Specialist Pharmacist - Biologics

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution seeks a Specialist Pharmacist - Biologics to support the introduction and management of biosimilar therapies. The role involves close collaboration with clinical teams to ensure effective patient treatment and safety. Candidates must be GPhC registered pharmacists with significant experience in hospital settings and strong communication skills. The position offers competitive salary and development opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme

24/7 independent counselling support

Career-long learning and development opportunities

Access to NHS and Blue Light discount schemes

Free Pilates classes

Full support and training to develop your skills

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in a hospital pharmacy setting is required.
• Experience delivering education and training sessions to other staff.
• Experience in medicines expenditure analysis and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Support Lead Pharmacists in managing patient transitions to biosimilar medicines.
• Ensure quality and safety in the dispensing of high-cost medicines.
• Contribute to the trust's Cost Improvement Plan while ensuring patient care.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Good influencing and negotiating skills

Successful team working

Ability to analyse and present complex clinical data

Strong clinical reasoning and judgment

Organizational and problem-solving skills

Reliable and punctual

Ability to work well under pressure

Education

Registered as pharmacist with GPhC

Postgraduate clinical diploma / MSc in pharmacy practice

Job description

Go back Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Pharmacist - Biologics

The closing date is 12 October 2025

• Support the Lead Pharmacist for Biologics and the Lead Pharmacist for High-Cost Therapies Management & Homecare Services to maximise safe and cost-effective best practice in prescribing.
• Support the Lead Pharmacists in helping patients get the best from their medicines by switching medications to agreed and approved protocols.
• Support the Lead Pharmacists in the delivery and development of high-quality clinical pharmacy services and medicines optimisation initiatives related to the use of biosimilar.
• Support the Lead Pharmacists in identifying patients who would be suitable for treatment with a biosimilar medicine and obtain patient consent for the switch to the biosimilar product.
• Support the Lead Pharmacists in monitoring patients who have been initiated or switched to a biosimilar medicine to ensure efficacy and safety.
• Support the Lead Pharmacists in monitoring the costs involved with the use of biosimilar medicines and contribute to the trust's Cost Improvement Programme (CIP).
• To support with the development and delivery of education and training initiatives for patients and other healthcare professionals in relation to the use of biosimilar medicines.
• The postholder will be required to deliver the above across all Moorfields sites. This includes services at City Road as well as Moorfields Satellite Sites across the North and South Networks.

Main duties of the job

To support the Lead Pharmacists and work with clinicians to identify the opportunity for biosimilar introduction.

• To support the Lead Pharmacists in identifying those patients suitable for receiving the biosimilar medicine.
• To ensure other members of the team involved in the process understand the use of biological and biosimilar medicines and are familiar with the processes involved with initiation of treatment or switching patients to the biosimilar medicine.
• To support the Lead Pharmacists in ensuring that shared decision making is possible and supported by written materials, information session, education and patient alert cards/supplementary information leaflets.
• To support the Lead Pharmacists in monitoring and follow up of patients who have been initiated or switched to the biosimilar medicine to ensure efficacy and safety.
• To contribute to the trust's Cost Improvement Plan (CIPs) by ensuring savings can be used effectively to offset costs, incentivise change and improve patient care.
• To participate in education and training activities as appropriate for pharmacy and other clinical staff groups.
• To provide active support for, and input into, pharmacy and medicines clinical governance and risk management initiatives and processes.
• To ensure safe and effective storage, dispensing and supply of high-cost medicines including biosimilars.
• To promote and collaborate on clinical audit related to the use of biosimilar medicines to ensure safety and efficacy of treatment.

About us

What's in it for You?

At Moorfields, we invest in you--your growth, your wellbeing, your future.You'll join a flexible, supportive organisation offering:

o Competitive salary (including high-cost area supplement)o Membership of the NHS Pension Schemeo 24/7 independent counselling supporto Career-long learning and development opportunitieso Excellent transport connectionso Access to NHS and Blue Light discount schemeso Free Pilates classeso Full support and training to develop your skills

And so much more! To see the full range of benefits we offer please view our Moorfields benefits leaflet.

Job responsibilities

For full details on the main duties and responsibilities of this role, please refer to the job description and personal specifications document for this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered as pharmacist with GPhC
• Postgraduate clinical diploma / MSc in pharmacy practice or equivalent

Experience

• Working within a specialist pharmacy role
• Extensive experience in a hospital pharmacy setting
• Experience in practice research or audit
• Experience in delivering E&T sessions to other staff
• Experience of service development / project management
• Experience in medicines expenditure analysis and reporting

Knowledge

• Good clinical knowledge and sound decision making
• Understanding of medicines usage and issues across various settings
• Ophthalmic Pharmacy
• Experience of CIPs / QIPP initiatives

Skills

• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
• Good influencing and negotiating skills
• Successful team working
• Ability to analyse and present highly complex clinical data
• Ability to employ high level of clinical reasoning and judgement
• Prioritisation, organisation and problem solving skills
• Reliable and punctual
• Ability to work well under pressure

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.

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

£56,276 to £63,176 a yearpa pro rata incl HCAS