Job description
A brilliant opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, highly motivated Pharmacist with a passion for Medicines Safety to join our well respected Pharmacy Team.
The successful candidate will lead on medication safety across the Trust, acting as the Trust Medication Safety Officer and managing the Medicines Safety Group.
You will work with the Trust Governance and Risk Team to provide pharmaceutical input to the multidisciplinary governance agenda related to medicines safety.
We require you to have a Clinical Diploma or equivalent and possess excellent communication skills. We will build upon your current experience and qualifications through supporting you to develop further leadership skills to maximise your impact in the role.
Working closely with lead medical, nursing and pharmacy staff you will maintain the profile of medication safety across the Trust, ensuring effective trust wide communication of medication safety issues. You will also lead and chair the Pharmacy Governance group.
Trust Values
Kingston Hospital NHS Trust has five key values and we want to employ and work with people who share these values and demonstrate behaviours that support them. They are:
- Caring – Design and deliver care around each individual patient’s needs and wants.
- Safe – Make the safety of patients and staff our prime concern as safety comes first
- Responsible – All staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services and reputation
- Value Each Other – Value each other's contribution
- Inspiring - We always strive to empower each other to develop and deliver improvements to benefit our patients