Care Provider Quality & Safety Pharmacist
Sandwell Councils multi-disciplinary Quality and Safety team is seeking a motivated Care Provider Quality & Safety Pharmacist on a part-time, fixed-term basis. The organisation operates to a hybrid working model.
This is an exciting opportunity to use your medicines management expertise to improve medicines safety and support high‑quality care across commissioned and in‑house adult social care services. Working closely with commissioners, care providers, and wider multidisciplinary partners, you will help ensure that medicines are managed safely, effectively and in line with legislation, national guidance and best practice.
You will play a key role in identifying and reducing medicines‑related risk, supporting service improvement, strengthening provider practice and contributing to better outcomes for people who draw on care and support in Sandwell.
Main duties of the job
About the role
Provides specialist pharmacy advice to support safe and effective medicines management across commissioned and in‑house care services.
Undertake high quality medication management reviews of care provider systems, processes and practice, providing clear verbal and written feedback to providers, senior managers and commissioners.
Support the development of robust arrangements for reporting, reviewing and learning from medicines‑related incidents, including incidents linked to safeguarding concerns.
Analyse information from a range of sources, including provider returns, incident data, safeguarding information, ambulance data and hospital admissions data, to identify areas for targeted review and improvement.
Work collaboratively with the Quality and Safety Team, ICB Medicines Optimisation Team, local multidisciplinary partners and care providers to support improvement plans and agreed pathways.
Use professional judgement to assess evidence, identify clinical risk and make proportionate recommendations that support safe, high‑quality care.
About you
- A pharmacist registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Post‑registration experience, including broad clinical or pharmaceutical experience in primary care, secondary care or community pharmacy.
- A postgraduate qualification in pharmacy practice, quality improvement or equivalent relevant clinical or practical experience, or be working towards this.
- A strong understanding of prescribing, medicines administration and medicines management in social care settings.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, guidance, NHS initiatives and best practice relating to pharmacy and medicines optimisation.
- Experience of providing proactive medicines management advice and supporting the development or implementation of medicines‑related systems and processes.
- Experience of clinical audit, quality improvement, data analysis and producing clear recommendations for action.
- Excellent communication, report‑writing and presentation skills, with the confidence to provide constructive challenge and professional advice where required.
- Able to travel to care provider locations across Sandwell and out of borough where required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- A pharmacist registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Post‑registration experience, including broad clinical or pharmaceutical experience in primary care, secondary care or community pharmacy.
- A postgraduate qualification in pharmacy practice, quality improvement or equivalent relevant clinical or practical experience, or be working towards this.
£55,609 to £59,025 a year Band I (£55,609 to £59,025, pro rata)
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