Advanced Clinical Pharmacist-Gastroenterology

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare provider in Stevenage is seeking an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist in Gastroenterology. The successful candidate will provide leadership and high-quality pharmaceutical services, optimizing patient care with non-medical prescribing. You will collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team and manage therapies for gastroenterology patients. This is an opportunity to develop your leadership skills in a supportive environment that values flexibility and innovation.

Benefits

Positive work-life balance

Flexible working patterns

Support for staff development

Qualifications

• Proven leadership in providing pharmaceutical services to gastroenterology patients.
• Ability to manage and develop services for homecare delivery.
• Experience in working within a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Lead the provision and development of pharmaceutical services to the gastroenterology department.
• Support the management of gastroenterology patients with biologics and other therapies.
• Manage the controlled introduction and use of upcoming biosimilars.

Skills

Leadership in pharmaceutical services

Non-medical prescribing qualification

Patient-focused service delivery

Team collaboration

Education

Pharmacy degree

Job description

We are recruiting for an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist in Gastroenterology who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. We are looking for a dynamic, motivated, and forward-thinking clinical pharmacist to work with the Gastroenterology consultants, specialist nurses, Homecare teams and clinical pharmacy team. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing leadership and delivery of a high quality, proactive and patient focused service to gastroenterology patients. This is an excellent opportunity to work with Lead Clinicians and nurses in a truly MDT setting. The ideal candidate will use their non-medical prescribing qualification to optimise individual patient's drug therapies as appropriate. You will also be supported to develop their leadership and management skills. At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main Duties of the Job

The successful candidate will provide a high-profile lead role in the provision and development of pharmaceutical services to the gastroenterology department, including biologics, biosimilars and other medications. You will also develop and maintain a role as a non-medical prescriber (NMP) to support the management of gastroenterology patients receiving biologics and other therapies. They will be expected to manage and develop services which allow the delivery of medicines via homecare to patients. The post holder will also "horizon-scan" for the planned licensing of biosimilars and to lead on their controlled introduction and use, according to policy. Additionally, you will work closely within the Multi-Disciplinary Team delivering services in rheumatology in order to deliver clinical and cost benefits of medicines optimisation.

About the Trust

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation, and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda. We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.