NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group
Governance Officer - Medicines Safety, Optimisation & Governance
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We are looking for an enthusiastic, efficient, and organised individual to join our Pharmacy Medicines Safety, Optimisation and Governance Team at LUHFT for up to a 12-month period to cover maternity leave.
Please note this vacancy may close early once sufficient applications have been received. Candidates are advised that those who are successfully shortlisted for interview will be invited to a Stage 1 of the interview process.
Stage 1 of the Recruitment Process
Stage 1 of the recruitment process will involve a remote assessment conducted via Microsoft Teams. This will take place on a pre-arranged date and time and will last up to 60 minutes.
Candidates who are successful in stage 1 will be invited to a face-to-face interview with a date to be confirmed.
About the Team
The team is friendly and supportive with medicines and patient safety at the heart and ambition of everything we do. The pharmacy department is large, innovative, and developing. Personal development opportunities are available.
Key Responsibilities
Medicines Safety and Improvement is the team’s absolute priority; but we need the support of a committed, skilled, dynamic individual with excellent administrative, data, and communication skills to support the team and the agenda. Joining our team as an administrative professional and expert, you would play a crucial role in delivering our departmental and organisational safety priorities.
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Excellent attention to detail, the ability to prioritise and meet deadlines, and exceptional communication are key for this post to support the delivery of the best quality and safest care to patients. Therefore, the successful candidate must possess GCSEs (or equivalent) including English and Mathematics, along with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Teams, Excel, and Outlook.
Experience
Experience of working and/or knowledge of NHS hospital services and/or pharmacy service is desirable but not essential.
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Join our dynamic and passionate team, where your skills and expertise will be valued and recognised; apply now and be a part of our commitment to deliver the right medicine, to the right patient, in the safest possible way on time every time.
As the successful candidate, you would be responsible for providing administrative support to the Team, with a particular emphasis on assisting with meeting schedules, agendas, minutes, and action logs. Alongside data analysis, data management, and production of reports/dashboards, as well as managing and responding to enquiries to the team.
About Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, and Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 November 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
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UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services, including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic, and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page.
Contact Information
For further details/informal visits, contact:
- Name: LUHFT Medicines Safety
- Job title: Medicines Safety
- Email address: luhft.mso@liverpoolft.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 0151 529 3987
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