Job summary
High-cost drugs have been of increasing importance in recent years due to the tight financial constraints faced by the NHS. An exciting opportunity has arisen at Sherwood Forest Hospitals for an enthusiastic and highly motivated pharmacist to join the high-cost drugs and homecare team. This is a newly created post that will help the job holder gain valuable experience to develop their career in this growing area.
The post will be split (60:40) between working in the high-cost drugs/homecare team and working together with the lead oncology and nutrition pharmacist to provide support in the aseptic dispensing unit. Thus, the post holder will be able to develop their clinical skills as well as have the opportunity to help lead the department in driving the high-cost drugs service and work on areas such as medicines optimization and service development
Main duties of the job
To work within the High-Cost Drugs (HCD) and Homecare team to achieve the following objectives:
- Ensure that HCD at SFH are used in line with local and national policies (e.g., NICE technology appraisals, NHSE commissioning policies, and local agreements).- Provide accurate billing to the commissioners for reimbursement of HCD used at SFH.- Efficiently manage Patient Access Schemes, ensuring that all due rebates are claimed and reported to the Trust and Commissioners.- Develop and manage systems for drugs supplied via Homecare.- Provide advice and support on all pharmaceutical care issues, with particular emphasis on high-cost drug projects and homecare services.- Provide audit reports to the Trust and the Commissioners as required.- Ensure effective communication between the Commissioners and the Trust.
**To support the Lead Oncology and Nutrition Pharmacist in:**
- Providing service to the aseptic dispensing unit (ADU) and the clinical oncology/haematology pharmacy service to the Trust, in order to improve patient care and promote safe, evidence-based, and cost-effective prescribing.- Providing high-quality situational response within the aseptic dispensing unit (ADU) in the provision of aseptic services.- Supporting the provision of Parenteral Nutrition service.- Providing support to the Clinical Pharmacy service.
About us
Thank you for your interest in this role.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care and have ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands in a recent survey. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work for the organisation, and we were the Health Service Journals Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark and Mansfield Community Hospitals as Good. Overall, we were rated Outstanding for care.
The Sherwood Forest Pharmacy Department is entering an exciting year with a new automation unit at the KMH site and the output of the 'Future Pharmacy Programme', a trust-wide redesign of Pharmacy Services. The aim of the Future Pharmacy Programme is to deliver ward-based clinical pharmacy services to as many areas as possible within 2024.
We would love for you to come and join us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached
Job description
Job responsibilities
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Clinical Pharmacy knowledge associated with a 4 year Pharmacy degree course
- Experience gained through substantial pre-registration training.
- Experience gained through vocational practice
Qualifications- Academic/ Craft/ Professional
Essential
- BSc, BPharm or MPharm in Pharmacy
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Diploma or MSc in clinical pharmacy gained through post-graduate study or equivalent experience including the CPPE Primary care pharmacy education pathway
Desirable
- Post-graduate studies
- Specific formulary training
- Independent prescriber
Further Training
Desirable
- Quality improvement
- Practice research
- Relevant training courses
Experience
Essential
- Experience gained through vocational practice
- Experience of critical appraisal Medicines Information
- Microsoft Office and general computer skills. Excellent working knowledge of spreadsheets (Excel) required
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent mathematics skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Good organisational skills
- Prioritisation skills
- Experience of medicine usage evaluation and financial reporting.
Desirable
- Evidence-based practice
- Experience of formulary management.
- Experience of extended roles
- ECDL level computer skills
- Use and manipulation of databases
- Supervision and training of staff
- Acute hospital pharmacy experience of cancer services and aseptics
- Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams
- Audit and/or quality improvement experience.
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Flexibility in working hours
- Able to work extended hours and On Call
- Car driver
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Clinical Pharmacy knowledge associated with a 4 year Pharmacy degree course
- Experience gained through substantial pre-registration training.
- Experience gained through vocational practice
Qualifications- Academic/ Craft/ Professional
Essential
- BSc, BPharm or MPharm in Pharmacy
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Diploma or MSc in clinical pharmacy gained through post-graduate study or equivalent experience including the CPPE Primary care pharmacy education pathway
Desirable
- Post-graduate studies
- Specific formulary training
- Independent prescriber
Further Training
Desirable
- Quality improvement
- Practice research
- Relevant training courses
Experience
Essential
- Experience gained through vocational practice
- Experience of critical appraisal Medicines Information
- Microsoft Office and general computer skills. Excellent working knowledge of spreadsheets (Excel) required
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent mathematics skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Good organisational skills
- Prioritisation skills
- Experience of medicine usage evaluation and financial reporting.
Desirable
- Evidence-based practice
- Experience of formulary management.
- Experience of extended roles
- ECDL level computer skills
- Use and manipulation of databases
- Supervision and training of staff
- Acute hospital pharmacy experience of cancer services and aseptics
- Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams
- Audit and/or quality improvement experience.
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Flexibility in working hours
- Able to work extended hours and On Call
- Car driver
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
