Dermatology Pharmacist (Hybrid)

DMC have an exciting opportunity for a Dermatology Pharmacist to support our services. You will be responsible for accurately and safely providing necessary care to patients engaging with the service in the organisation.

You will maintain key relationships with co-workers and other health care professionals across the organisation to ensure an effective service. The Dermatology Pharmacist is an integral part of the team, using and sharing Pharmacy expertise to support the Dermatology service in effective medicines management and optimal patient care.

Working alongside medical professionals and other clinicians supporting patients prescribing and medicines management governance. You will be responsible to review the prescribing for each contract and investigate any high risk drugs being prescribed. You will review local Dermatology formularies in each ICB DMC works in, to ensure our Dermatologists are following local guidelines on emollients and prescribing.

• Provide clinical leadership for the safe, effective and cost-efficient management of biologic and high-cost medicines, ensuring prescribing and monitoring is aligned to local ICB policies, NICE guidance, Blueteq requirements (where applicable), and DMC governance procedures.
• Clinical leadership on meds optimisation.
• Working with the Dermatology Operations Team to ensure systems and processes are in place to ensure prescribing is in line with guidelines and contract specification requirements, review formulary on TPP.
• Regularly connecting and working with pharmacy lead counterparts at Trusts and the ICB to ensure partnership working in medicines management.
• Providing pharmaceutical knowledge and support during mobilisations and demobilisation of contracts and services.
• Regularly monitoring prescribing activities and working with the Finance team to ensure costs are in line with budgeted expectations.
• Supporting service with prescription and medication queries.
• In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of principles of evidence-based healthcare.
• Medicine Management (producing report for medicine usage, Medicine Governance).
• Reviewing Formulary.
• Specific Medicine Annual Audits - prescribing Audits.

About DMC Healthcare DMC Healthcare is a leading independent provider of primary care, consultant-led dermatology, radiology reporting, in-sourced routine endoscopy services and MSK community services to the NHS.

We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to achieve healthier outcomes.

Firmly rooted in the NHS and dedicated to excellent patient care for nearly 55 years, DMC Healthcare currently works with 30+ NHS organisations and other partners, treating over 100,000 patients each year.

With NHS waiting list pressures, workforce shortages and unprecedented demand, we want to help. We support capacity deficits with a firm eye on quality and robust clinical governance.

• Masters Degree in pharmacy or equivalent, acceptable for registration by the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• GPhC Registered and have at least two years hospital experience.
• Completion of CPPE Education Pathway.
• Current and continued registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council as practicing member.
• Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and a member or willing to work towards Faculty membership.
• Previous experience working within a Dermatology service.
• Experience working within outpatient clinic healthcare.
• Experience working in NHS or Private healthcare setting.
• Experience of providing relevant pharmacy services within Dermatology.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.