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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 18.75 hours per week
Job ref
357-LN-251-25-QIA547
Employer
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Lincoln County Hospital
Town
Lincoln
Salary
£62,215 - £72,293 per annum Part Time £31,107 - £36,146 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
17/06/2025 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Specialist Pharmacist – High Cost Drugs Management Band 8B

NHS AfC: Band 8b

We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people.  We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULTH.

We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.

Our values guide everything we do. They are:

  • Patient-centred – Putting patients at the heart of everything we do, listening and responding to their needs and wishes.
  • Safety – Following ULTH and professional guidelines. Speaking up to make sure patients and staff are safe from harm.
  • Excellence – Striving to be the best that we can be. Innovating and learning from others.
  • Compassion – Caring for patients and their loved ones in ways we would want for our friends and family.
  • Respect – Behaving and using language that demonstrates respect and courtesy to others. Zero tolerance to bullying, inequality, prejudice and discrimination.

If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULTH team.

We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £710 million (22/23) and we employ nearly 8,600 people.

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Outstanding Care Personally Delivered” – stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.

So, what is in it for you?

  • Flexible working: Depending on the needs of your role, we will consider requests for flexible and/or part-time working for whatever reason you should need it. We recognise flexible working will not look the same for everyone, because it depends on the nature of the role and the needs of the individual.

Types of flexibility could include:

  • Part-time - less than 37.5 hours per week.
  • Off-site/remote working - working from home or other sites for part or all the week.
  • Compressed hours – usually full-time hours but over fewer days or shifts.
  • Staggered hours – having different start and finish times.
  • Set shift patterns – to allow for predictability
  • NHS Pension: A generous and flexible pension scheme with contributions from us as your employer fully protected against inflation and guaranteed by the government
  • Annual Leave: Starting at 27 days a year, rising to 33 days after 10 years plus eight bank holidays (for staff covered by Agenda for Change) For Medical Workforce positions (Consultant and Specialty Doctor), the full-time entitlement commences from 32 days per annum. For all other Medical Workforce positions, the full-time entitlement commences from 27 days per annum.
  • Bank working: The chance to work extra hours at enhanced rates and we will pay you weekly too, ideal if your income needs a quick boost.

In addition, there is more.

  • Family & Childcare: Including on-site nurseries at Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital Boston, maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental leave following a set period of employment.
  • Health & Wellbeing: including counselling, mental health first aid, physiotherapy, eye tests.
  • Learning & Development including Lincolnshire Talent Academy, leadership training, medical education, clinical education, Lincolnshire clinical research
  •  Financial support and benefits including Cycle2Work, car lease scheme, home electronics. Free on-site parking and free tea and coffee and the ability to save and borrow through your salary.
  •  Rewards & Recognition including staff awards, long service awards, retirement awards, examples of excellence and staff lottery.

Enjoy a better quality of life in one of the UK’s most welcoming counties. Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire welcomes everyone. Discover a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.

Job overview

Are you a Pharmacist with a strong history of project delivery who's seeking a new challenge? We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Pharmacist to manage our High Cost Drug programme and biosimilar switching projects.

The use of high cost drugs is a significant cost pressure to the NHS. This role will include a significant role in delivering savings across Lincolnshire by implementing the use of biosimilar or generic products, releasing key savings back into the NHS.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a Pharmacist to be responsible for implementing and managing the processes for approval, appropriate use and audit of high cost drugs, including biosimilar drugs and chemotherapy.  You will work closely with our Project Lead Pharmacy Technician for biosimilar switches, Procurement team, and clinical teams, you will be responsible for providing expert advice on the management of High Cost Drugs and implementation of biosimilar switches.

You will be responsible for providing expert medicines management information to decision makers, senior managers and advising clinicians on prescribing protocols.

You will  support horizon scanning and identify upcoming product releases that will have significant financial benefits to the NHS and develop implementation plans to ensure the swift utilisation of these products, using EMIS and the Blueteq database to project impact of upcoming product releases on budgets and annual high cost drug budget.

Working for our organisation

Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

 

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment.  From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

 

Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

 

Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.

 

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

 

This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.

 

The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

What should you do next?

Have a look at the job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!!!

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Masters degree (or equivalent) in pharmacy
  • Pharmacist registered with the GPhC
  • Evidence of post registration commitment to continuing professional development
  • Diploma/Msc in Clinical Pharmacy
Desirable criteria
  • Management qualifications
  • Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
  • Leadership or Business Change qualifications or experience

Previous Experience

Essential criteria
  • Extensive experience working in secondary care
  • Extensive experience as an advanced level pharmacists delivering a pharmacy service to specialties
  • Experience of staff management, including appraisal and performance management
  • Experience of multidisciplinary working
  • Experience in training and education of both staff and other healthcare professionals
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working in both secondary care primary care
  • Evidence in leading and organising groups/meetings
  • Experience of governance and risk management
  • Part of national or regional networks and specialist groups
  • Experience of training other healthcare professionals both individually and in groups
  • Evidence of research or project work

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Able to critically analyse information and evidence and to communicate the findings clearly.
  • High level IT skills (such as database designs)
  • Able to deliver key messages succinctly and professionally both verbally and in writing.
  • Ability to plan and prioritise work for both self and others with good organisational and time management skills.
  • Analytical and problem solving skills
  • Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework:  Patient Centred  Safety  Compassion  Respect and Excellence
  • Broad clinical and pharmaceutical knowledge
  • Knowledge of NHS initiatives, policy and developments and how they relate to pharmacy and commissioning
  • Understanding of issues affecting the NHS, particularly clinical risk management and Cost Improvement Programmes
  • Understands Government policy and vision for the development of health and social care.
  • Demonstrates good understanding of the legal, governance and ethical framework within with particular focus on commissioning
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of using and analysing epact.net and PACT data
  • Experience in strategy development
  • Experience of using and analysing epact.net and PACT data

Specific Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Professional credibility, accountability, responsibility and confidence
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a wide range of healthcare professionals
  • Ability to negotiate with and influence others; interacting with multi-disciplincary teams, senior management, specialists and the pharmacy team.
  • Able to work individually and as part of a team, to meet deadlines.
  • Management, leadership and team building skills
  • High degree of self motivation and ability to work on own initiative and also able to motive a team.
  • Ability of be flexible and manage change in a complex and changing healthcare environment.
  • Takes professional responsibility for own actions and actions of the team.
  • Able to work under pressure, prioritise effectively and deal with frequent interruptions.
  • Tact and diplomacy in responding to requests for information from healthcare professionals and the public Circumstances/special demands of post
  • Prepared to work flexible hours, including evenings
  • Valid driving license and access to a car

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Helen Walker
Job title
Associate Chief Pharmacist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01522707403
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