Medicines Safety Officer

2 weeks ago

Shrewsbury SY FG, United Kingdom Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust Full time

We have an exciting and rare opportunity for you to join our Quality Improvement Team as Medicines Safety Officer, on a 12 month fixed-term contract (covering Maternity Leave).

You will work alongside our Pharmacy colleagues, Quality Team and Senior Corporate Team to help improve the safety of Medicines Management within our Community Trust.

The role will require cross site working and so it is essential that you can travel between all sites.

Please do not hesitate to get in touch for more information, informal visits are welcome and encouraged.

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.

The post-holder will be an expert practitioner and will provide robust clinical leadership, advice and training to a range of multi-disciplinary professionals in the field of medicines management.

The role requires an experienced clinician to work with the Chief Pharmacist, heads of service, service managers and managers from the wider health community. For example, to provide support with new projects and services which will improve the safety of medicines management across SCHT.

The post holder will be responsible for managing all medicines incidents reported through Datix and act as the Trust's Medicines Safety Officer, hosting lesson's learned meetings and supporting staff to prepare quality root cause analysis documents. Leading the training required following outcomes of RCA's and disseminating learning to professional groups throughout SCHT and with all stakeholders and partner agencies e.g. Shropdoc, SaTH, RJAH and others across the health economy to maintain patient safety with respect to medicine.

To be responsible for supporting all aspects of non-medical prescribing for the Trust and providing assurance to the Chief Pharmacist.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.

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