Job Description

Why this role?

Medication
safety is at the heart of delivering high‑quality, patient‑centred care.

This role
gives you the opportunity to shape the organisation’s approach to medication
safety, influence national and local decision‑making, and directly contribute
to safer outcomes for patients. If you're passionate about improving systems,
learning from incidents, and driving meaningful change, this is a chance to
make a real impact.

What you’ll be doing

As our Medication Safety Specialist, you’ll be the organisation’s expert lead for
medication and medical device safety. In this role, you will:

•Lead and improve medication incident reporting, learning, and action planning.
•Investigate medication safety incidents using tools such as SEIPS (Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety) and AAR (after-action-reviews) to translate findings into effective improvements.
•Represent the organisation at medication safety committees and drive actions that improve patient safety.
•Work closely with managers, pharmacists, and nursing colleagues to ensure key learning is embedded and shared across the organisation.
•Produce monthly and quarterly governance reports that support safe practice.
•Engage with local and national medication safety networks, including other NHS Trusts and academic partners.
•Develop safety training materials, SOPs, and contribute to wider policy development.

Who we’re looking for

You will
be a confident, experienced healthcare professional with:

•Significant experience in community or hospital pharmacy.
•Strong experience in clinical governance and medication safety.
•The ability to influence key stakeholders and support change management.
•Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
•Strong analytical capability with resilience under pressure.
•A collaborative, energetic, and proactive approach.
•Experience with Patient Safety Incident Response Framework, NRLS, Yellow Card reporting and Duty of Candour.

Qualifications

•MPharm or equivalent undergraduate Pharmacy degree or Level 3 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent.
•GPhC registration with up to date CPD

What’s in it for you

- A strategic, high‑impact
role influencing safety culture across the organisation
- Opportunity to work with
national networks and external partners
- A supportive environment
focused on learning, innovation, and continuous improvement
- Flexibility through a part‑time
17.5‑hour contract
- The chance to shape safer
care for our patients

Who we are?

Sciensus is a life sciences business specialising in patient
access, engagement and insight solutions. We provide healthcare to patients with long-term
conditions, rare diseases and cancer.

For 30 years, we’ve supported patients to access the life-changing
treatment they need, in the comfort and convenience of their own homes across
the UK and Europe. Today, we combine our clinical experience from over 70
million patient interactions with the latest technology to help over 200,000
patients a year make the most of their medicine.

So, using
unparalleled insights, we connect with people powerfully and personally,
focusing on their unique needs, empowering them to achieve their goals, and
supporting them every step of the way.

What we offer our people?

We work hard to make sure colleagues
feel motivated, developed, and recognised for the great work they do.

Additional
to a competitive salary we can also offer a comprehensive benefits package,
including:

- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Professional fees reimbursed.
- Yearly pay reviews.
- Annual company event.
- Refer a friend scheme.
- Contribution based pension scheme.
- Life insurance.
- Paid volunteer day
- Electric Car Scheme
- Extensive wellness initiatives
- Discount & cashback portal.
- Private medical (subject to grade or service)
- Ongoing learning and development opportunities.

At
Sciensus we are committed to developing and engaging a diverse workforce
representative of the customers and communities we serve, to maintain our
status as a leader in pharma services and deliver to the best possible health
outcomes for patients. #togetherwewin

What happens next?

One
of our recruiters will reach out to successful applicants for an initial
telephone call before face-to-face or teams interviews are arranged.

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