Advanced Pharmacist (Medicines Effectiveness), Swindon Village

Job summary

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.

Main duties of the job

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.

About us

We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.

We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To deputise for theLead 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.

Please see job description attached for full details.

Job description
Job responsibilities

To deputise for theLead 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.

Please see job description attached for full details.

Person Specification

Education, Qualifications and Training

Essential

• 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.

Desirable

• Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.
• Management experience.
• Non-medical prescriber.

Experience

Essential

• 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.

Desirable

• 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.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• 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.

Desirable

• Experience of producing Trust/network wide guidelines and/or policy documents
• Experience of collating information in databases.

Other Job-Related Requirements

Essential

• Positive, enthusiastic and able to demonstrate visionary thinking.

Desirable

• Evidence of implementing major change.
• Has a wider view of the future of NHS services and developments in both primary and secondary care.

Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Training

Essential

• 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.

Desirable

• Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.
• Management experience.
• Non-medical prescriber.

Experience

Essential

• 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.

Desirable

• 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.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• 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.

Desirable

• Experience of producing Trust/network wide guidelines and/or policy documents
• Experience of collating information in databases.

Other Job-Related Requirements

Essential

• Positive, enthusiastic and able to demonstrate visionary thinking.

Desirable

• Evidence of implementing major change.
• Has a wider view of the future of NHS services and developments in both primary and secondary care.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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