# Senior Specialist Pharmacist - Medicines Safety & Governance > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-specialist-pharmacist-medicines-safety-and-governance/78c2efbf-acb1-4635-8cb2-6fe89609b10a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-specialist-pharmacist-medicines-safety-and-governance/78c2efbf-acb1-4635-8cb2-6fe89609b10a.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** The James Cook University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Pharmacist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 Per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-18T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-07T14:50:58.446Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cleveland/Middlesbrough/South_Tees_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Clinical_Support/Clinical_Support-v8324087 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8324087?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.southtees.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen at University Hospital Tees to join the Pharmacy team as our Senior Specialist Pharmacist for Medicines Safety & Governance. This newly created role will work closely with the Medication Safety Officer and Pharmacy Governance Senior Leader to provide expert leadership for medication safety, governance, incident investigation, risk management and implementation of national patient safety initiatives. Working across pharmacy, nursing and medical teams, you will drive medicines safety improvement, support organisational learning and help deliver safer, more effective and cost-efficient patient care. If you are an experienced hospital clinical pharmacist with a passion for patient safety and quality improvement, we would love to hear from you. ### Main duties of the job Lead and support medicines safety, governance and risk management activities across University Hospital Tees Investigate medication incidents, identify trends and implement safety improvements Coordinate organisational responses to national patient safety alerts and medicines safety initiatives Provide expert advice to pharmacy, medical and nursing teams on safe and effective medicines use Develop policies, guidelines, audits and governance processes to improve patient safety Deliver training, mentorship and leadership to support a positive medicines safety culture Monitor medicines safety performance and contribute to quality improvement programmes Support compliance with CQC, PSIRF and national medicines governance standards ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Wealth of experience in clinical pharmacy within a hospital setting - Experience of developing strong professional relationships with other healthcare professionals - Experience of leading and contributing to relevant research, audit and service improvement projects - Experience of involvement in multidisciplinary service development - Experience of delivering Education & Training **Desirable** - Staff leadership and management experience - Experience in change management ### Knowledge and Skills **Essential** - Ability to apply theoretical knowledge to medication safety issues - Involvement in development of evidence-based clinical guidelines, polices and protocols - Strong knowledge of medicines information resources **Desirable** - Membership of regional/national/international specialist interest groups relevant to field of practice ### Qualifications and Training **Essential** - Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent - Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council - Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent relevant postgraduate clinical qualification - Pharmacist independent prescribing accreditation or actively working towards qualification - Evidence of CPD and ongoing education **Desirable** - Relevant postgraduate clinical qualification or management qualification - Membership with Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) - Working towards RPS advanced clinical practice or consultancy frameworks ## Documents - [friarage hospital map (pdf, 531.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2096) - [james cook campus map (pdf, 168.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2094) - [making every contact point (pdf, 756.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2984) - [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 113.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2093) - [clinical service units directorate (pdf, 116.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2423) - [job description & personal specification (pdf, 1.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10646042) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.