Advanced Pharmacist (Medicines Effectiveness) Job at Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Swindon)

Job Description

Advanced Pharmacist (Medicines Effectiveness) & Deputy Lead Pharmacist (Clinical Commissioning & Medicines Value) Are you a clinical pharmacist with extensive experience of clinical pharmacy practice in a range of clinical settings in the NHS, who is looking to further develop your leadership skills, apply your advanced clinical pharmacy knowledge and work collaboratively with pharmacy & clinical colleagues both locally and across an integrated care system? Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an enthusiastic, highly- motivated and forward thinking pharmacist to join our Pharmacy Medicines Effectiveness as an 8a Advanced Pharmacist (Medicines Effectiveness) and deputy to our 8b Lead Pharmacist (Clinical Commissioning & Medicines Value). You will be joining a wider Pharmacy team, which is forward thinking, continuously strives to improve our ways of working, puts patients at the centre of our care and aims to enhance every patient's experience.

Job Responsibility

To work collaboratively with pharmacy and clinical colleagues from across BSW Integrated Care System (ICS) to introduce safe, clinically- effective and cost-efficient medicines to BSW Formulary, in line with national guidance, and to work collaboratively with pharmacy, clinical, finance and commissioning colleagues from across BSW ICS, NHS England and the Cancer Drugs Fund to ensure high-cost drugs are only introduced to BSW Formulary, and the Trust, in line with commissioning policies and contractual agreements
To actively undertake, support and promote activities, in collaboration with the Lead Pharmacy Technician (Medicines Effectiveness) and Lead Pharmacist (Clinical Commissioning & Medicines Value), to maintain and enhance the use of safe, clinically effective, cost-efficient medicines within the Trust, embedding a culture of formulary adherence, adherence to local, regional and national commissioning policies / contractual arrangements, and the safe and appropriate use and handling of unlicensed medicines
To deputise for the Lead Pharmacist (Clinical Commissioning & Medicines Value), leading, managing and delivering the objectives and outputs of our highly specialist Pharmacy Medicines Effectiveness team in their absence, and to work as an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist, supporting the Clinical Pharmacy Services Manager in developing, delivering and monitoring a comprehensive, safe and high-quality patient-centred clinical pharmacy service to patients and staff of Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Requirements

M Pharm Degree (or equivalent)
Pharmacist registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy (or equivalent)
Keeping professionally up to date including CPD & revalidation
Highly experienced as qualified pharmacist within the NHS, ideally in several sectors
Experience of working across departmental and organisation boundaries to deliver specific targets and improve patient experience and outcomes
Knowledge of financial systems and structures within the NHS
Understanding of current commissioning arrangements and national medicines effectiveness programmes
Good communication, verbal and written (e.g. presentations, reports & SOPs)
Good clinical knowledge backed up by extensive ward/practice-based experience
Able to prioritise on workload, delegate appropriately and manage time effectively
Able to deal with unpredictable workload, and to deal calmly and appropriately with emotional situations e.g. complaints, incidents, etc.
Evidence of strategic planning ability
Evidence of use of financial systems to generate reports, analysis or review of medicine usage
Positive, enthusiastic and able to demonstrate visionary thinking

Nice to have

Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
Management experience
Non-medical prescriber
Previous experience working with medicines formularies, high-cost drugs and/or commissioning processes
Knowledge of systems and strategies to minimise risk to patients receiving high-risk injectable medicines
Experience in change management
Experience in managing a team
Experience in service development
Experience of producing Trust/network wide guidelines and/or policy documents
Experience of collating information in databases
Evidence of implementing major change
Has a wider view of the future of NHS services and developments in both primary and secondary care

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