Medicines Information Formulary and Clinical Trials Pharmacist

NHS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 64,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health organization in Greater London seeks an experienced Medicines Information, Formulary, and Clinical Trials Pharmacist to manage the Medicines Information service and support clinical trials. You'll provide expert advice to healthcare professionals and oversee the Trust Medicines Formulary. Ideal candidates will have strong organizational skills, a proactive approach, and at least 3 years of relevant experience. This role offers a salary of £64,156 to £71,148 per annum, fostering professional growth in a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Support for professional development

Collaborative team environment

Qualifications

• 3 years post-registration experience within a hospital pharmacy.
• Reliable and able to work autonomously.
• Demonstrated initiative, motivation, and enthusiasm.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Medicines Information service.
• Provide evidence-based medicines advice to healthcare professionals.
• Support clinical trials at Whittington Health.

Skills

Accurate dispensing

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Supervising and training junior pharmacists

Ability to analyze and interpret financial and clinical data

Good interpersonal skills

Education

Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification

Postgraduate qualifications to Masters or PhD level

Job description

Medicines Information, Formulary and Clinical Trials Pharmacist

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 Health.

Our ICARE values are embedded in how we deliver 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.

Main duties of the job

• 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 work of rotational pharmacy staff in MI and provide training in all aspects of medicines information.
• Organise and coordinate the Drug and 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.

About us

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.

Job responsibilities

For a full description of the main responsibilities, please see the attached Job Description and personal Specification.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

• Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification to at least diploma level or equivalent experience through relevant short courses
• Postgraduate qualifications to Masters or PhD level

Skills and Abilities

• Accurate dispensing, checking, and prescription monitoring skills, and ability to follow written procedures
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Able to communicate with patients and all grades of healthcare staff (verbally and in writing)
• Experience of supervising and training junior pharmacists, technical, and ancillary staff.
• Ability to assimilate, analyse and interpret financial and clinical data
• Good inter-personal skills; confident & assertive when dealing with other professionals
• Ability to manage and work within resources and to tight deadlines
• Competent in the use of computers and familiar with hospital pharmacy computer systems
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team, in a pharmacy and multidisciplinary environment
• Proven project/ practice research / audit skills
• Ability to contribute to planning of service developments, and to manage change

Knowledge and Experience

• 3 years post-registration experience within a hospital pharmacy
• Good clinical knowledge acquired through training and experience
• Evidence of post-graduate training and professional development
• Experience in supervising and delivering education and training to staff
• Previous participation in audit or research
• Conducting drug utilisation and expenditure reviews
• Laws relating to non-medical prescribing, patient group directions and Pharmacy practice

Personal Qualities

• Reliable
• Able to work autonomously
• Able to make decisions
• Self-motivated
• Able to work under pressure whilst maintaining accuracy and attention to detail
• Demonstrates initiative, motivation and enthusiasm for the post
• Excellent time management and organisation
• Able to prioritise and delegate work
• Commitment to continuing personal development

Other

• Understanding of issues affecting the NHS and Hospital Pharmacy

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£64,156 to £71,148 a yearPer Annum including HCAS