Formulary & Clinical Trials Pharmacist

Whittington Health NHS Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the City of Westminster is seeking an experienced pharmacist to manage the Medicines Information Service and lead clinical trials. This role offers the opportunity to influence practice and improve services while working collaboratively with different teams. The ideal candidate will have strong organisational and interpersonal skills, be proactive, and exhibit leadership qualities. This position is key to enhancing patient care and driving service improvements within the Trust.

Qualifications

• Experience managing Medicines Information Services.
• Ability to provide evidence-based medicines advice to healthcare professionals.
• Experience in overseeing clinical trials and managing pharmacy staff.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Medicines Information Service.
• Provide evidence-based medicines advice and information.
• Organise and coordinate the Drug & Therapeutics Committee business.
• Lead clinical trials from a Pharmacy perspective.

Skills

Strong organisational skills

Interpersonal skills

Proactive and solution-focused approach

Leadership capabilities

Education

Qualified Pharmacist

Job description

This is an exciting and unique opportunity for an experienced and enthusiastic pharmacist to join our Medicines Use Support Team and drive our Medicines Information, Formulary and Clinical Trials services forward. In this role, you will play a central role in managing the Trust Medicines Formulary, coordinating the Drug & Therapeutics Committee business and agenda, and providing high-level, evidence-based medicines evaluation and advice to patients, healthcare professionals and trust/regional groups. You will also oversee and support the delivery of clinical trials of investigational medicinal products (CTIMP) and manage the Medicines Information Service. This post is ideally suited to a dynamic pharmacist with strong organisational and interpersonal skills, a proactive and solution-focused approach, and a desire to develop their leadership capabilities while influencing practice and driving service improvement and change. You will be part of a supportive team that works closely with other pharmacy and multi-disciplinary teams across the Trust and wider region. This collaboration will be key for your successful journey at Whittington.

Our ICARE values are embedded in how we deliverсяг care to our patients and support our staff. We are committed to continuous development and will support you to develop your skills, advance your professional practice, and play a key role in delivering safe, effective and innovative care at the Whittington.

• Manage the Medicines Information Service.
• Provide evidence-based medicines advice and information using expert knowledge and experience to pharmacy, nursing, medical and other healthcare professionals on the care and treatment of patients, inside and outside the Trust.
• Manage the workλικ of rotational pharmacy staff in MI and provide training in all aspects of medicines information.
• Organise and coordinate the Drug & Therapeutics Committee (D&TC) business and agenda.
• Support a structured entry of new medicines into the Trust formulary ensuring full alignment to D&TC and North Central London Joint Formulary Committee (NCL JFC) processes.
• Lead the review, update and maintenance of the+: Trust Formulary to promote effective prescribing within the trust.
• Attend and actively participate in relevant meetings within the NCL Medicines Optimisation Network, including the NCL JFC, Formulary Pharmacists Group, NICE TA Implementation Group, NCL Shared Care Group, among others.
• Lead on clinical trials at Whittington Health.
• Oversee the implementation and delivery of Clinical Trials (CTIMP) from a Pharmacy perspective.
• Liaise with Research & Development team, medical staff and representatives of clinical trials sponsors on the arrangements for the delivery of clinical trials.
• Provide training to on-call pharmacists and monitor quality of on-call service.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.