Band 7 Medicine Safety Nurse
Permanent Term Contract. Full time 37.5 hours per week.
We are looking for a specialist Medicines Safety Nurse to join our Pharmacy team. You will work closely with the Pharmacy Medicines Safety Team to provide specialist insight into medicines-related safety issues from a nursing perspective.
The post-holder will be a specialist nurse who offers advice and support to professional groups in all areas relating to medication safety. They will act as a resource/link across the Trust to ensure that patient safety systems/processes, which relate to medicines management in clinical areas, are safe, legal, and comply with national and professional guidance, requirements, policy, and legislation.
The post-holder will have delegated authority from members of the Medicines Safety Group to manage the medicines management agenda. They will lead developments related to medicines safety across the Trust and be responsible for developing clinical standards relating to medicines and other related areas of clinical practice. They will have responsibility for the monitoring, evaluation, and implementation of improvements via the Trust audit programme including BoSCA and KPI audits.
The overall objectives of the post will be to optimise Medicines Management systems within the Trust to ensure safe practice, optimising patient care, considering national & professional standards, and learning from incidents and complaints. This will be shared and discussed at suitable forums such as the Trust Medicines Safety Group, National & Regional Medicine Safety Forums, and other relevant Trust Groups/Committees.
For further details/informal visits contact:
Name: Ana Freitas
Job title: Chief Pharmacist
Email address: ana.freitas@boltonft.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 01204 390555
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