Position: Pharmacy Standards and Quality Pharmacist
Location: North West London
Department: Pharmacy Office (Head Office)
Reports To: Superintendent Pharmacist
Working Pattern: Part-Time, 3 days per week, 9:00am to 5:00pm
Salary: £55,000-£65,000 FTE (pro‑rata £33,000-£39,000 for 3 days)
Benefits: Workplace pension, annual leave (pro‑rata), professional indemnity cover, on‑site parking, flexible working culture.
Overview
Most pharmacist roles ask you to choose between clinical depth and strategic influence. This one offers both.
As Pharmacy Standards and Quality Pharmacist you will sit at the heart of our central governance function, shaping how a growing multi‑site pharmacy network operates, learns and improves. Fairview Health is investing meaningfully in its Pharmacy Office, and this newly created post is a cornerstone of that investment.
Role Purpose
Lead and embed compliance, medicines safety, quality assurance and risk management activity across all Fairview Health pharmacy sites, ensuring full alignment with UK legislation, GPhC standards and internal governance frameworks.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure compliance with UK legislation, Human Medicines Regulations and GPhC standards across all sites.
- Monitor regulatory updates and lead structured implementation.
- Drive inspection readiness planning and coordinate regulatory responses.
- Provide pharmacist‑level oversight of medicines safety systems.
- Review incident reporting trends, near‑miss data and controlled drug incidents to identify patterns.
- Lead root cause analysis and ensure corrective & preventive actions are implemented.
- Support sites in strengthening incident reporting processes and learning from errors.
- Embed consistent and structured medicines safety review mechanisms.
- Design and maintain structured audit programmes across sites.
- Conduct internal compliance and governance reviews.
- Contribute to organisational risk assessments and maintain oversight registers.
- Identify compliance gaps and develop risk mitigation action plans.
- Monitor corrective actions and ensure timely follow‑up.
- Oversee management and review of incident reporting systems.
- Prepare incident summaries and governance reports for senior leadership.
- Build lessons learned documentation and safety improvement initiatives.
- Champion a transparent, learning‑focused reporting culture.
- Deliver compliance and quality‑focused training to pharmacy teams.
- Provide expert pharmacist guidance on regulatory, medicines safety and governance requirements.
- Develop a strong, sustainable quality culture across all sites.
- Engage constructively with senior managers and site leads to influence improvement.
- Maintain central compliance and governance records within the Pharmacy Office.
- Produce structured quality and governance reports for leadership review.
- Lead preparation of documentation for inspections, audits and commissioner engagement.
Qualifications and Experience
- MPharm degree with current GPhC registration as a Pharmacist.
- Post‑registration experience in medicines safety, quality assurance or compliance in UK pharmacy practice.
- Strong knowledge of quality control and audit processes.
- Comprehensive understanding of GPhC standards, Human Medicines Regulations and pharmacy governance frameworks.
- Experience supporting or leading incident review processes and structured risk management.
- Strong analytical skills, able to assess systems, identify gaps and support evidence‑based decision making.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams and influence senior managers.
- High attention to detail and a structured, process‑driven approach.
Desirable
- Hospital pharmacy experience.
- Experience implementing or maintaining quality management systems.
- Prior quality‑focused role within pharmaceutical or healthcare settings.
- Familiarity with compliance tracking systems, audit software or pharmacy governance tools.
- Knowledge of formal risk management and root cause analysis methodologies.
- Postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy, quality improvement or governance.
Working Pattern
- Part‑time, 3 days per week, 9:00am to 5:00pm. Working days can be agreed with the successful candidate.
- Based within the Pharmacy Office (Head Office) in North West London.
- Regular engagement with site teams, occasional travel to pharmacy locations.
- Some flexibility required around audit cycles and inspections.
Why this role stands out
- Strategic seat: central governance role with direct visibility to senior leadership and a remit spanning the entire network.
- Build, do not babysit: newly developed function, real scope to design systems, set standards and shape culture.
- Genuine part‑time: three structured days, not a full‑time job squeezed into part‑time hours.
- Career runway: clear pathway towards senior quality, governance or compliance leadership roles.
- Meaningful work: every system you build directly supports safer patient care across our sites.
How to Apply
If you are a GPhC‑registered pharmacist with a quality‑focused mindset and are looking for a part‑time role with real influence, we would love to hear from you.
#J-18808-Ljbffr…