Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist - High Cost Drugs

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist to join their dynamic team. This role offers the opportunity to work on high-cost medicines and collaborate with a variety of stakeholders, ensuring the safe and effective use of medications. With a focus on delivering best value to patients, you will contribute to innovative projects like 'Care Closer to Home'. If you are passionate about making a difference in healthcare and possess strong clinical knowledge, this position is perfect for you. Join a team that values inclusivity and fosters professional growth in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Registered Pharmacist with GPhC and member of relevant professional organizations.
• Postgraduate qualifications and experience in clinical pharmacy required.

Responsibilities

• Manage high-cost medicines in line with contracts.
• Support transformation of homecare and outpatient services.
• Engage with stakeholders on commissioning and funding.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Oral communication skills

Written communication skills

Organizational skills

Audit experience

Research experience

Training experience

Education

4-year master's degree in pharmacy

Post-graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy

Independent non-medical prescribing qualification

Job description

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NHS AfC: Band 8a

Main area: Medicines Optimisation

Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8a

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Late night and weekend working)

Job ref: 349-CSS-6756403*

Site: Pharmacy Department, Oxford Road Campus

Town: Manchester

Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum, pro rata

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 02/02/2025 23:59

Job overview

Are you enthusiastic, able to handle complexity, and ready for a new challenge? We invite applications for the role of Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist for High-Cost Medicines and Third-Party Providers.

This role is a key member of the Medicines Optimisation Team at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT). MFT is the third largest provider of specialist services, and you will work with the Lead Medicines Optimisation Pharmacists and a range of stakeholders to ensure the safe and effective use of high-cost medicines.

The role will support our recently launched 'Care Closer to Home' project, focusing on efficient, safe, and sustainable medicine delivery to ensure best value for patients and MFT.

We seek a passionate, dedicated pharmacist with broad clinical knowledge and an understanding of Medicines Optimisation issues. Excellent presentation, organisational, analytical, and interpersonal skills are required.

The Trust aims to support employees who wish to work flexibly, to allow them to maintain a healthy work-life balance.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the role include:

1. To support the pharmacy aspects of managing high-cost medicines in line with national and local contracts with commissioners.
2. To support the transformation of homecare and outpatient services to ensure best value for MFT and patients.
3. To support the introduction of NICE TA approved and other nationally approved medicines into the Trust in line with local and national guidance and associated Medicines Management Committee implementation issues.
4. To engage with Trust stakeholders, the ICS, NHS England, and local professional networks on the development of joint services, commissioning, and funding of medicines.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford and beyond, we champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient and staff experience, operational effectiveness, and driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre and Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description and Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Registration

• Registered Pharmacist with GPhC
• Member of Faculty/PRS. Member of National/International Specialist Organisation

Qualifications

• Vocational 4-year master’s degree in pharmacy or equivalent
• 1-year pre-registration training and successful completion or examination.
• Post-graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent documented clinical experience
• Completion of postgraduate qualification in relevant specialist field.
• Independent non-medical prescribing qualification
• Attendance at relevant conferences and training courses.

Skills

• Excellent analytical/problem-solving skills particularly with respect to the use of medicines in complex situations
• Organised and methodical approach to work.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Able to work with and influence other grades of staff and professions.
• Audit and research experience.
• Demonstrable experience in training pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals
• Demonstrable experience of supporting a professional multidisciplinary or committee meeting.

Knowledge

• Experience in training and supervising others.
• Excellent all-round clinical knowledge in all other areas and practical clinical skills.
• Advanced knowledge of the Medication Safety, Clinical Governance agendas of the NHS
• Demonstrated commitment to CPD.
• Expert clinical knowledge of the pharmaceutical care of patients within specialty including knowledge of national guidance.

Other

• Willingness to participate in weekend, evening, Bank holiday and on-call rotas as required.
• Willingness to contribute to the general life and work of the Pharmacy and Trust.
• Knows own professional and personal limitations and seeks advice when necessary.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.