinical governance.

Safety, Risk & Governance

• Develop, assess, and monitor implementation of local and national safety guidance.
• Implement changes to reduce the risk of preventable medication harm.
• Facilitate learning from patient safety insights by coordinating responses to safety events.
• Lead medication incident risk‑reduction strategies and support Trust incident reporting systems.
• Review, analyse, and monitor medication incidents, providing feedback for shared learning and staff education.
• Support responses to national patient safety alerts and implement associated action plans.

Education, Training & Professional Development

• Provide education and training to multidisciplinary teams within and beyond the Trust.
• Contribute to practice research, clinical audit, and service evaluation.
• Develop training resources and improvement programmes aligned to the NHS Patient Safety Strategy and the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework.

Operational Responsibilities

• Undertake cross‑site responsibilities, including clinical ward cover and dispensary duties.
• Actively participate as a member of the Medication Safety Group (MSG) and contribute to safety communication (e.g., medication safety bulletins).
• Support incident data management, digital reporting tools, and governance documentation.