An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and self-motivated clinical pharmacist with excellent organisational and communication skills to join the Pharmacy High Cost Drugs Team.

You will work in the High Cost Drug team to maximise the cost-effective use of high cost drugs through engagement with clinical teams and patients, supporting prior approval processes, and ensuring medicines are being used according to commissioning criteria.

As well as working in the high cost drug team part you will spend part of your time within a clinical team in the provision of ward support.

Main duties of the job

Work with the Clinical Commissioning Pharmacists, and Specialist Pharmacists to support the implementation of prior approval for high cost drugs (Blueteq).

Work with commissioners and clinicians to develop agreed treatment pathways where needed.

Provide complex clinical pharmaceutical advice to clinical specialists using high cost medicines including contributing to specialist Multi-disciplinary team meetings, as required.

Provide training to staff on the use of the Blueteq system and high cost drugs commissioning.

Generate a daily report to ensure Trust compliance with commissioning arrangements.

Liaise with other Trusts to inform them of Blueteq requirements for patients transferring to their care, and to deal with queries around Shared Care between Secondary Care Trusts

Provide analysis and financial reports, as needed, to the Director of Pharmacy and Director of Finance on complex HCD spend within the Trust, highlighting areas of risk to income.

Provide clinical ward support

About us

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Masters degree (or equivalent) in pharmacy
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

• Membership of a recognised pharmaceutical Body
• Postgraduate certificate (or equivalent) in Clinical Pharmacy
• Postgraduate Diploma or Master's degree in Clinical Pharmacy

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Evidence of UK hospital pharmacy experience
• Achievement of NHS KSF competencies at Band 6 second gateway
• Influencing/negotiation skills
• Project working and task management
• Previous experience of audit

Desirable

• Knowledge of commissioning frameworks
• One-to-one and small group teaching experience
• Experience of using prior approval IT system (Blueteq)
• Experience of producing financial reports

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Problem identification and solving
• Communicates drug or medicine related information to prescribers, patients and carers
• Deliver specialist clinical pharmacy service to clinical areas
• Ability to plan, prioritise and organise own and others' work to meet agreed deadlines
• Ability to use judgement to challenge inappropriate prescribing and influence prescribing decisions to enable optimal therapy
• Knowledge of the legal framework for the dispensing, prescribing and administration of medicines
• Knowledge of English NHS commissioning arrangements for medicines
• Knowledge of budgetary constraints
• Excellent IT skills
• Influencing skills. Persuasive skills required. Due to working with a number of different stakeholders
• Ability to critically analyse prescriptions for clinical appropriateness, clinical risk, cost-effectiveness, adherence to local & national guidance and legality
• Knowledge of the legal framework in England for the dispensing, prescribing and administration of medicines
• Ability to work alone within defined parameters. Including providing an on-call service which may require highly developed physical skills and accuracy to produce injections and infusions
• Critical appraisal of clinical evidence

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)

Address

Bristol Royal Infirmary

Upper Maudlin Street

Bristol

BS2 8HW

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