Biologics and Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist

The Medicines Effectiveness Team are excited to announce a fantastic opportunity to join the newly established Best Value Medicines and Biologics Team in OUHFT. This innovative team, alongside the Medicines Effectiveness Team, will play a pivotal role in driving cost-saving initiatives across biologic medicines while ensuring that patients continue to receive the highest standards of care. The Best Value Medicines and Biologics Team will focus on identifying, promoting, and implementing strategies to maximise cost-saving opportunities for both commissioners and the Trust. By evaluating and optimising biologic prescribing and usage, the team will ensure that value for money is achieved across the healthcare system, while maintaining clinical effectiveness and safety., As a member of this dynamic team, you will work collaboratively with clinical and financial stakeholders, including prescribers, pharmacists, commissioners, homecare and procurement teams, to identify areas where cost efficiencies can be made, particularly in the use of biosimilars and other biologic therapies. The post holder will play in pivotal role in mobilising identified cost saving initiatives and create a framework for the fast and efficient implementation of cost saving initiatives., 1.1 To focus on in the creation of a robust framework to facilitate the early and successful implementation of identified upcoming biosimilars, enabling the Trust to maximize cost efficiencies while maintaining high standards of patient care. 1.2 To deputise for the chair of the Best Value Medicines and Biologics Group (BVMB). BVMB will be a subgroup of the Trusts Medicines Management and Therapeutics Committee. Its main function would be to ensure the cost-effective use of biologic medicines and to coordinate the savings plan on biologics and other high-cost medicines, especially biosimilars and other high-cost medicines that have their patient expired. 1.3 To support the Biologics and Medicine Value Lead pharmacists by promoting and facilitating best value in the use of HCD with a particular focus on biologic medicines (including biosimilars) ensuring best value, reduced harm and improved outcomes from the significant investment in medicines. 1.4 To play a key role in implementing savings initiatives relating to biologics, for example, introducing new biosimilar products into the Trust. 1.5 To identify savings opportunities relating to biologic medicines and implement a program of projects to achieve the savings. The Senior Pharmacy Management Team, The Medicines Effectiveness Team, NHSE Specialised Commissioning Pharmacy Team and BOB ICB Medicines Optimisation Team will support this. 1.6 To work as part of the Trust's Best Value Medicines and Biologics and Medicines Effectiveness teams to achieve the Trust's Medicines Optimisation strategy in relation to the clinical and cost-effective use of medicines within the Trust. 1.7 To work with the OUH Medicines homecare team to optimise the use of homecare for biologics and other high-cost medicines. 1.8 To work collaboratively alongside Commissioning Pharmacists to deliver the best value from the use of HCDs by supporting cost saving initiatives. 1.12 To attend and/or provide information for appropriate prescribing committee meetings such as the Trust's Medicines Management Therapeutics Committee (MMTC), Cost Effective Use of Medicines Group, Homecare User Group, as well as BOB ICB's High-Cost Drugs Group, NHSE High-Cost Drugs, Medicines Optimisation Collaborative Leadership Group (MOCL), as well as other OUH and stakeholder meetings as needed., The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

• Qualified to masters degree level (4 year MPharm) or equivalent Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent experience
• Experience of working as a clinical pharmacist at a high level in a variety of clinical areas
• Budget management or monitoring ability and demonstrable success in achieving savings
• Experience in creating evidence-based reviews on medicines.
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of under-taking and supervising audits or drug use evaluations
• Experience of teaching and tutoring
Desirable criteria
• MSc in Clinical Pharmacy
• Involvement in a pharmacist-led outpatient clinic
• Experience of developing drug protocols / contributing to formulary development
• Clinical experience in managing biologic medicines and other high-cost medicines use.
• Contributing to publications/conference presentations at regional or national/international level.
• Accredited tutor for Cardiff University Clinical Pharmacy Diploma (or meets criteria to become accredited if an accredited tutor for another diploma).
• Accredited Non-medical prescriber
• Experience of preparing budgetary reports for clinical areas
• Involvement in developing a service within pharmacy, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel., Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.