Job Description

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 injectable safety workstream within the Medicines Safety team. The postholder will be involved in implementing and optimising smart infusion pump technology across the trust. This includes designing and implementing drug-error reduction software, namely interpreting a range of resources to define clinical dosing parameters for drugs administered using smart infusion pumps in a range of clinical areas.
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.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the job are active involvement in implementing and optimising smart infusion pump technology across the Trust, 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.
About us
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.
Details
Date posted
16 December 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
55,690 to 62,682 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Secondment
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
321-CSS-7558448-B8a
Job locations
John Radcliffe Hospital
Headley Way
Oxford
OX3 9DU
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main responsibilities * To promote the safe use of injectable medicines in accordance with guidance and evidence based best practice, to support the implementation of drug-error reduction software across the Trust.

• To work with corporate and divisional colleagues to ensure medication risks are identified as part of the dose error reduction software infusion pump project. To assess risks and ensure risk reduction measures are put in place and monitored.
• To promote a multidisciplinary approach to implementation and optimisation of smart infusion pump technology.
• To promote learning and sharing of experiences in risk reduction and improvement methodologies in relation to infusion pump technology.
• To participate in audit, research and quality improvement to support medicines safety.
• To use innovation to support effective patient outcomes, experience, improve cost effectiveness and in particular to support safety improvement.

Job description
Job responsibilities
Main responsibilities * To promote the safe use of injectable medicines in accordance with guidance and evidence based best practice, to support the implementation of drug-error reduction software across the Trust.

• To work with corporate and divisional colleagues to ensure medication risks are identified as part of the dose error reduction software infusion pump project. To assess risks and ensure risk reduction measures are put in place and monitored.
• To promote a multidisciplinary approach to implementation and optimisation of smart infusion pump technology.
• To promote learning and sharing of experiences in risk reduction and improvement methodologies in relation to infusion pump technology.
• To participate in audit, research and quality improvement to support medicines safety.
• To use innovation to support effective patient outcomes, experience, improve cost effectiveness and in particular to support safety improvement.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Degree in Pharmacy (Masters) or equivalent
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Post-Graduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma or equivalent experience

Desirable

• MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or Patient Safety (or equivalent)
• Education and training experience
• Patient safety or human Factors training

Experience
Essential

• Broad clinical pharmacy provision in a number of different clinical areas or sectors.
• Delivering quality improvements and change management
• Risk management and investigation of incidents

Desirable

• Line management / Leading a team

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Degree in Pharmacy (Masters) or equivalent
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Post-Graduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma or equivalent experience

Desirable

• MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or Patient Safety (or equivalent)
• Education and training experience
• Patient safety or human Factors training

Experience
Essential

• Broad clinical pharmacy provision in a number of different clinical areas or sectors.
• Delivering quality improvements and change management
• Risk management and investigation of incidents

Desirable

• Line management / Leading a team

Skills Required