Pharmacy Governance Support Officer

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our busy pharmacy department for someone with administrative experience to provide support to the pharmacy department. We are looking for a reliable, organised, hard working individual with good problem solving skills. Good communication skills are vital. You will be able to multi-task, remaining calm and professional at all times, be able to take accurate minutes and use Microsoft excel & word proficiently. The key responsibilities for this post are:

• Provide administrative support to the Trust Drugs and Therapeutics Committee, including organising meetings, meeting papers and taking accurate minutes
• Provide administrative support to a number of regular departmental groups and meetings, including organising meetings, printing meeting papers and taking accurate minutes
• To maintain a tracker of pharmacy related Trust wide clinical guidelines and policies
• To maintain a tracker of medicines related national alerts
• To manage upload and version control of clinical guidelines and policies
• To maintain and track non-formulary requests and Individual Funding Requests made across the Trust
• To input data into Microsoft Excel databases and Microsoft Word tables

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level. We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people. King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible. Please see job description and person specification attached below for details on the main responsibilities of the role and any essential or desirable criteria.