Lead Clinical Pharmacist Homecare
1 month ago
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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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-
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