Senior Lead Pharmacist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Title: Senior Lead Pharmacist

Grade: 8a to 8b DOE

Job Type: Permanent

Ward/Dept: Pharmacy

Location: Wycombe (other sites in Buckinghamshire may be required)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week (plus Weekends, Emergency Duty Commitment, Extended hours services and Statutory holiday duties on rota with other pharmacists)

We have exciting opportunities for an experienced Senior Lead Pharmacist (band 8a 8b) working with one of our well known client trusts in the home counties.

They care for over half a million patients every year:

Do you want to be part of their success?

To be successful in applying for this role you will need:

Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Post-graduate diploma/MSc in clinically based pharmacy or recognised equivalent

Extensive experience of hospital pharmacy at Post Registration Pharmacist level

Delivery of pharmacy services to a range of specialities

Delivery of a pharmacy service to a specialist service

Experience of training of other pharmacy staff

Evidence of significant relevant Continuing Professional Development

Experience in education and training of others including pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals

Responsibilities for this role include:

Strategically develop, manage and deliver the ICB formulary.

Coordinate trust input into a ICB formulary.

Develop and update key medicines management policies (Trust wide and those which impact across the ICP/ ICB).

Ensure effective functioning of the Trust Medicines Value Group (as Professional Secretary) and contribute / coordinate trust input into the BOB ICB Area Prescribing Committee (APC).

Oversee, support and monitor the entry onto the Trust formulary of NICE, NHSE and key professional guidance within statutory timeframes.

Evaluate efficacy, safety and cost impact of new medicines.

Develop, review and update formulary related clinical guidelines and shared care protocol.

Line manages the MRC Digital Transformation Technician.

Lead, direct and support staff under management within the MRC team.

Provide support to the day-to-day Medicines Information / Advisory Service in response to queries received by the MRC.

Support pharmacy staff and healthcare professionals to provide evidence-based information and advice regarding medicines.

Work with internal and external stakeholders to ensure that high cost medicines comply with NICE guidance and are managed within commissioning intentions.

Work with Pharmacy, Finance, commissioners and external stakeholders to develop and implement processes to ensure that high cost medicine income into the Trust is maximised.

Collaborate with, develop, and support the MRC Digital Transformation Technician to ensure formulary updates are implemented in appropriate timeframes.

Act as lead for Immunoglobulin use within the Trust, collaborating with the Thames Valley IVIG panel and ensuring MDSAS entries are maintained within required timeframes.

Provide a Clinical Pharmacy service to wards and departments on rota as needed.

The core values of our client are

Collaborate

Aspire

Respect

Enable

If you would like to speak to a member of our team for more information please contact us via email AHP&HCS@NHSProfessionals.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• Post-graduate diploma/MSc in clinically based pharmacy or recognised equivalent
• Extensive experience of hospital pharmacy at Post Registration Pharmacist level
• Delivery of pharmacy services to a range of specialities
• Delivery of a pharmacy service to a specialist service
• Experience of training of other pharmacy staff
• Evidence of significant relevant Continuing Professional Development
• Experience in education and training of others including pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Professionals Limited

Address

Wycombe General Hospital

Queen Alexandra Road

High Wycombe

Buckinghamshire

HP11 2TT

Employer's website

https://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)