Specialist Deputy Pharmacist

4 weeks ago

SuttoninAshfield, United Kingdom Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

High-cost drugs have been of increasing importance in recent years due to the tight financial constraints faced by the NHS. An exciting opportunity has arisen at Sherwood Forest Hospitals for an enthusiastic and highly motivated pharmacist to join the high-cost drugs and homecare team. This is a newly created post that will help the job holder gain valuable experience to develop their career in this growing area.

The post will be split (60:40) between working in the high-cost drugs/homecare team and working together with the lead oncology and nutrition pharmacist to provide support in the aseptic dispensing unit. Thus, the post holder will be able to develop their clinical skills as well as have the opportunity to help lead the department in driving the high-cost drugs service and work on areas such as medicines optimization and service development

Main duties of the job

To work within the High-Cost Drugs (HCD) and Homecare team to achieve the following objectives:

- Ensure that HCD at SFH are used in line with local and national policies (, NICE technology appraisals, NHSE commissioning policies, and local agreements).- Provide accurate billing to the commissioners for reimbursement of HCD used at SFH.- Efficiently manage Patient Access Schemes, ensuring that all due rebates are claimed and reported to the Trust and Commissioners.- Develop and manage systems for drugs supplied via Homecare.- Provide advice and support on all pharmaceutical care issues, with particular emphasis on high-cost drug projects and homecare services.- Provide audit reports to the Trust and the Commissioners as required.- Ensure effective communication between the Commissioners and the Trust.

**To support the Lead Oncology and Nutrition Pharmacist in:**

- Providing service to the aseptic dispensing unit (ADU) and the clinical oncology/haematology pharmacy service to the Trust, in order to improve patient care and promote safe, evidence-based, and cost-effective prescribing.- Providing high-quality situational response within the aseptic dispensing unit (ADU) in the provision of aseptic services.- Supporting the provision of Parenteral Nutrition service.- Providing support to the Clinical Pharmacy service.

About us

Thank you for your interest in this role.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care and have ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands in a recent survey. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work for the organisation, and we were the Health Service Journals Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark and Mansfield Community Hospitals as Good. Overall, we were rated Outstanding for care.

The Sherwood Forest Pharmacy Department is entering an exciting year with a new automation unit at the KMH site and the output of the 'Future Pharmacy Programme', a trust-wide redesign of Pharmacy Services. The aim of the Future Pharmacy Programme is to deliver ward-based clinical pharmacy services to as many areas as possible within 2024.

We would love for you to come and join us.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached

Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

Clinical Pharmacy knowledge associated with a 4 year Pharmacy degree course Experience gained through substantial pre-registration training. Experience gained through vocational practice

Qualifications- Academic/ Craft/ Professional

Essential

BSc, BPharm or MPharm in Pharmacy Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) Diploma or MSc in clinical pharmacy gained through post-graduate study or equivalent experience including the CPPE Primary care pharmacy education pathway

Desirable

Post-graduate studies Specific formulary training Independent prescriber

Further Training

Desirable

Quality improvement Practice research Relevant training courses

Experience

Essential

Experience gained through vocational practice Experience of critical appraisal Medicines Information Microsoft Office and general computer skills. Excellent working knowledge of spreadsheets (Excel) required Good written and verbal communication skills Excellent mathematics skills Strong interpersonal skills Good organisational skills Prioritisation skills Experience of medicine usage evaluation and financial reporting.

Desirable

Evidence-based practice Experience of formulary management. Experience of extended roles ECDL level computer skills Use and manipulation of databases Supervision and training of staff Acute hospital pharmacy experience of cancer services and aseptics Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams Audit and/or quality improvement experience.

Contractual Requirements

Essential

Flexibility in working hours Able to work extended hours and On Call Car driver

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