Advanced Clinical Pharmacist-Rheumatology - #145529

The post holder will work as an integral member of the multi-disciplinary team within Rheumatology at University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust to provide specialist clinical pharmacy support to the Rheumatology outpatient service.

• To provide highly specialised advice in all pharmaceutical matters. To work as an independent prescriber managing a defined patient caseload.
• To ensure that medicine use within the Rheumatology speciality is safe, effective and cost effective e.g. ensure appropriate use of Healthcare at Home supply arrangements.
• To monitor and provide comment on drug expenditure as required e.g. in relation to high-cost therapies (biologics) and the introduction of new therapeutic agents
  
  

You will have recent hospital experience, have excellent communication, influencing and problem solving skills and preferably good mentoring, teaching and assessment skills to enable you to take on this influential role within our Trust.

Why Weston?

• The team at Weston aims to deliver high quality, patient-focused clinical services to our patients.
• Our team is friendly, supportive of colleagues, open to developing and implementing new ideas.
• Weston enjoys all the benefits of a coastal location and is within 25 minutes of Bristol by train and 45 minutes by road.
  
  

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sarah Karthauser Job title: Associate Director of Pharmacy - Weston Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01934 636363

For informal enquiries and/or to arrange a visit, please contact Sarah Karthauser , Associate Director of Pharmacy - Weston on 01934 647060 or email [email protected]