Job summary
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 description
Job responsibilities
For a full description of the main responsibilities, please see the attached Job Description and personal Specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a full description of the main responsibilities, please see the attached Job Description and personal Specification.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm or equivalent degree
- Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification to at least diploma level or equivalent experience through relevant short courses
Desirable
- Postgraduate qualifications to Masters or PhD level
- GCP qualification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- 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
Essential
- 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
Desirable
- Conducting drug utilisation and expenditure reviews
- Laws relating to non-medical prescribing, patient group directions and Pharmacy practice
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Reliable
- Positive, 'can-do' attitude
- 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
Essential
- Understanding of issues affecting the NHS and Hospital Pharmacy
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm or equivalent degree
- Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification to at least diploma level or equivalent experience through relevant short courses
Desirable
- Postgraduate qualifications to Masters or PhD level
- GCP qualification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- 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
Essential
- 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
Desirable
- Conducting drug utilisation and expenditure reviews
- Laws relating to non-medical prescribing, patient group directions and Pharmacy practice
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Reliable
- Positive, 'can-do' attitude
- 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
Essential
- 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.
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).
