Band 8a
Job overview
This new post provides an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated, enthusiastic pharmacist to join our well-established medicines finance team. The role offers development opportunities in areas such as medicines finance/commissioning, procurement, project management, working with colleagues at local/regional/national level whilst also maintaining specialist clinical pharmacy skills.
You will work closely alongside the Lead Pharmacist: High Cost Medicines Management and wider high cost medicines/immunoglobulins team, whilst also linking in with the wider medicines finance, homecare, purchasing/procurement, ICT and specialist clinical teams.
You will act as Specialist Pharmacist for immunoglobulins at NUH and the EM-SRIAP. NUH are the Lead (Hub) Trust in the East Midlands for managing the safe and appropriate use of immunoglobulins and host the EM-SRIAP, mandated by NHS England to provide governance and assurance over immunoglobulin use in the region.
What we offer:
Supportive and friendly team of colleagues covering a wide range of expertise.
Opportunity to lead on the management of a specialist medicine used across a number of clinical specialties and act as the Professional Secretary for both the NUH IAP and EM-SRIAP.
Support to advance your specialist knowledge of high cost drugs, commissioning and medicines finance.
Opportunity to apply and further develop clinical pharmacy expertise, through delivering clinical pharmacy services to a defined area.
Main duties of the job
In addition to this summary you need to familiarise yourself with the full Job Description and Person Specification.
Key Responsibilities:
Specialist Pharmacist for Immunoglobulins at NUH and the East Midlands Sub-Regional Immunoglobulin Assessment Panel (EM-SRIAP), including:
Support the oversight of immunoglobulin usage across the East Midlands and act as the Professional Secretary for the East Midlands Sub-Regional Immunoglobulin Assessment Panel.
Provide specialist clinical pharmacist oversight of the management of immunoglobulins across NUH, in line with national commissioning criteria, regional/local governance arrangements, regional product allocations, and nationally mandated reporting requirements.
Act as Professional Secretary to the NUH Immunoglobulin Assessment Panel (NUH IAP).
To line manage and support the EM-SRIAP Co-ordinator and the Pharmacy Immunoglobulin & Reimbursement Scheme Officer.
Partake in specialised clinical pharmacy duties ensuring core clinical pharmacy activities are undertaken whilst delivering against the NUH medicines optimisation strategy.
Provide support to the High Cost Medicines Team on a regular basis, and the wider Medicines Finance Team as necessary.
You will be required to partake in general clinical pharmacy duties, work across both City Hospital and QMC campuses of NUH and to take full part in the 7 day shifted rota and bank holidays duties and senior support rota for the on-call pharmacist
Working for our organisation
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has a national and international reputation for many of its specialist services and expertise. We have achieved a national and international reputation for many of our specialist services including stroke, renal, neurosciences, cancer services and trauma. We are also at the forefront of many research programmes and new surgical procedures. As a teaching Trust we have a strong relationship with our colleagues at the University of Nottingham and other universities across the East Midlands. We play a vital role in the education and training of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals.
Further information about NUH NHS Trust can be found on the NUH website.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The ideal candidate will be a highly capable, dynamic clinical pharmacist with a broad experience of working in the hospital sector and an enthusiasm to be involved with the complex, specialist and ever developing area of immunoglobulins and high cost medicines.
Specialist knowledge around immunoglobulins, high cost medicines and commissioning pathways would be preferable, however full support would be given to advance the development and knowledge base of an appropriate candidate.
Excellent communication and organisational skills.
Someone who can work well independently whilst also being an active team player.
Experience in project work and implementation of changes to prescribing practice, including MDT working.
Experience in collating, analysing and presenting complex clinical/financial data.
Please see the attached detailed job description and person specification for further details.
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
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Experience
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Communication and relationship skills
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Analytical and Judgement skills
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Planning and organisation skills
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Physical skills
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Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
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Bring your whole self to work for us at NUH. We love diversity and we value your difference, your unique skills, knowledge and experience. Becoming one of our people may realise your potential, helping us to raise our performance in delivering world class healthcare to the diverse patient populations we serve.
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are currently under-represented at NUH.
Covid-19 vaccination: remains the best way to protect yourself, family, colleagues and our patients/service users from the Covid-19 virus. We continue to encourage our current and potential colleagues to get vaccinated. For helpful advice and information about the Covid-19 vaccination and how to access visit: https://nottsccg.nhs.uk/covid-19/covid-19-vaccinations/
Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.
Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.
Easy read application: if you have a disability and find it difficult to complete our online application form, you can apply via our easy read application which you can find on the intranet https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/easy-read-job-application
Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.
Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.
At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.
Skilled Workers Visa: We welcome applications from individuals who require a skilled worker visa in line with the Home Office regulations. NON-UK/NON SETTLED candidates may not be appointed, if a suitably qualified and skilled UK/SETTLED candidate is successful at interview stage as it is unlikely that the Trust is able to satisfy the Home Office Visa requirements
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