Specialist Pharmacist – High Cost Drugs Management Band 8B
Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group
Date: 1 day ago
City: Lincoln, England
Contract type: Full time
Are you a Pharmacist with a strong history of project delivery who's seeking a new challenge? We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Pharmacist to manage our High Cost Drug programme and biosimilar switching projects.
The use of high cost drugs is a significant cost pressure to the NHS. This role will include a significant role in delivering savings across Lincolnshire by implementing the use of biosimilar or generic products, releasing key savings back into the NHS.
We are looking for a Pharmacist to be responsible for implementing and managing the processes for approval, appropriate use and audit of high cost drugs, including biosimilar drugs and chemotherapy. You will work closely with our Project Lead Pharmacy Technician for biosimilar switches, Procurement team, and clinical teams, you will be responsible for providing expert advice on the management of High Cost Drugs and implementation of biosimilar switches.
You will be responsible for providing expert medicines management information to decision makers, senior managers and advising clinicians on prescribing protocols.
You will support horizon scanning and identify upcoming product releases that will have significant financial benefits to the NHS and develop implementation plans to ensure the swift utilisation of these products, using EMIS and the Blueteq database to project impact of upcoming product releases on budgets and annual high cost drug budget.
Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.
This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.
The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Helen Walker Job title: Associate Chief Pharmacist Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01522707403
The use of high cost drugs is a significant cost pressure to the NHS. This role will include a significant role in delivering savings across Lincolnshire by implementing the use of biosimilar or generic products, releasing key savings back into the NHS.
We are looking for a Pharmacist to be responsible for implementing and managing the processes for approval, appropriate use and audit of high cost drugs, including biosimilar drugs and chemotherapy. You will work closely with our Project Lead Pharmacy Technician for biosimilar switches, Procurement team, and clinical teams, you will be responsible for providing expert advice on the management of High Cost Drugs and implementation of biosimilar switches.
You will be responsible for providing expert medicines management information to decision makers, senior managers and advising clinicians on prescribing protocols.
You will support horizon scanning and identify upcoming product releases that will have significant financial benefits to the NHS and develop implementation plans to ensure the swift utilisation of these products, using EMIS and the Blueteq database to project impact of upcoming product releases on budgets and annual high cost drug budget.
Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.
This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.
The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Helen Walker Job title: Associate Chief Pharmacist Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01522707403
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