Advanced Pharmacist (Medicines Effectiveness)

Job overview

Advanced Pharmacist (Medicines Effectiveness) & Deputy Lead Pharmacist (Clinical Commissioning & Medicines Value)

Are you a clinical pharmacist with extensive experience of clinical pharmacy practice in a range of clinical settings in the NHS, who is looking to further develop your leadership skills, apply your advanced clinical pharmacy knowledge and work collaboratively with pharmacy & clinical colleagues both locally and across an integrated care system?

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an enthusiastic, highly- motivated and forward thinking pharmacist to join our Pharmacy Medicines Effectiveness as an 8a Advanced Pharmacist (Medicines Effectiveness) and deputy to our 8b Lead Pharmacist (Clinical Commissioning & Medicines Value).

You will be joining a wider Pharmacy team, which is forward thinking, continuously strives to improve our ways of working, puts patients at the centre of our care and aims to enhance every patient’s experience.

Main duties of the job

To work collaboratively with pharmacy and clinical colleagues from across BSW Integrated Care System (ICS) to introduce safe, clinically- effective and cost-efficient medicines to BSW Formulary, in line with national guidance, and to work collaboratively with pharmacy, clinical, finance and commissioning colleagues from across BSW ICS, NHS England and the Cancer Drugs Fund to ensure high-cost drugs are only introduced to BSW Formulary, and the Trust, in line with commissioning policies and contractual agreements.

To actively undertake, support and promote activities, in collaboration with the Lead Pharmacy Technician (Medicines Effectiveness) and Lead Pharmacist (Clinical Commissioning & Medicines Value), to maintain and enhance the use of safe, clinically effective, cost-efficient medicines within the Trust, embedding a culture of formulary adherence, adherence to local, regional and national commissioning policies / contractual arrangements, and the safe and appropriate use and handling of unlicensed medicines.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To deputise for the Lead Pharmacist (Clinical Commissioning & Medicines Value), leading, managing and delivering the objectives and outputs of our highly specialist Pharmacy Medicines Effectiveness team in their absence, and to work as an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist, supporting the Clinical Pharmacy Services Manager in developing, delivering and monitoring a comprehensive, safe and high-quality patient-centred clinical pharmacy service to patients and staff of Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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