Senior Pharmacist – Medication Safety Officer

Job summary

The post holder will be an experienced clinical pharmacist with highly developed interpersonal skills. They will work under the guidance of the Principal Pharmacist for Medicines Governance and Antimicrobial Stewardship to ensure systems are in place for the safe management of medicines across the Trust.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is responsible for supporting the development, delivery, and monitoring of both long- and short-term strategies for antimicrobial stewardship and medication safety. The post holder will work closely with the Principal Pharmacist for Medicines Governance and Antimicrobial Stewardship, the Medication Safety Officer (job share), the senior pharmacy technician for medication safety, relevant medical, nursing, and pharmacy staff, to achieve these aims.

The post holder will be required to work effectively with the Trust Medication Safety Committee, and wider multidisciplinary clinical staff (medical, nursing, and pharmacy).

The role will lead on audit and assurance programmes related to the safe/and secure handling of medicines, and will provide expert advice to ensure standards are met.

About us

This is a great time to join The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, we are currently in the process of redeveloping the hospital to provide a state-of-the-art hospital for the residents of Hillingdon, and beyond, which supports the very best in delivery of healthcare and will be fit for our future.

We provide acute and specialist services from two sites to a local population of 350,000. Our services include; accident and emergency services, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. Hillingdon is situated in North West London close to Heathrow airport and is the second largest London borough.

Our vision is to be the best general hospital in the country. We are clear that our Vision can only be achieved by our staff, our most valuable asset. We are committed to making improvements for both our patients and our staff which we will deliver through living our CARES values: Communication, Attitude, Responsibility, Equity and Safety.

More information about our Vision and values and how we build theses into our recruitment process can be found on our website.

We value our staff and wherever possible we offer flexible hours, a full range of benefits, on-site nursery facilities and restaurant as well as a wide range of training and career development opportunities. We are proud to say that our staff survey results show that our staff look forward to coming to work here.