Job summary
- Main area
- Endocrinology and Rheumatology
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 25 hours per week
- Job ref
- 156-6329802-A
- Employer
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Cornwall Hospital and Truro Health Park
- Town
- Truro
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Pharmacist – Rheumatology & Endocrinology
Band 7
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for a motivated clinical pharmacist who wish to develop specialist knowledge and skills in high-cost drugs provision across Endocrinology and Rheumatology. You will support specialities in ensuring cost-effective use of this group of medicines excluded from NHS tariff payment system to meet commissioner requirements.
You will have the opportunity to work in a multi-disciplinary setting, liaising with clinicians, specialist nurses, as well as external organisations such as homecare providers to ensure safe, robust management of medicines to meet both clinical and patient needs.
This role will enable you to further utilise your clinical knowledge, developing your influential and critical evaluation skills to drive service improvement.
Your professionalism, excellent inter-personal skills and enthusiasm, will equip you to be a valued contributor to our service and to develop to be a key member of our Clinical Pharmacy team.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will:
Support and be directed by the Lead Pharmacist for Rheumatology & Biologics.
Optimize the use of high-cost medicines, including biosimilars and GLP-1 agonists, in Rheumatology and the Endocrine Bariatric Service.
Contribute to the safe management of medicines such as azathioprine or methotrexate that require close monitoring and titration on initiation and that are subsequently provided under shared-care arrangements.
The role will encompass collaborative working as part of the Endocrine and Rheumatology Multi-Disciplinary Teams consisting of medical, nursing and pharmacy staff and a range of Allied Health Professionals within primary and secondary care. As such the post holder will support the provision of an integrated clinical pharmacy service to dermatology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, and rheumatology patients within the Trust.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with
visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.
We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.
The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.
Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.
To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
- Identity Checks
- Professional registration and qualification checks
- Employment history and reference checks
- Work health assessments
- Criminal record check standards
- Right to work checks
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Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about any flexible working arrangements you would prefer or require. While we may not be able to fully accommodate all requests, such requests will not be referenced during the interview scoring process, and we will fully consider and try to accommodate them for successful applicants.
We reserve the right to close this advert early, or when the allocated number of applications has been reached. Please submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MPharm (Hons) Pharmacy or equivalent
- GPhC registration as Pharmacist
- Clinical Diploma or equivalent (or working towards)
- Non-Medical Prescriber
Desirable criteria
- Membership of RPS
- Member of RPS Faculty
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post-registration experience as a pharmacist
- Post-registration experience covering a range of specialties and/or general practice
Desirable criteria
- Experience of providing a clinical pharmacy service
- Experience of deputising for senior colleagues
- Clinical supervision and/or training of junior staff
- Experience of providing a pharmacy service to patients in specialties/settings that use immune-suppressing therapies and/or high-cost medicines.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Andy Pothecary
- Job title
- Specialist Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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