Medicines Value Lead Pharmacist | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 22 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £70,417 - £81,138 per annum. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 May 2024 |
| Location: | Manchester, M13 9WL |
| Company: | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6207050/349-CSS-6207050 |
Summary
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual to join our team as a Medicines Value Lead Pharmacist. In this role, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the safe, effective, and cost-efficient use of medicines across our trust. You will work closely with hospital clinical teams, stakeholders, and external partners to optimise the value of medicines, contributing to improved patient outcomes and financial sustainability.
Reporting to the Deputy Chief Pharmacist, Medicines Optimisation and Governance and supporting the Group Chief Pharmacist, the post holder will identify, manage, and deliver medicines value projects for both high-cost drugs and in tariff medicines. The post holder will also be professionally and managerially accountable for delivery and performance of the third-party pharmacy services (Homecare and outpatients) and development of strategic options to deliver best value models for delivery of medicines to patients.
This exciting new role will require the post holder to demonstrate excellent leadership and organisational skills. You will need to be able to communicate effectively across all levels of the healthcare system and be innovative in your approach to service transformation. The ability to effectively engage with and influence key stakeholders and manage and motivate others is essential to the success of this role.
• Work in partnership with the Group Chief Pharmacist, and Pharmacy Senior Leadership Team to identify, manage and deliver key medicines value projects across the Division for both high-cost drugs and in tariff medicines.
• Develop strategic options to deliver best value models for MFT including homecare and outpatients and review existing medicines courier services.
• Identify efficiencies associated with the implementation of the HIVE system and be responsible for managing and implementing new innovative ways of working to deliver savings.
• Be professionally and managerially accountable for delivery and performance of the Third-party Pharmacy Services (Homecare and Outpatients)
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
This advert closes on Monday 6 May 2024
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