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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
423-8232377
Employer
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Airedale General Hospital
Town
Keighley
Salary
£66,582 - £77,368 pro rata per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
11/09/2026 23:59
Interview date
29/09/2026

Employer heading

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust logo

Lead Pharmacist for Clinical Governance and Medicines Safety (Band 8b)

NHS AfC: Band 8b

Be part of our future landscape

At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.  

We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.

These are exciting times for Airedale.  We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2033.  By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.

Please read the  attached AI statement prior to submitting any application 

 

Job overview

Lead Pharmacist, Clinical Governance and Medicines Safety

 An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated pharmacist to join Airedale NHS Foundation Trust as Lead Pharmacist for Clinical Governance and Medicines Safety.

This senior role will provide professional leadership for medicines safety, clinical governance, medicines information and medicines-related assurance across the Trust. The post holder will work closely with pharmacy, medical, nursing, operational and corporate colleagues to reduce medicines-related harm, strengthen governance processes and support safe, effective medicines optimisation for patients.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will lead the Trust-wide medication safety agenda, support the Medication Safety Officer function, oversee medicines-related risk and assurance processes, and contribute to the development and implementation of medicines policies, procedures, PGDs and PSDs.The role also includes oversight of the Drugs and Therapeutics Committee, formulary processes, support for Controlled Drug  governance, and collaboration with clinical, operational and corporate teams to improve medicines safety.

The post holder will also provide senior clinical pharmacy input, contribute to incident investigation and organisational learning, support audit and service evaluation, and help develop education and training linked to medicines safety, clinical governance and medicines optimisation.

Working for our organisation

We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:

  • Cycle to Work
  • Travel Scheme
  • Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
  • Onsite Nursery
  • Buying and Selling Annual Leave
  • Car Leasing
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Employee Health and Wellbeing
  • Extensive Reward Scheme
  • Counselling Service
  • Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
  • Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.

Our values:

We understand that it’s down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience – we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:

  • Committed to Quality of Care
  • Compassion
  • Working together for patients
  • Improving Lives
  • Everyone Counts
  • Respect and Dignity

Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Full and detailed job description, responsibilities and person specification for this role is available within the attached job description.

 For further information about this role please contact Lucy Hennessy (Chief Pharmacist) - [email protected]

Person specification

Qualifications and experience

Essential criteria
  • Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
  • Postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Independent prescribing qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of ability to exercise strategic vision in the formulary or commissioning processes
  • Evidence of experience in clinical governance and/or medicines safety arena

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardDisability Confident - two yearsNHS Employers Diversity and Inclusion PartnersVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerPositive about disabled peopleInvestors in PeopleDisability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Happy to Talk Flexible WorkingArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Lucy Hennessy
Job title
Chief Pharmacist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01535 293502
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