Principal Pharmacist - Medicines Efficiency
| Posting date: | 12 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £64,337.00 to £74,415.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £64337.00 - £74415.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 December 2025 |
| Location: | Frimley, GU16 7UJ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9151-25-1450 |
Summary
Lead a programme of horizon scanning projects to identify biosimilar and medicines savings opportunities, including patent expiries and market entry. Support the development of Trust wide policies and pathways for the safe and effective introduction of biosimilars, working with the ICB and NHSE Medicines Optimisation Teams to align procedures and pathways related to medicines. Provide specialist advice on commissioning and reimbursement mechanisms (e.g. BlueTeq, homecare contracts), ensuring financial and operational readiness for new high-cost drugs. Produce detailed monthly forecasts of potential and realised savings from biologic switches and prepare variance analysis reports for review by senior leads. Oversee the completion of Quality Impact Assessments for proposed medicines value savings ensuring a wide range of complex considerations and factors are assessed to implement medicines savings effectively. Design and deliver detailed implementation plans for each biosimilar switch, including stakeholder mapping, projected benefits, communication strategies and patient switch schedules. Lead/facilitate divisional switch meetings, track project milestones, and escalate issues to Medicines Value Group or Chief Pharmacist as required. Analyse prescribing data at specialty level (e.g. Gastroenterology, Rheumatology, Dermatology) to inform the prioritisation of switches and monitor trends