Highly Specialist Pharmacist - Specialist Medicine | Barts Health NHS Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our department to expand our Specialist Medicine pharmacy team. The post holder will be working alongside our Highly Specialist Pharmacist - Rheumatology and Dermatology and our Specialist Medicine Pharmacy Technician within a MDT setting.

In collaboration with the Pharmacy and Specialist Medicine team, the post holder will be responsible for delivering and managing the pharmacy service to Rheumatology, Dermatology and Gastroenterology. You will be responsible for running a pharmacist led biologics clinic and supporting with biosimilar switches.

The post holder will carry out the full range of duties as the Highly Specialist Pharmacist for Rheumatology, Dermatology and Gastroenterology to deliver patient focused, quality care, based at Whipps Cross University Hospital.

You will be a core member of the Trust's Rheumatology, Dermatology and Gastroenterology teams, providing professional pharmaceutical governance, medicines safety, medicines information, medicines finance, education and training and medicines optimisation support to the team and the service's patients. The role will involve supporting with biosimilar switches across the services to assist with medicines efficiencies. You will build relationships and work with internal stakeholders and external partners to support the delivery of high-quality pharmaceutical care to all patients.

The post holder will support the Associate Director of Pharmacy, Deputy Head of Pharmacy and the Lead Pharmacist for Specialist Medicine, in managing the professional, clinical and technical input of pharmacy into Rheumatology, Dermatology and Gastroenterology.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.