Lead Clinical Pharmacist – Rheumatology, Dermatology and Homecare

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Are you an experienced pharmacist looking to enhance your career in a specialist clinical role in an acute hospital Trust?

Working as a pivotal member of the High Cost Drugs pharmacy team you will be the lead clinical pharmacist supporting the homecare service in specialist areas where high cost drugs and biosimilars are the focus. Your areas of clinical speciality will include rheumatology and dermatology and you will support the team of clinicians and nurse specialists in providing high cost drugs to patients through a homecare service. You will also have the opportunity to utilise your prescribing skills within the specialty working alongside clinicians in supporting the management of these long term conditions.

Due to service innovation and Trust investment this new role has been created to better enhance service delivery. You will be based at Ipswich Hospital, however cross site working to Colchester is required. Your role will be key in ensuring high quality and cost effective medicines are provided to patients as part of the medicines optimisation strategy. You will maintain close links with NHS England and ICB in the provision of high cost drugs via Homecare delivery service.

ESNEFT is about to embark on a full site wide implementation of the EPIC electronic patient record which includes electronic prescribing and administration as well as pharmacy stock control system.

About our Pharmacy Service

Main duties of the job

Fulfil role as the lead clinical pharmacist for the homecare services in the provision of medicines via homecare to patients at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.
Optimise the processes involved from reviewing a funding application to initiation of treatment for patients.
Contribute to the development of the pharmacy homecare service.
Co-ordinate processes for the introduction of homecare services for new medicines, including the development and implementation of local policies, in liaison with the pharmacy homecare team and homecare providers
Provide clinical leadership and expertise for pharmacy homecare consultations and homecare queries
Monitor and evaluate key performance indicators for homecare services and investigate incidents related to homecare services.
Support, develop and monitor the training and education of all pharmacy staff working in homecare services and users of Blueteq
Attend and actively participate in service review meetings between multidisciplinary clinical teams and homecare providers in relation to specific homecare service level agreements, and provide specialist pharmacy input to ensure compliance with professional, clinical and operational standards.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patient

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you

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Date posted

22 August 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR1074-24

Job locations

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of high cost drugs and biologics funding arrangements with ICB and NHSE
Knowledge of current Pharmacy issues and medicines legislation and Therapeutics
Knowledge of formulary development and application
Knowledge of Hospital Pharmacy procedures
Evidence of CPD
Good clinical knowledge
Knowledge of governance frameworks and risk management.

Desirable

Knowledge of Homecare services and an understanding of Pharmacy Procurement

Experience

Essential

Adequate hospital pharmacy experience.
Variety of Clinical Pharmacy Experience
Experience of working through change in the workplace and of the impact of change
Leading other staff

Desirable

Project management and audit experience.
Experience of writing guidelines and procedures
Experience of writing new medicine business cases
Experience of working with Blueteq

Qualifications

Essential

Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Vocational master's degree in Pharmacy or equivalent + examined pre-registration training
Diploma in general pharmacy practice or equivalent
Evidence of and commitment to continuing professional development.

Desirable

Independent prescriber status

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of high cost drugs and biologics funding arrangements with ICB and NHSE
Knowledge of current Pharmacy issues and medicines legislation and Therapeutics
Knowledge of formulary development and application
Knowledge of Hospital Pharmacy procedures
Evidence of CPD
Good clinical knowledge
Knowledge of governance frameworks and risk management.

Desirable

Knowledge of Homecare services and an understanding of Pharmacy Procurement

Experience

Essential

Adequate hospital pharmacy experience.
Variety of Clinical Pharmacy Experience
Experience of working through change in the workplace and of the impact of change
Leading other staff

Desirable

Project management and audit experience.
Experience of writing guidelines and procedures
Experience of writing new medicine business cases
Experience of working with Blueteq

Qualifications

Essential

Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Vocational master's degree in Pharmacy or equivalent + examined pre-registration training
Diploma in general pharmacy practice or equivalent
Evidence of and commitment to continuing professional development.

Desirable

Independent prescriber status

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.