Clinical Pharmacist, Medication Safety Officer inCwmabran inCwmabran PUBLISHED
FRI 15 NOV 2024
The position offers flexibility in working arrangements, with the base site to be determined upon appointment, and includes a clinical commitment at Grange University Hospital. The role not only fosters personal and professional growth within a supportive environment but also emphasises the importance of patient safety in the healthcare system. Fluency in Welsh is desirable, but applications from both Welsh and English speakers are encouraged.
Do you have a passion for medication safety? Are you a highly motivated and experienced pharmacist with the skills to assess and manage risk, initiate and manage change, and also provide assurance around the safe use of medicines? Could you find opportunities to influence patient safety across the system? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!
ABUHB are looking for a Medication Safety Officer (MSO) to join our pharmacy team. This role is vital for encouraging medication incident reporting and learning from these incidents. You will work closely with the pharmacy teams at all hospital sites within the HB and also link in with primary care. This role is immensely rewarding and enables the opportunity to make a real difference to patient care.
ABUHB believe that providing the highest quality of care, is about having the best people, inspired and supported by the best leaders. ABUHB Pharmacy offers a dynamic and supportive environment that values our staff, with many opportunities for personal development along your career pathway
We support flexible working and welcome applicants looking at full- or part-time working. Base site is flexible to any of our acute sites across the HB and will be agreed on appointment. The post also has a clinical commitment to be undertaken at GUH (2 sessions per week).
The successful candidate will be able to work in a collaborative, effective and efficient manner to lead and support the medicines safety strategy. This includes responsibilities to: -
o Lead, develop, deliver and evaluate the medication safety strategy for the Health Board in line with regional, local and national directives.
o Act as the lead Pharmacist for the management of medicines shortages to support the Principal Procurement Pharmacist and procurement Pharmacy Technicians across ABUHB to ensure robust supply chain.
o Support the Procurement Pharmacist and Divisional Pharmacists to manage clinical impact and safety implications of medication switches and policy amendments during a medicines shortage scenario through effective information dissemination to clinical teams.
o Provide medication incident trend analysis and work with the ABUHB patient safety stakeholders to prepare improvement plans, prioritising actions that will lead to the greatest benefit and harm prevention to patients.
o Promote medicines safety agenda by leading on specific audits, intervention reports and quality improvement projects.
o Provide support for Pharmacy, Medical, Nursing, and other staff on safety initiatives. This includes the delivery and development of educational resources.
About us
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
You will be able to find a full Job Description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents, or please click Apply now to view in Trac
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