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Apply to become a Medicines Value Pharmacist!
This is a fantastic opportunity to combine expertise in pharmaceutical care with delivering financial sustainability in the medicines expenditure.
We are looking for two dynamic and motivated clinical pharmacists to work collaboratively and innovatively with the pharmacy team and help deliver cost improvement initiatives and projects for both LUHFT, WCFT and the wider healthcare system.
To excel in this role you need to adaptable, with excellent analytical skills, and be able to balance delivery of high-quality patient care with optimising financial efficiency.
In addition to managing cost improvement projects, you will play a key role in delivering clinical services within the specialist medicine directorates. You will work closely with the multi-disciplinary team to optimise the use of specialist and high-cost medicines, manage resources efficiently, and enhance patient outcomes.
We have a fully integrated electronic prescribing system along with unique in-house systems to help you deliver excellent clinical care to patients and utilise available data and business intelligence to identify new opportunities for savings and efficiency.
LUHFT employs over 120 pharmacists across 3 sites providing clinical pharmacy services to all major specialties.
Main duties of the job
Assist the Pharmacist Team Leader Medicines Value in the development and delivery of a medicines value improvement programme with the remit of maximising value for money, assuring cost effective prescribing and medicines management.
Facilitate the: - approval, appropriate use, and audit of HCDs. - analysis of medicine usage and expenditure, to identify improvement opportunities and financial risk. - management and development of reporting mechanisms to provide assurance of best value medicines use. - maintenance and improvement of high-quality prescribing practice, reducing variation and health inequality. - reduce untoward variation where identified.
To act as the point of contact and provide support to clinical teams during medicines value project implementation, to enable them to make changes in line with the identified schemes and projects, and to agreed timeframes.
Liaise and support the pharmacy procurement team to minimise off contract purchasing; manage supply-chain disruptions; and ensure that the most cost-effective dispensing routes are used for HCDs.
Support the delivery of the following duties amongst others: - administration of Blueteq approval system. - biosimilar switch implementation. - complete the annual pharmacy horizon scanning process. - deliver the medicines value education programme.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a full list of duties, please refer to the attached job description and person specification
Please contact us to discuss the job in detail and/or arrange a visit/tour of our hospitals, and meet the team. We look forward to meeting you!
Person specification
Other
Essential
- Computer literate
Desirable
- Data analysis skills (MS Excel, Database, SQL)
- Innovative thinking
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
- Self-motivating and able to motivate/inspire others
- Ability to prioritise appropriately
- Ability to work well under pressure to meet deadlines
- Attention to detail
- Analytical and data manipulation skills
Desirable
- Ability to affect and manage change
Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent clinical knowledge and practical clinical skills for the relevant specialist role
- Working knowledge of how medicines are commissioned
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in a relevant specialist pharmacist role
- Evidence of involvement in and undertaking of audit/service evaluation
- Demonstrable commitment to continuing professional development / education and training.
Desirable
- Experience as a NMP
- Experience of leading and managing change projects to improve services/systems
- Line management, mentoring and experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
Qualifications
Essential
- Vocational Masters degree in pharmacy.
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
- Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent documented experience
- Full NMP qualification
Desirable
- MRPharmS
- Training/experience in Quality Improvement and/or change management
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This advert is for Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Medicines Value with Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Liverpool, North West, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Pharmacist role. The advertised salary is £57,528 - £64,750 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 03 Aug 2026.
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