Lead Pharmacist - Biologics

Job summary

The postholder will:

• Lead improvements to maximise safe and cost-effective best practice in prescribing to improve the quality of patient care.
• Help patients to get the best from their medicines by switching medications to agreed and approved protocols.
• Lead on the delivery and development of high-quality clinical pharmacy services and medicines optimisation initiatives related to the use of biosimilar medicines in line with local and national objectives.
• Work collaboratively with other members of the multidisciplinary team including consultant ophthalmologists, prescribing clinicians, specialist nurses, business managers, finance and contracting teams and the pharmaceutical industry to develop and implement a plan to identify opportunities for biosimilar introduction.
• Identify patients suitable for treatment with a biosimilar medicine as well as those for whom it would be clinically inappropriate to use the biosimilar and to obtain patient consent indicating approval for the switch to the biosimilar product where suitable.
• Develop a system to monitor patients who have been initiated or switched to the biosimilar medicine to ensure efficacy and safety of treatment.
• Ensure savings can be used effectively to offset costs, incentivise change and improve patient care.
• The post holder will be required to deliver the above across all Moorfields sites. This includes relevant services at City Road and at Satellite Sites across the Moorfields North and South Networks.

Main duties of the job

• To work with clinicians to identify the opportunity for biosimilar introduction.
• To ensure the biosimilar can be used within the local care pathway.To identify those patients suitable for receiving the biosimilar as well as those for whom it would be clinically inappropriate to use the biosimilar.
• To ensure other members of the team involved in the process understand the use of biological and biosimilar medicines and are familiar with the processes involved with initiation of treatment or switching patients to the biosimilar medicine.
• To establish processes with clinicians and patients to ensure shared decision making is possible and supported by written materials, information session, education and patient alert cards/supplementary information leaflets.
• To establish a system for monitoring and follow up of patients who have been initiated or switched to the biosimilar medicine.
• To contribute to the trust's Cost Improvement Plan (CIPs) by ensuring savings can be used effectively to offset costs, incentivise change and improve patient care.
• To participate in education and training activities as appropriate for pharmacy and other clinical staff groups.
• To provide active support for, and input into, pharmacy and medicines clinical governance and risk management initiatives and processes.
• To promote and collaborate on clinical audit related to the use of biosimilar medicines to ensure safety and efficacy of treatment.

About us

What's in it for You?

At Moorfields, we invest in you--your growth, your wellbeing, your future.You'll join a flexible, supportive organisation offering:

o Competitive salary (including high-cost area supplement)o Membership of the NHS Pension Schemeo 24/7 independent counselling supporto Career-long learning and development opportunitieso Excellent transport connectionso Access to NHS and Blue Light discount schemeso Free Pilates classeso Full support and training to develop your skills

And so much more! To see the full range of benefits we offer please view our Moorfields benefits leaflet.

Employer details

Employer name

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

City Road and Network Sites

London

EC1V 2PD

Employer's website

https://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/work-for-us (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

City Road and Network Sites

London

EC1V 2PD

Employer's website

https://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/work-for-us (Opens in a new tab)

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