Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist

NHS
Full Time
Manchester
53755.00 - 60504.00 a year
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Job Description

Job summary

You will be self-confident with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills and contribute to service development through your initiative and enthusiasm.

You will be working alongside our Principal Pharmacist Medicines Optimisation in shaping the future of healthcare for our patients by playing a pivotal role in helping to deliver on the NHS 10-year health plan of shifting health and care from hospital to community as the Trust's Homecare Pharmacist.

Under the leadership of the Principal Pharmacist Medicines Optimisation you will work with a wide range of stakeholders that includes our in-house pharmacy teams at The Christie, our collaborative partners at The Christie Pharmacy (outsourced pharmacy supply chain logistics and dispensary services), Baxter Healthcare (for aseptically-dispensed intravenous SACT), peripheral and outreach service satellites across the local cancer network and NHS England, to optimise medicines across the whole patient pathway from commissioning to procurement to distribution to patients. Ensuring that all patients receive their medicines in the most efficient and cost-effective manner to ensure that resources are used wisely and effectively providing opportunity to improve health outcomes, reduce health inequalities, deliver medicine value and maintain a thriving, financially viable health economy.

Main duties of the job

For a comprehensive overview of roles and responsibilities please read our Job Description. Main duties of the role include:

Manage, monitor and develop the Clinical Pharmacy Service for Homecare initiatives.
Implement the strategic direction of pharmaceutical services in respect of high-cost medicines with specific reference to homecare services.
Develop high-cost medicines optimisation with specific reference to homecare services including setting standards and monitoring performance to ensure that services are provided safely and efficiently in accordance with the needs of service users.
Support the Principal Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist to develop, manage, monitor, report and promote the Trust medicines optimisation programme, maximising value for money, cost effective prescribing and medicines supply chain logistics.
Develop and maintain expertise in relation to medicines optimisation - including initiating and facilitating pharmacy practice research in the field of homecare and medicines value.

About us

The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.

We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years.

We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

Job responsibilities

Medicines Optimisation (Homecare Services)

Act as a deputy to the Principal Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist.
Manage all pharmacy related aspects of the homecare services with support from the Principal Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist.
Maintain, monitor, and update the trusts homecare strategy in line with national standards.
Develop and monitor homecare performance indicators to ensure that compliance with these indicators is maintained and action plans for improvement agreed as necessary.
Contribute nationally to the development of homecare medicines optimisation guidance and policy and attend the National Medicines Homecare Committee and Regional homecare procurement meetings as appropriate.
Ensure that all homecare procurement activity meets the Trusts Standing Financial Instructions and European procurement legislation.
Identify areas for audit which contribute to improving patient care, safety and experience in relation to homecare medicines use and provision.
Lead the development and review of homecare scheme SLAs, protocols, treatment guidelines, service specifications, prescription forms and patient information both within the clinical pharmacy service and Christie@Home team and other external providers.
Manage services for the homecare specialist area through liaison with external providers.
To liaise with clinical pharmacy team leaders, lead pharmacists, outpatient dispensary managers, and other pharmacy staff to identify, plan, and develop new opportunities for homecare services.
Work in partnership with the clinical service manager for SACT and Outreach, including preparation of business cases, KPI reports for presentation to SACT committee, finance or external providers including third party providers.
Manage and develop homecare medicines optimisation services by providing a specialist pharmacist service to the Christie at Home team and Outreach Services.
To lead and actively participate and co-ordinate the service review meetings for homecare medicines optimisation working closely with homecare providers, pharmacists, nurses, doctors, other healthcare staff, and patients.
To produce quarterly reports on quality and financial indicators on all homecare medicine services.
Gain an understanding of the principle and practice of the Trust's budgeting system and support the management of drug expenditure by clinicians and senior managers.
To support the Principal Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist, and the cancer disease groups, to forecast required budgets for the expansion of the homecare service and identify drug expenditure / potential savings. To identify any changes in prescribing practices that may potentially impact on the drugs budget.
Maintain support for the Lead Procurement and Homecare Technician in relation to homecare services.
To be responsible for and co-ordinate the development, implementation and management of training initiatives and competency frameworks within the homecare pharmacy service and assist in the delivery of training to all members of the pharmacy and homecare team as required.
Manage all outsourced homecare related incidents in conjunction with the homecare providers and the third party dispensary.
Manage medicine related incidents occurring within the Christie@Home service including those relating to the third party courier.
To attend and contribute to meetings relevant to the disease group regarding new homecare initiatives as appropriate and represent the pharmacy service at appropriate clinical unit and divisional meetings on request.
To develop and implement procedures for clinical screening of homecare prescriptions including document approval and control.
To provide training for specialist clinical pharmacists in the clinical screening of prescriptions for medicines supplied via Homecare.
To support with the Optimisation of the Trust electronic healthcare record system for areas relating to Homecare.

To support the principal pharmacist Medicines Optimisation to:

Develop initiatives to provide care closer to home, including Outreach and Homecare services, by working collaboratively with relevant stakeholders (managers for SACT and Outreach Services, clinical teams, homecare providers, finance commissioners, patient groups).
Develop and implement projects which will support redesign of the services provided where necessary.
Tender for homecare services in line with National and European standards.

Medicines Optimisation (Medicines Value)

To support the Principal Pharmacist Medicines Optimisation in the Trust Medicines Value Improvement Programme (VIP) through the identification, prediction, assessment and reporting of savings as a result of medicines procurement and supply chain activities.
Support the pharmacy procurement team and relevant clinical/medicines optimisation colleagues to ensure appropriate clinical and commissioning input into medicines procurement decisions including the management of medicines shortages for use in hospital, outpatient or homecare setting as appropriate.
To support with the implementation of national and regional procurement guidance to support the management of drug shortages and maximise savings for the NHS.
To conduct risk assessments related to procured medicines in conjunction with relevant clinical colleagues.
To provide clinical input into the medicines shortage information compiled and circulated to the wider pharmacy team and clinical colleagues.
To support the senior pharmacy team in relation to the managed entry of new medicines into the Trust in line with National and Local commissioner guidance and associated Drug &Therapeutics Committee (DTC) ...

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