Finegreen are supporting a large NHS organisation in the appointment of an experienced Pharmacist, who holds a background in Medicines Optimisation. Supporting GP Practices on cost improvement e.g. Therapeutic Switching, Clinical Audit and Medicines Optimisation on a local level. Key Responsibilities:

• Provide medicines information to GPs, nurses, primary care staff and community pharmacists including production of a regular newsletter and other communication media;
• Produce and present concise written and verbal reports to prescribing and other relevant committees on planned and completed work. Reports may require analysis of highly complex medicines information from a variety of sources;
• Develop and implement cost management strategies to assist the financial balances are achieved;
• Work closely with and provide highly specialised professional pharmaceutical advice to GP practices, providers and patients, and effectively input to decisions that relate to medicines optimisation;
• Meet with the Executive GP lead for Medicines Management to determine priorities
• and assess how the business plans developed will impact on the prescribing budget and strategic objectives;
• Review medication safety bulletins, alerts, or publications on a monthly basis and conduct an assessment to determine where opportunities for improvement exist;
• Ensure all appropriate information is communicated to clinicians and providers;
• Formulate recommendations, obtain stakeholder support, and develop an implementation and education plan consistent with rapid cycle change. Monitor compliance;
• Produce and present concise written and verbal reports to prescribing and other relevant committees on planned and completed work; Reports may require analysis of highly complex medicines information from a variety of sources;

• Pharmacy masters degree or equivalent; ideally a prescriber also;
• Member of the pharmaceutical regulatory body/Post-graduate diploma or equivalent experience;
• 3 years working as a pharmacist in, UK NHS hospital or primary care setting;