Lead Medicines Information, Formulary and Pathways Pharmacist

Job overview

We are looking for a highly motivated, forward-thinking, dynamic individual to join our senior team, who is keen to learn, innovate and push the service forward.  You will have excellent organisational and people skills and the ability to work with and influence staff within the Trust and across Northeast London ICS.

The post holder will be a key member of senior Pharmacy team, delivering a high-quality Medicines Information service to clinical staff and patients, whilst developing effective working relationships within a multidisciplinary setting both at the Trust and the wider North East London ICS.

In addition to being the lead for MI, they will represent Homerton at the Northeast London Formulary and Pathways Group (NELFPG) and they will be the secretary of the Trust's Drugs and Therapeutics Committee (DTC). The role will be central to ensuring the rapid and efficient implementation of the latest evidence-based guidelines across the Trust for the benefit of patients.

It is expected that the successful applicant will be an experienced clinical pharmacist with a substantial track record providing Medicines Information services, excellent time management skills, a proven ability to introduce new drugs into a formulary and extensive experience providing clinical pharmacy services in a hospital setting. They will have successfully completed a Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or have equivalent hospital pharmacy experience.

Main duties of the job

• To develop and manage the medicines information service, including the Patient Helpline, at HUHFT and to ensure the delivery of a high-quality, efficient and well-regarded service
• To undertake core enquiry answering service providing professional, clinical and scientific information and advice to a range of healthcare professionals and patients where appropriate
• To manage rotational band 6/7 pharmacists, provide in-depth medicines information training, set objectives and undertake appraisals
• To maintain the computerised database (Mi Databank) for all medicines information enquiries, and to ensure record keeping complies with legal requirements, and professional standards
• To ensure that workload statistics for medicines information are recorded accurately so that the anticipated demands on the service are highlighted and proactively managed
• To attend UKMI conferences and collaborate with the regional MI centre and UKMi in quality assurance programs, including internal and external audits, user satisfaction surveys and collection of data for benchmarking exercises
• To lead and co-ordinate MHRA drug recalls at HUHFT, including appraising drug shortages and recommending alternative drug supplies

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.