Medicines Governance Pharmacist

Job overview

We are excited to offer a rare opportunity for a pharmacist to join the Pharmacy team at the London Ambulance Service NHS Trust and lead medicines governance across the organisation.  This is a unique, cross-cutting role that works with operational, clinical and corporate teams to ensure consistent medicines governance practice across the Trust.  The post holder will be expected to work on-site.

We are an inclusive and well respected team.  We will support you to develop and grow your pharmacy skills both practically and strategically. We are looking for a GPhC registered pharmacist who is dynamic and willing to learn in a new and developing environment.

Main duties of the job

• Delivery of medication governance across the Trust. They will provide managerial support to the Pharmacy Technician Specialists.
• The post-holder will be involved with work streams of project management, stakeholder engagement, creation and critical review of innovative developments to enable seamless medicines management across the LAS.
• The Medicines Governance Pharmacist will require a detailed understanding of medicines use, patient safety, a record of experience in pre-hospital medicine, non-medical prescribing and urgent care pathways.
• The post-holder will act as a role model to the LAS, promoting the training and development of Trust staff in the field of medicines management and governance, embracing innovative ways of working and provide a consistently high-quality service on behalf of the LAS in line with corporate objectives and national policy.
• Due to the nature of the role, it may be expected that the post-holder will frequently travel between stakeholder organisations and across Trust locations.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical Leadership

• To apply core and specialist pharmaceutical skills in order to plan, support, monitor and review medicines management initiatives
• To work closely with the Associate Chief Pharmacist and Medication Safety Officer in providing safe, clinically effective and cost-effective use of medicines across a range of relevant clinical areas, promoting the image of LAS by working in accordance with our vision and values.
• Responds to technical medicines information enquiries, and provides complex information in a format that is suitable for healthcare professionals and patients; regarding storage, handling and reconstitution doses of drugs in the ambulance service

Operational Delivery

• To apply core and specialist pharmaceutical skills in order to plan, support, monitor and review medicines management initiatives.
• To support the Chief pharmacist in providing safe, clinically effective and cost-effective use of medicines across a range of relevant clinical areas, promoting the image of LAS byworking in accordance with our vision and values.

Please see attached Job Description to see the full list of the responsibilities for this role.