Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Rheumatology Specialist Pharmacist
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The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) is proud to care for the communities of West Essex, delivering safe, compassionate, and high-quality services. We are part of the Neighbourhood Wave, a national programme that’s changing how care is delivered by focusing on prevention, early support, and more joined-up services across health, social care, and the voluntary sector.
This means we’re working more closely with local partners to bring care closer to home and support people to live healthier, more independent lives.
We’re a supportive and inclusive organisation that values its people. We offer development opportunities, flexible working, and a strong focus on wellbeing. As a Disability Confident and equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences.
Join us and help shape the future of care in West Essex.
Job Summary
To be the lead pharmacist for rheumatology, leading, managing and developing medicines management initiatives for rheumatology patients at PAHT.
This is an innovative role with the majority of time spent on rheumatology duties. The post holder will be based in the rheumatology department.
- To lead work with the specialist nurses & consultants in rheumatology to implement biosimilar switching, to the benefit of the health economy and to maximise the income to the Trust from any switching.
- To lead work with the specialist nurses & consultants in rheumatology in setting up and running biologics consent clinics to review long term patients prescribed biologics.
- To report back on savings / income generation from biosimilar switching to the Family, Diagnostics and Community and Planned pathways (MSK and ENT Care Group) Divisions.
- To develop, train, motivate and encourage staff working within the team.
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This is an innovative role with the majority of time spent on rheumatology duties. The post holder will be based in the rheumatology department.
- To lead work with the specialist nurses & consultants in rheumatology to implement all biosimilar switching to the benefit of the health economy and in order to maximise the income to the Trust from biosimilar switching.
- To report back on savings / income generation from biosimilar switching to the Family, Diagnostics and Community and Planned pathways (MSK and ENT Care Group) Divisions.
- To lead work with the specialist nurses & consultants in rheumatology in setting up and running biologics review clinics to review long term patients prescribed biologics.
- Leads the highly specialised clinical pharmacy service to patients within rheumatology. Cross covers the pharmaceutical service to other clinical specialities to maintain a safe patient service. Ensures medicines are used appropriately, safely, and cost-effectively in accordance with NICE guidelines, national guidelines, Trust policy, standard operating procedures and medicine legislation. The post holder is expected to determine how the outcomes are best achieved in specific circumstances.
Duties And Responsibilities
Service Provision
- To lead on the implementation of the biosimilar switching as appropriate to ensure patients are switched as smoothly as possible & within the Trust timeframe of the biosimilar implementation
- To work with the specialist nurses to keep a database of all switches & ensure patients are followed up
- To keep a record of failures to switch & the reasons why
- To produce financial reports for the Family, Diagnostic and Community and Planned Pathways Divisions where appropriate
- To improve mechanisms within Rheumatology to minimise ‘waste’ with Homecare biologics. Examples of mechanisms include: monitoring dose changes; monitoring prescription requests and monitoring drug supplies.
- To ensure the smooth running, day to day management of the Homecare pharmacy service to the rheumatology patients, as well as ensuring the switch happens with no disruption to patients.
- To optimise funding applications for biological therapies that are used outside of national guidelines
- To assist the existing CNS Rheumatology team in setting up a Biologics Review Service to optimise the use of biological therapy within the Rheumatology Service
- To ensure that service provision is flexible and responsive to patient and service needs
- To ensure the safe, clinically effective and cost-efficient use of drugs within rheumatology
- To attend MDTs as part of the multi-disciplinary team
- To meet any medication-related needs of rheumatology patients
- To ensure that all healthcare professionals working in rheumatology are trained appropriately and are aware of all medicine related policies and procedures relating to the service
- To provide drug expenditure reports and identify potential cost savings within the service as requested
- To design and carry out audits as required
- To attend outpatient clinics as deemed appropriate
- Undertake risk management, including investigating clinical incidents in rheumatology and ensuring compliance with medicine legislation.
- The post holder will be expected to identify, where necessary, areas that require service changes and develop a strategy to carry out the change through consultation with senior colleagues within and outside the pharmacy including commissioners.
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