Lead Pharmacist, Medicines Information And Formulary

Medicines Information (MI) To be accountable for the delivery of a high quality, efficient, specialist Medicines Information service to the Trust, interface, primary care healthcare professionals and members of the public, according to their needs and ensuring compliance with medicines legislation, professional standards and risk minimisation strategies. To manage the Medicines Information section including maintenance and up-dating of in-house files and enquiry databases, selection and ordering of appropriate journals and reference sources (paper and electronic). To assist in the ongoing development of the Medicines Information services in the Trust, by proposing and implementing policy and service developments. To support the Pharmacy department in fulfilling medicines management responsibilities by provision of specialist pharmaceutical input to, and active or involvement in, the development and implementation of medication protocols and policies shared care guidelines formulary reviews and evaluations patient group directions, ensuring compliance with legislation multidisciplinary team working To produce and present policies at meetings and Trust committees for ratification as appropriate. To provide active Medicines Information to other healthcare professionals by the production of targeted information. To organise and manage the Medicines Information Service in continuously reviewing and updating the in-house Medicines Information sources according to guidelines from the UKMi. To answer MI queries from health professionals across Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and support other staff to answer their own MI queries, supporting the in-house training of pharmacists in this respect. To disseminate information about new drugs, licence changes, ADRs, and other Medicines Information as appropriate to the rest of the pharmacy department and to contribute to the shortages management programme (support with memo production, enquiries and dissemination of information) in conjunction with the clinical and operations team. To support maintenance and development of the in-house MI database for the efficient storage and retrieval of past enquiries and the production of workload reports. To be responsible for audit within the Medicines Information Service and include findings in reports to the Department Senior Leadership Meetings. Performance of the service should be monitored against UKMi standards and user satisfaction, using feedback questionnaires and peer review. To maintain up-to-date procedures and guidelines for staff working in Medicines Information. To train pharmacy staff (including Rotational Pharmacists, Pre-registration Pharmacists, Pre-registration Pharmacy Technicians and any new Pharmacists or Technicians) in the provision of Medicines Information services according to UKMi standards including the use of computer databases. Formulary Develop and ensure support to the formulary processes for the introduction of new medicines into the Trust through: critical appraisal of clinical evidence, economic evaluation, risk assessment, robust prioritisation, recommended placement in treatment, audit of the processes. To assist in providing drug reviews, pathway development and medical information support to the Drugs and Therapeutics Committee. To maintain and review the net formulary entries following output from the Drugs and Therapeutics Committee and ICS formulary committees in conjunction with the ICB To assist with the monitoring and management of one off and/or non-formulary requests, including onward reporting to the Drugs and Therapeutics Committee and associated actions To represent the Medicines Use Team at Formulary related committees (internal and external) To support procurement teams with formulary medicines reconciliation as a result of system mergers and alignment. To support the procurement team with assessing implications of contract changes and help deal with supply issues and product discontinuations. To support the CSL pharmacy teams with monitoring adherence to formulary, assessing non formulary medicine use, supporting with formulary applications on behalf of the drugs and Therapeutics committee and reviewing current formulary medicines use. Review the status and cost effectiveness of medicines already on the formulary. To work with the commissioning pharmacist to support with formulary aspects associated with implementation of new medicines, NICE Technology Appraisals, medication switches (biosimilars, generics) To undertake other duties as reasonably requested by the Medicines Use and Quality Manager