Specialist Pharmacist, Interface, Formulary and Medicines Value

Overview

In this role you will lead medicines formulary management across UHCW and collaborate with primary and secondary care to ensure safe, cost-effective prescribing. You will shape access to new medications, drive medicines optimisation, and steer interface projects to deliver value for patients and the wider system. You’ll provide expert support to clinicians and work with GP practices to align formulary decisions. This is a strategic, cross-system role with autonomy and development opportunities.

Pay / Benefits

• learning and development opportunities

Responsibilities

• Review Area Prescribing Committee outcomes and implement formulary changes with secondary care and GP partners
• Support APC applications and lead education on formulary changes within secondary care
• Lead proactive formulary management from a secondary care perspective to support prescribing decisions
• Contribute to WRP delivery and cost-effective prescribing across primary and secondary care
• Lead interface projects to improve cost effectiveness and safety of prescribing
• Manage shared care protocols and resolve GP refusals to ensure timely medicines access
• Coordinate with Pharmacy Homecare Team and High Cost Drugs Team to allocate budgets correctly
• Liaise with senior pharmacists and partner organisations to deliver NHS objectives
• Respond to interface inquiries from healthcare professionals, staff, patients and the public

Key requirements

• Master’s degree in pharmacy
• +1 year trainee pharmacist training or equivalent
• Registered with GPhC
• Post-graduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
• Evidence of CPD
• Experience dealing with complex clinical situations in hospital
• Experience influencing senior medical and nursing staff
• Sound clinical pharmacy knowledge and up-to-date medicines legislation knowledge
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients and colleagues, present complex information, and work under pressure
• Out-of-hours emergency duty commitment and leadership potential
• Commitment to personal development and trust values

• calm, courteous communication
• ability to present complex information to groups
• developing others and motivating
• formulary management
• medicines optimisation
• cost-effective prescribing

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