Job Description

We are looking for a safety conscious pharmacy professional to work with the Trust Medication Safety Officer (MSO) and Principal Pharmacist - Medicines Safety, Quality and Governance in supporting safe medication practice and the secure handling of medicines. You will contribute to the design and delivery of new innovations to reduce the risk from medicines to patients and support the management of medicines shortages and alerts relating to medicines.



You will also assist in the delivery of key workstreams managed by the Medicines Governance oversight group to proactively manage the CQC medicines management key lines of enquiry



To assist in identifying governance and patient safety issues affecting the management of medicines within the Trust and contributing to the design and implementation of solution



To support the operational running of the Trust's Medicines Governance Committee, Medicines Shortages group, Medicines Safety group and PGD group



To support the project management of significant changes to medicines processes to enable patient safety benefits.



Assist in the delivery of key workstreams managed by the Medicines Governance oversight group



To co-ordinate and manage clinically significant supply disruptions and medicines recalls.



At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.



We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our Wellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work life balance - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.



As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.



We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.



We are looking for an individual who is organised with attention to detail, who is confident in both analysing and presenting complex data alongside an ability to interact with all healthcare professionals that handle medicines as part of their duties.



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