Medication Safety Officer and Clinical Governance Pharmacist

Position Overview

A fixed term position has arisen for a highly motivated, experienced, advanced level pharmacist with an enthusiastic interest and ability to drive and embed positive changes for medication safety and clinical governance. This post holder will perform cross-site job roles and responsibilities in addition to clinical ward cover and dispensary duties.

The post holder will be responsible for delivering the Trust Clinical Governance and Medication Safety agenda in collaboration with the Medication Safety Group (MSG), in relation to medicines use; lead and coordinate the medicines safety work streams; embed a safe medication culture across the Trust; act as the Trust Medication Safety Officer and a member of regional Medication Safety Networks; facilitate medication incident risk reduction strategies and Trust incident reporting processes/systems;

review, analyse and monitor medication incidents within pharmacy including staff feedback for wider awareness, education, and shared learning to prevent recurrence.

• Assist with the role of MSG secretary.
• Create and disseminate medication safety bulletins.
• Conduct root cause analysis investigations.
• Implement Trust action plans and respond to national patient safety alerts.
• Provide education and training for multidisciplinary teams.
• Carry out audits, service evaluations, and research.
• Represent Pharmacy and the Trust at various internal and external meetings.

• Postgraduate diploma (mandatory).
• Desirable: a Masters in clinical/advanced pharmacy (or equivalent).
• Relevant qualification or experience in medication safety with a broad range of clinical pharmacy skills and knowledge; clinical governance, medication safety and risk management; education and training, and research.
• Excellent leadership and communication (verbal and written) skills.
• Advanced presentation/IT skills.
• Self‑motivation, time management, ability to cope with demands/requests at short notice.
• Adaptable and flexible nature, organisational and people skills.

Our Trust is one of England's top‑performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites – Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital – along with award‑winning clinics across North West London.

Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5m, providing full clinical services including maternity, A&E and children's services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health care. The CQC rates us Good in safety, effectiveness, care and responsiveness, and Outstanding in leadership and resource use.

We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Mid.

We are delivering sustainable healthcare through our Green Plan. In line with Greener NHS ambitions, we aim for net zero carbon emissions by 2045. Achieving this requires collective effort. We encourage staff to reduce their impact on carbon, waste and pollution wherever possible. Every action counts to create a healthier, more sustainable future.