Care Provider Quality & Safety Pharmacist
Sandwell Council · Direct employer
Contract: Part time, fixed term for up to 14 months
Working Pattern: 22.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Location: Sandwell Council House, Oldbury
Closing Date: 05/07/2026
Sandwell Council’s 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.
About the role
- Provide 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 your 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.
Why join Sandwell Council?
At Sandwell Council, our work has a real impact. You will be joining a values-led organisation that is committed to improving outcomes for local people, supporting staff development and working as one team across services and partners. This role offers the opportunity to make a visible contribution to medicines safety, quality assurance and service improvement across adult social care.
To find out more, please visit our careers page.
How to apply
To be considered for this role, please submit your CV and supporting statement.
Visit our website to find out more about our One Team Framework: Values and Behaviours
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should a high number of applications be received. Applicants are therefore strongly encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
If you are an internal candidate and currently at risk, please let the recruiting manager know.
We place equality, diversity and inclusion at the core of who we are and how we lead, where every voice matters. At Sandwell, we recognise and value the richness that comes from diverse lived experiences, perspectives, backgrounds and identities. This diversity makes us a stronger and more effective council.
We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to building a workplace where everyone feels they belong, are treated fairly, and have the opportunity to thrive. Creating an environment where colleagues feel respected, supported and able to contribute fully is central to our culture and the way we work. We are committed to ensuring that all applicants and employees have equitable access to opportunities. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout the recruitment process and within the workplace so that everyone has the support they need to perform at their best and succeed in their role.
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