Chief Pharmacy Technician - Medicines Safety

Are you passionate about improving medication safety and making a difference in patient care? If so, an exciting new role has been created within the Medicines Safety Team for a Chief Pharmacy Technician - Medicines Safety.

This role is central to ensuring the safe prescribing and administration of medicines across the Trust. You will lead initiatives that enhance medication safety, contribute to policy development and support in investigating medication-related incidents to drive system-wide improvements.

At Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) we are committed to delivering outstanding patient outcomes, and this role offers an exciting chance to shape best practices in medication safety. As one of the largest and busiest NHS Trusts in the UK, NUH provides a supportive and forward-thinking environment with exceptional career development opportunities.

If you thrive in a role that blends leadership, governance, and quality improvement, while working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, then we want you to be part of our journey towards excellence in medication safety.

Responsibilities

As the Chief Pharmacy Technician - Medicines Safety, you will play a key role in enhancing patient safety through robust medication safety initiatives. Your responsibilities will include:

• Investigate medication errors, identify learning opportunities and support in reviewing policies to improve safe medicines use.
• Support the Medication Safety officer in implementing national safety initiatives.
• Participate in medication safety committees, preparing agendas, minutes and action plans.
• Contribute to the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) supporting root cause analyses and action plans.
• Review and manage the Medication Safety Risk Register to identify and mitigate risks effectively.
• Oversee Medication Safety Audits ensuring results inform safe practice changes.

In addition to your medicines safety responsibilities, you will be required to provide direct support on the wards as a medicines management pharmacy technician, ensuring the safe and effective use of medicines in clinical areas.

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world-class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Selina Rizwan Ladak
Job title: Lead Pharmacist for Medication Safety
Email address: selina.ladak1@nhs.net

Lisa Foster,
Chief Pharmacy Technician - Pharmacy Governance
lisa.foster23@nhs.net