Job overview

If you are an enthusiastic, motivated and dynamic pharmacist looking to take the next step in your career to gain experience in Formulary and Medicines Information then we would love to hear from you.

Are you ready to advance your career by developing your skills in information gathering, critical appraisal and providing expert advice on medicine and formulary issues. This post will provide opportunities to interface and work across the wider healthcare system whilst influencing and implementing change in medicine use and optimisation. The position allows continuous learning about the most current and innovative therapies across a multitude of clinical specialities.  

You will work within both the Clinical Commissioning & Medicines Optimisation Team and the Medicines Information team. As part of your role you will interact with a diverse range of individuals, including multi-disciplinary members of staff at the Trust and from external healthcare providers, as well as direct patient enquiries.

We are looking for an adaptable individual who can collect, process and clearly communicate information in a variety of ways. This is a new role in both teams and provides an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to develop the role in line with the Pharmacy department’s strategy and vision. 

Main duties of the job

To work with the Advanced Specialist Pharmacist – Formulary and Medicines Optimisation with the co-ordination, preparation and management of independent reviews of medicines (new and existing) for discussion at the Trust Drugs and Therapeutics Meetings.  

To support the Advanced Specialist Pharmacist – Formulary and Medicines Optimisation with overseeing the implementation of formulary decisions made by the Devon-wide formulary group at UHP, as appropriate, ensuring the pharmacy stock management system remains accurate.  

To work with the Lead Pharmacist Clinical Commissioning and Medicines Optimisation in providing expert advice regarding the use of high cost medicines at UHP, delivering efficiencies and ensuring best value use of medicines across the organisation.

To have a supportive role, in the review of high cost medicines, including those routinely commissioned via Blueteq, and those not routinely funded via individual funding requests (IFRs).

To support the lead pharmacist for Medicines Information and Advice by using specialist professional skills and judgement to answer medicines related enquiries from health care professionals and patients. To also engage with developing the MI service, supporting the provision of MI training to a variety of pharmacy professionals and to be an active participant in managing the MI workload. To have a supportive role in the development of relevant guidelines, protocols, and SOPs within area of expertise. 

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Plymouth (UHP) NHS is the largest hospital on the Southwest Peninsula providing comprehensive secondary and tertiary care to a population of around 2,000,000 people who can access our specialist services.  

Our team would support you to attain your goals. You will be working with a Chief Pharmacist who is committed to you as an individual.

We are steadfast in our values: we put people first, we take ownership, we respect and value others, we are compassionate and we listen, learn and improve. If you can relate to and embody these values then we would very much like to work with you.

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If you have any issues with applying online and need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process please contact the recruitment team on 01752 432100. We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants around less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. Please contact the recruiting manager to discuss this prior to your application submission. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles, as diversity strengthens our teams. It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.