Principal Pharmacist Medicines Optimisation and High Cost Drugs
| Posting date: | 04 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £58,972 - £68,525 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 May 2024 |
| Location: | Colchester and Ipswich, CO4 5JL |
| Company: | Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6202014/432-HR24-24 |
Summary
A Vacancy at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.
Are you an experienced pharmacist looking for a career change and your next challenge in an acute hospital trust?
Due to service innovation and trust investment we have created a new exciting role as a Principal Pharmacist - Medicines Optimisation and High Cost Drug Commissioning to better enhance service delivery, working across our Colchester and Ipswich Hospitals.
You will be key in providing cross-site senior leadership and delivery of the high cost drugs and biologics agenda, ensuring high quality and cost effective medicines are introduced as part of the medicines optimisation strategy. You will also lead on the trust medicines formulary, maintaining close links with NHS England and ICB.
As a new member of the senior team, you will have the opportunity to use your wider skills and clinical expertise to model this new job role in accordance with the departmental vision.
You will be supported in your new role by the senior pharmacy leadership team. Further professional learning and development opportunities are available including leadership courses provided by the trust.
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.
In addition to our fully automated dispensaries, we host one of the NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service medicines advice sites and the Regional Pharmacy Manufacturing Unit (including a brand new Aseptic facility).
• To work with the cross site Senior Pharmacists for the Biologics and High Cost Drugs to lead, deliver and evaluate the use of high-cost medicines used in commissioning.
• Engage with clinical teams to ensure appropriate use of PbR-excluded drugs ensuring that they are used in line with commissioning policies, monitoring and data collection requirements.
• To implement and manage switching of biosimilars and other high cost medicines in accordance to commissioning criteria, in conjunction with the pharmacy and specialist teams ensuring safe, efficient, and comprehensive service.
• To report the NICE Technology Appraisal (TA) or Highly Specialised Technologies Evaluation (HST) implementation plan, related to medicines only, to ESNEFT MGG to provide organisational assurance of compliance.
• To support the Finance Team in the completion and resolution of high cost drug challenges raised by NHSE and ICB in a timely manner and assurance of completion of Blueteq.
• To review and monitor adherence to the medicines formulary and prioritise cost-effective drugs.
• To take the lead for formulary management and review for ESNEFT, working with ICB and other providers to ensure the joint health economy wide formulary is regularly reviewed and updated and new formulary decisions are effectively disseminated and communicated to service leads and clinical directors across care groups and the wider local health economy
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 thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
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.
Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Thursday 18 Apr 2024
Are you an experienced pharmacist looking for a career change and your next challenge in an acute hospital trust?
Due to service innovation and trust investment we have created a new exciting role as a Principal Pharmacist - Medicines Optimisation and High Cost Drug Commissioning to better enhance service delivery, working across our Colchester and Ipswich Hospitals.
You will be key in providing cross-site senior leadership and delivery of the high cost drugs and biologics agenda, ensuring high quality and cost effective medicines are introduced as part of the medicines optimisation strategy. You will also lead on the trust medicines formulary, maintaining close links with NHS England and ICB.
As a new member of the senior team, you will have the opportunity to use your wider skills and clinical expertise to model this new job role in accordance with the departmental vision.
You will be supported in your new role by the senior pharmacy leadership team. Further professional learning and development opportunities are available including leadership courses provided by the trust.
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.
In addition to our fully automated dispensaries, we host one of the NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service medicines advice sites and the Regional Pharmacy Manufacturing Unit (including a brand new Aseptic facility).
• To work with the cross site Senior Pharmacists for the Biologics and High Cost Drugs to lead, deliver and evaluate the use of high-cost medicines used in commissioning.
• Engage with clinical teams to ensure appropriate use of PbR-excluded drugs ensuring that they are used in line with commissioning policies, monitoring and data collection requirements.
• To implement and manage switching of biosimilars and other high cost medicines in accordance to commissioning criteria, in conjunction with the pharmacy and specialist teams ensuring safe, efficient, and comprehensive service.
• To report the NICE Technology Appraisal (TA) or Highly Specialised Technologies Evaluation (HST) implementation plan, related to medicines only, to ESNEFT MGG to provide organisational assurance of compliance.
• To support the Finance Team in the completion and resolution of high cost drug challenges raised by NHSE and ICB in a timely manner and assurance of completion of Blueteq.
• To review and monitor adherence to the medicines formulary and prioritise cost-effective drugs.
• To take the lead for formulary management and review for ESNEFT, working with ICB and other providers to ensure the joint health economy wide formulary is regularly reviewed and updated and new formulary decisions are effectively disseminated and communicated to service leads and clinical directors across care groups and the wider local health economy
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 thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
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.
Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Thursday 18 Apr 2024