Homecare and High Cost Drugs Assistant

7 months ago

Swindon, United Kingdom Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Our 115-strong Pharmacy team provides procurement, distribution, dispensary, ward-based, cancer, aseptic and homecare services to Great Western Hospital, our Trust
- managed primary care network and several other local community health services.

We embrace new technologies. Our pharmacy robots, Wally & Eve, are invaluable members of our team; electronic prescribing is well-established in almost all inpatient and outpatient settings at Great Western Hospital; we use CareFlow EPR electronic patient records system and NerveCentre for electronic handover notes; and all pharmacists are issued with their own laptop to capitalise on this connectivity.

The post holder will work within the pharmacy department providing administrative support to help allow the front-line services prescribing high-cost drugs that requiring Blueteq prior approvals by working closely with the local clinicians, clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) and pharmacy staff.

The post holder will be responsible for supporting, contributing to the development and coordinating administrative and information collection processes to allow Pharmacy to provide information on high-cost drug use as required by the commissioners.

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring timely completion of Blueteq initiation and continuation forms thus ensuring patients receive their treatment in good time and to ensure there is effective clinical and financial governance to minimise financial risk to the Trust.

To support the homecare team based within the pharmacy department.

**We proudly uphold the Trust's STAR Values**:
Service - We will put our patients first.

Teamwork - We will work together.

Ambition - We will aspire to provide the best service.

Respect - We will act with integrity.

With excellent transport links, Swindon is bordered by the rolling hills of the Cotswolds to the North and West, the Upper Thames valley to the East, and the Marlborough Downs to the South, and its surrounding countryside is dotted with pretty villages and enticing rural pubs.

It has excellent local schools, sporting and leisure facilities, a thriving local theatre and two large cinema complexes, with other cultural opportunities within one hour's travelling time in London, Bristol, Oxford and Bath.

To work with clinical teams and the lead technician for homecare to establish the most appropriate way to support clinical teams in the completion of BlueTeq forms

To liaise with pharmacy, clinical teams and their administrative staff to ensure the appropriate Blueteq submissions have been completed in good time.

To work with the high-cost drugs co-ordinator within pharmacy to ensure the above, with particular reference to continuation forms.

To help with clinic administrative duties as agreed to enable the CNSs to complete the Blueteq forms where clinical expertise is required e.g. work with the CNSs to generate repeat prescriptions while the CNS focuses on the clinical information required for BlueTeq forms.

To be able to request, collect and extract relevant information from medical records as necessary.

To access various computer systems (e.g. Patient Information System (Medway), and the high-risk patient monitoring system (DAWN)), to ascertain the clinical reasons / decisions to justify the use of a particular high-cost drug and to transcribe this information as necessary for verification by the clinical team.

To upload clinical information after clinical verification onto various information systems as required (e.g. BlueTeq & DAWN)

To be a point of contact between pharmacy and clinics regarding Blueteq form completion

Use of effective time management skills to prioritise workload.

When required work with the Lead Pharmacist (Clinical Commissioning & Medicines Value), the Pharmacy information analyst and the high cost drugs co-ordinator to resolve financial challenges from the commissioners.

To ensure high-cost ophthalmic medication is placed into the appropriate bags for the clinic to collect, ensuring the stock levels remain correct and any discrepancy is investigated.

To be able to process homecare prescriptions following strict processes and communicating with the homecare providers as required to aid dialogue / audit trails to maintain supply of patient medication as required.

To process homecare invoices as per the SOPs and the rota.

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