Advanced Pharmacist Medicines Safety | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 26 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £50,952 - £57,349 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 26 May 2024 |
| Location: | Oxford, OX3 9DU |
| Company: | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6238543/321-CSS-6238543-B8a |
Summary
In this post, you will be a key member of the medicines safety team, involved in dynamic workstreams focused on optimising and improving the safe use of medicines throughout the trust. This role provides an opportunity to take a leadership role in the Medicines Safety team.
The role provides an opportunity to expand your expertise and skillset, to be involved in service development or research and to put your management and leadership skills into action in a supportive setting. The post holder should maintain high standards of pharmaceutical care, ensure timely, effective, communication with both the multi-disciplinary clinical teams and collaborators.
The main duties of the job are active involvement in learning from incidents and risks, measuring and monitoring safety to ensure the safest use of medicines, optimising processes and systems and engaging all staff in the medicine safety agenda.
OUHNHSFT is part of the acclaimed Shelford Group and is one of the largest teaching trusts in the UK. Our pharmacy department contains around 400 multidisciplinary healthcare staff.
The medicines safety team is a multi-disciplinary team who aim to promote the safe use of medicines across the trust to improve safety for all our patients and help equip staff with the knowledge and expertise they need to use medicines safely.
Main responsibilities
1. To promote the safe use of medicines in accordance with legislation, guidance and evidence based best practice.
2. To work with corporate and divisional colleagues to ensure medication risks are identified, assessed and risk reduction measures put in place and monitored.
3. To promote a multidisciplinary approach to medicines safety and that all healthcare professionals are trained and competent in safe medicines use
4. To act as a mentor and role model and be a source of expert medication safety practice and to raise the profile and promote sharing and learning with colleagues and patients locally.
5. To have a leadership role in the design and implementation of smart infusion pumps and dose error reduction software.
6. To promote learning and sharing of experiences in risk reduction and improvement methodologies in relation to medicines safety.
7. To participate in audit, research and quality improvement to support medicines safety
8. To use innovation to support effective patient outcomes, experience, improve cost effectiveness and in particular to support safety improvement.
This advert closes on Sunday 12 May 2024