Trust Pharmacist

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	29 Ebrill 2026
Cyflog:	£79,504.00 i £91,609.00 bob blwyddyn
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£79504.00 - £91609.00 a year
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	11 Mai 2026
Lleoliad:	Brierley Hill, DY5 1LX
Cwmni:	NHS Jobs
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	C9217-023-26-27

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The principal duties and responsibilities for this role include To provide expert and specialist advice and guidance to senior Trust managers in relation to medicines management systems. Liaising with clinicians, managers and other health care professionals to ensure the delivery of safe, effective and economic medicines management systems. Developing systems to ensure medicinal products are stored appropriately and securely on all trust premises and vehicles. With Support from the Clinical Audit Team, the Consultant Paramedic for Pre Hospital Care, & the Medicine Safety Officer undertake medicine audits and checks within the service responding to drug related queries from trust staff; Keeping up to date with, and contributing to, research and development, often in collaboration with trust managers and clinicians and colleagues in the pharmaceutical industry. Providing information to the Trust relating to budgets and expenditure on drugs. To review requests for drug protocols for clinical trials, evaluating new medications and making recommendations relating to new medicines that are the safest and most effective for patients. Work with the Consultant Paramedic for Pre Hospital Care to ensure medicines compliance. Ensuring that the Trust is compliant with all legislative and regulatory requirements for medicines management and appropriate licenses. Organising their work plan to ensure that they meet the Trusts requirements within agreed timescales. To analyse and provide advice in relation to any adverse incident relating to medicines and their use. To review patient group directions for the trust. To complete regulatory licence applications on behalf of the trust. To oversee the clinical risk management assurance and ensuring compliance with medicines legislation. To lead on the development of trust wide policies for prescribing, drug administration, monitoring of medication and the medicines components of resuscitation, wound care and other medical policies. To ensure that the supply of medication complies with legislation e.g. Misuse of Drugs Act, national guidance and local procedures. To incorporate new legislation and professional guidelines into individual practice To ensure cost-effective use of medicines across the trust and local healthcare economy and wider medicines management activities within the trust. In addition, the following requirements with specific relation to the duties of a responsible person (RP) apply as the Trust is required under GDP to have an appointed RP. The individual shall ensure that a quality management system proportionate to the distributors activities is implemented and maintained including: Quality risk management Corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) to address deviations Change control Measurement of performance indicators and management review The Responsible Person is required to: Understand their own responsibilities Carry out all duties in such a way as to ensure that the wholesale distributor can demonstrate GDP compliance Define personal and staff roles, responsibilities and accountabilities and record all delegated duties Ensure that initial and continuous training programmes are implemented and maintained Ensure all personnel are trained in GDP, their own duties, product identification, the risks of falsified medicines and specific training for products requiring more stringent handling Maintain training records for self and others and ensure training is periodically assessed Provide and receive highly complex information, agreement or co-operation required. Communicates service related information to decision makers e.g. Groups, Committees and or board, senior managers and other staff at all levels. Ensure that self-inspections are performed at appropriate regular intervals following a prearranged programme and necessary corrective measures are put in place Premises & Equipment: Ensure that appropriate standards of GDP are maintained for own premises and contracted storage premises Identify medicinal products, legal categories, storage conditions and different Marketing Authorisation types Maintain the safety and security of medicinal products within the appropriate environments, including product integrity and product storage Use the appropriate systems to segregate, store and distribute medicinal products Maintain records for the repair, maintenance, calibration and validation of equipment including computerised systems Ensure storage areas are temperature mapped, qualified and validated Documentation the individual shall focus on The accuracy and quality of records Contemporaneous records Records storage Maintaining comprehensive written procedures that are understood and followed Ensure procedures are valid and version controlled Operations Carry out due diligence checks and ensure that suppliers and customers are qualified Ensure all necessary checks are carried out and that medicinal products are authorised for sale Manage authorised activities to ensure operations do not compromise the quality of medicines and can demonstrate compliance with GDP Demonstrate the application of activities and provisions in accordance with the wholesale distribution authorisation and of company processes and procedures Ensure that any additional requirements imposed on certain products by national law are adhered to e.g. specials, unlicensed imports & controlled drugs Complaints, returns, suspected falsified medicinal products and medicinal product recalls Ensure relevant customer complaints are dealt with effectively, informing the manufacturer and/or marketing authorisation holder of any product quality/product defect issues Decide on the final disposition of returned, rejected, recalled or falsified products Approve any returns to saleable stock Coordinate and promptly perform any recall operations for medicinal products Co-operate with marketing authorisation holders and national competent authorities in the event of recalls Have an awareness of the issues surrounding falsified medicines Outsourced Activities Approve any subcontracted activities which may impact on GDP Self-Inspection Ensure that self inspections are performed at appropriate regular intervals following a pre-arranged programme and necessary corrective measures are put in place Transportation Apply the appropriate transport requirements and methods for cold chain, ambient and hazardous product Ensure all transport equipment is appropriately qualified Brokers Ensure that transactions are only made with brokers who are registered Ensure that any broker activities performed are registered Person Requirements The prior relevant knowledge and experience related to the distribution of medicinal products Access to pharmaceutical knowledge and advice when it is required Knowledge of the products traded under the licence General Supervision Received The post holder will report to the Head of Compliance however will be expected to use autonomy and manage their work load and objectives accordingly. There will be monthly update meetings to monitor progress. Special Conditions The post holder will be expected to attend meetings at various locations within and on occasions outside the Trust, therefore a current and valid driving license is required. Work Complexity The post holder will be expected to undertake a full review of the current medicines management legislation and the Trusts medicines management processes and controls including budget and financial decisions relating to medicines. The job consists of varied tasks requiring some flexibility and personal organisation to determine priorities and handle more than one issue at a time. Plan and organise broad range of complex activities, formulate, adjust plans or strategies/ formulate long term, strategic plans involving uncertainty, may impact across whole organisation Contacts The post holder will liaise with staff and managers at all levels of the organisation, and with external representatives. Contact may be face-to-face, but is more likely to be over the telephone or by email/correspondence) Policy Responsible for the implementation and development of pharmacy/medicines policies and procedures and contributes to Trust medicines/drugs management policies. Responsible for policy interpretation for department relating to medicines Staff Management Undertake Personal Development Reviews (PDRs) for Managers and staff within own area of responsibility Liaise with Human Resources, appropriate support functions including Occupational Health, and other stakeholders to address staff related issues including recruitment and selection, sickness management, communication, grievance and discipline, health & safety and welfare. Participate in staff recruitment in line with organisational needs. Authorised signatory for travel expenses, overtime payments and staff timesheets Creative Work The post holder is required to prepare correspondence and reports. You will assist with the development of a new medicines management procedure and assist in their implementation and monitoring. The post holder will be expected to provide specialist advice and guidance on the introduction of new medicines to the Trust, including developing the clinical protocols