Specialist Pharmacist - Medicines Value and Homecare

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Role Specific Duties

Support the Lead Pharmacist - Medicines Optimisation for the delivery of
medicines value, formulary management and Homecare.

Apply the Medicines Optimisation Principles of the Carter Report

Work proactively with the Lead Pharmacist - Medicines Optimisation and
clinical teams to support development, monitoring and implementation of
Cost Improvement Programmes

Support the delivery of a medicines value schemes including high cost drug
and low cost high volume drugs

Be a liaison and facilitator for wider drug related Cost Improvement
Programmes in other specialist areas working with the respective lead
pharmacists

Act as a Pharmacist Independent Prescriber in a relevant specialty, or
across specialities for a specific group of medicines such as biosimilar

Acts as a role model for prescribing choice change

Support the growth and development of the homecare service in
conjunction with the lead pharmacist

Work to ensure that homecare services meet the recommendation so the
Hackett report, the RPS Professional Standards for Homecare Services,
and the recommendations of the National Homecare Medicines Group.

Partake in the homecare clinical screening rota to timely process homecare
prescriptions

Work in collaboration with clinical teams to resolve queries or issues raised
regarding homecare prescriptions or the service provision

Work with procurement teams to facilitate national generic contract
changes and liaise with lead pharmacists where further specialist advice
required

Ensure compliance to Blueteq Hi-Cost approval for high cost drugs and
work with finance and clinical teams to reduce any losses of income related
to lack of Blueteq approval forms

Work with clinical teams and the Lead Pharmacist – Medicines
Optimisation to ensure high-cost drugs are introduced following
commissioning and trust governance

Participate in the development and update of high cost drug biologic
pathways within agreed specialist areas

Work with partners including dispensary, clinical teams and pharmacists to
communicate decisions related to medicines optimisation and homecare

Provide specialist advice to other pharmacists and clinical teams regarding
homecare and high-cost medicines

Support the principal and lead pharmacist to adhere with the trust formulary and maintenance of the trust formulary in accordance with local policy and agreed decisions 

Deputise for the Lead Pharmacist - Medicines Optimisation where
necessary in internal and external meetings

General Pharmacist Duties

To provide a high level, responsive, and developing clinical pharmacy
service to individual patients on allocated wards, and assist junior
pharmacists in such roles, and ward-based Medicines Management
Technicians in their duties.

To be actively involved in efficient discharge planning on the allocated
wards by reviewing and transcribing patient’s discharge treatment (as
appropriate) facilitating timely dispensing of discharge medication and,
where necessary, liaising and communicating with relevant healthcare
practitioners in intermediate or primary care to ensure safe transfer and
continuity of care.

To lead the efficient organisation and smooth running of a dispensary,
including assuring that the environment is ready and safe for the day’s work

To monitor service delivery

To provide support to the Outpatients dispensary operated by SWFT
Clinical Services Ltd. on demand from Main Dispensary as appropriate.

To train and support staff to maintain formulary control, and adherence to
prescribing and dispensing policies, and to collect prescription charges

To assist the Lead and Senior Technician in policies, procedures and the
framework for dispensing, and the planning and development of the service
including automation and service control

To liaise with patients and answer their questions and concerns about their
therapy, and to provide tailored counselling around complex regimes

To advise and support ward and clinic staff in all aspects of medication
usage including clinical aspects, safety & governance and technical
aspects such as controlled stationery, service hours, late prescribing, e-prescribing, and use of the tracker to monitor prescription progress

To undertake clinical checks of the treatment regimens in care pathways,
and raise and resolve anomalies with prescribers,

To contribute to dispensing

To ensure that staff log errors and near misses and that the team and the
individual learn from these

To pick up issues arising during weekend service hours and address these
on the next full working day

To assist and supervise as necessary, ward–based Medicines
Management technicians in the clinical aspects of their work,

To provide clinical and final checks of bought-in specials,

To maintain an awareness of current developments in pharmacy practice
pertinent to the specialist pharmacy area.

When required, to advise on potential improvements in the clinical and cost effective use of drugs in the specialised pharmacy area.

To contribute to and/ or undertake audit projects in the specialty areas
particularly those concerned with the clinical and cost-effective use of
drugs, compliance with safer prescribing and drug administration policies,
procedures and guidelines, and implementation of pharmacy service developments. To provide reports and present the audit findings within the
Trust.

To provide clinical pharmacy training for undergraduate pharmacy
students, vacation students, foundation trainee pharmacists (hospital and
community-based) and hospital clinical pharmacists.

To contribute to the late night, weekend, Bank Holiday and Statutory Day
working rota.

If requested, to be an authorised signatory for drug purchase orders and
for drug invoice payments.

To contribute on rota to the Emergency Duty Commitment of pharmacists
providing an out-of-hours emergency Pharmacy service.

To demonstrate and maintain a commitment to continuing professional
development and encourage other members of the team to do likewise.

To supervise and mentor more junior staff in the provision of services to
these areas

To develop or contribute to a training programme for clinical pharmacists
allocated to the specialty areas and to administer any competency
assessment process that is in place to ensure the appropriate standards
are achieved.

To contribute as required to the induction and in-service training of nursing, midwifery and medical staff as appropriate

To undertake duties as a clinical pharmacist to other wards in the Trust
when necessary, including occasional work at other pharmacies from which
a pharmacy service is provided.

Other Duties

Any other duties considered appropriate to the post and grade by the line
manager.

To adhere to and perpetuate Trust Policies and Procedures, e.g. Equal
Opportunities, Health & Safety etc. 

Special Requirements of the Postholder

The post holder will have Warwick Hospital as their main base but will be
required to work at and/or visit other hospitals in the Trusts we serve.

This job description does not form part of the contract of employment, is
not exhaustive and serves as a guide to the main tasks, envisaged at the
time of drafting. As such this job description will change and evolve in
accordance with the Pharmacy Services’ needs