Lead Pharmacist for Clinical Haematology & Anticoagulation inLondon inLondon PUBLISHED 19 DEC 2023

To support the education and training of other healthcare professionals.

  • To participate in the front-line provision of Pharmacy Services as appropriate and when required.
  • To act as a clinical role model for other pharmacists within the team and demonstrate the ability to provide service that ensures the safe, clinically effective and cost-efficient use of medicines and the ability to check clinically screened dispensed prescriptions.
  • To lead on the provision of pharmacy-led anticoagulant clinics across the Trust. This includes the co-ordination of training and assessment of new pharmacists as required.
  • To contribute to the development and implementation of strategies to improve safe medicines use across the Trust.
  • To participate in the front-line provision of Pharmacy Services as appropriate and when required.
  • To act as a clinical role model for other pharmacists within the team and demonstrate the ability to provide service that ensures the safe, clinically effective and cost-efficient use of medicines and the ability to check clinically screened dispensed prescriptions.
  • To lead on the provision of pharmacy-led anticoagulant clinics across the Trust. This includes the co-ordination of training and assessment of new pharmacists as required.
  • 4 To contribute to the development and implementation of strategies to improve safe medicines use across the Trust.
  • To liaise with primary care colleagues to gather and disseminate patient medication issues to other healthcare staff

  • Leadership & Service Development

    1. To lead and support the appropriate use of anticoagulants across the Trust. This includes setting and monitoring quality standards for anticoagulants use and the provision of feedback to the Principal Pharmacist Surgery & Theatres.

    1. To act as pharmacy representative and lead on service developments within clinical haematology ensuring any changes are in-line with Trust and departmental objective.

    1. To provide the Clinical Director of Pharmacy with details of output, performance and activity at specified time intervals in an agreed format.

    1. To identify resources required to improve pharmacy services within the division.

    1. To support the development, implementation and adherence to local and national guidelines/policies to ensure cost-effective and safe prescribing of anticoagulants.

    1. To collaborate in the development of Integrated Care Pathways and Patient Group Directions for both clinical haematology and anticoagulation services as necessary.

    1. To liaise with other senior pharmacy staff to ensure the effective provision of Pharmacy Services.


    Division support

    1. To actively contribute to the management of the anticoagulants expenditure for the divisions across the trust through expenditure monitoring, forecasting, anticoagulants use audits and feedback to the service and general managers to ensure the most effective use of resources.

    1. To identify areas of potential cost-savings for anticoagulants, and to implement systems to realise savings and contain prescribing costs.

To cover anticoagulation clinic, triaging patients, including seeing patient, initiating and reviewing treatment, working closely with consultant haematologist.

Working hours- Three days per week, 7.5 hours per day.

  1. To communicate with the multidisciplinary healthcare team (doctors, nurses, dieticians, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, ward managers, and site practitioners), to intermediate care, general practice support and community pharmacists in the provision of medicine related information and assessment of patients treatment.

To work with appropriate staff to support development of services and facilitate theimplementation of strategies to improve safe medicines use throughout the Trust.

To lead specialist anticoagulation clinics. This includes the promotion of safe, effective and cost-effective anticoagulants use to facilitate patient admission and enhance continuity of care across the primary and secondary care interface.

To act as a role model and provide a consistently high standard of pharmaceutical service to patients in line with the Trust and Departmental objectives.

To educate healthcare professionals on the costs associated with medicines within clinical haematology and in particular anticoagulant therapies and promote the use of evidence-based, cost-effective prescribing within divisions.

To participate in the preparation of business cases to support service developments in Pharmacy, Clinical Haematology and Anticoagulation services as necessary.

To actively participate in the Thrombosis Committee and division meetings as necessary.

To support the divisions across the Trust in managing their anticoagulants expenditure and act as the point of liaison for any service developments that involves anticoagulation services.


Staff Management and Training

To support the education and training of other healthcare professionals

To participate in and contribute to clinical training programmes at a local and national level e.g. summer students, pharmacy undergraduates.

To undertake CPD to ensure that knowledge is continually updated.

  • To participate in the front-line provision of Pharmacy Services as appropriate and when required.
  • To act as a clinical role model for other pharmacists within the team and demonstrate the ability to provide service that ensures the safe, clinically effective and cost-efficient use of medicines and the ability to check clinically screened dispensed prescriptions.
  • To lead on the provision of pharmacy-led anticoagulant clinics across the Trust. This includes the co-ordination of training and assessment of new pharmacists as required.
  • To contribute to the development and implementation of strategies to improve safe medicines use across the Trust.
  • To participate in the front-line provision of Pharmacy Services as appropriate and when required.
  • To act as a clinical role model for other pharmacists within the team and demonstrate the ability to provide service that ensures the safe, clinically effective and cost-efficient use of medicines and the ability to check clinically screened dispensed prescriptions.
  • To lead on the provision of pharmacy-led anticoagulant clinics across the Trust. This includes the co-ordination of training and assessment of new pharmacists as required.
  • 4 To contribute to the development and implementation of strategies to improve safe medicines use across the Trust.
  • To liaise with primary care colleagues to gather and disseminate patient medication issues to other healthcare staff

  • Leadership & Service Development

    1. To lead and support the appropriate use of anticoagulants across the Trust. This includes setting and monitoring quality standards for anticoagulants use and the provision of feedback to the Principal Pharmacist Surgery & Theatres.

    1. To act as pharmacy representative and lead on service developments within clinical haematology ensuring any changes are in-line with Trust and departmental objective.

    1. To provide the Clinical Director of Pharmacy with details of output, performance and activity at specified time intervals in an agreed format.

    1. To identify resources required to improve pharmacy services within the division.

    1. To support the development, implementation and adherence to local and national guidelines/policies to ensure cost-effective and safe prescribing of anticoagulants.

    1. To collaborate in the development of Integrated Care Pathways and Patient Group Directions for both clinical haematology and anticoagulation services as necessary.

    1. To liaise with other senior pharmacy staff to ensure the effective provision of Pharmacy Services.


    Division support

    1. To actively contribute to the management of the anticoagulants expenditure for the divisions across the trust through expenditure monitoring, forecasting, anticoagulants use audits and feedback to the service and general managers to ensure the most effective use of resources.

    1. To identify areas of potential cost-savings for anticoagulants, and to implement systems to realise savings and contain prescribing costs.

To cover anticoagulation clinic, triaging patients, including seeing patient, initiating and reviewing treatment, working closely with consultant haematologist.

Working hours- Three days per week, 7.5 hours per day.

  1. To communicate with the multidisciplinary healthcare team (doctors, nurses, dieticians, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, ward managers, and site practitioners), to intermediate care, general practice support and community pharmacists in the provision of medicine related information and assessment of patients treatment.

To work with appropriate staff to support development of services and facilitate theimplementation of strategies to improve safe medicines use throughout the Trust.

To lead specialist anticoagulation clinics. This includes the promotion of safe, effective and cost-effective anticoagulants use to facilitate patient admission and enhance continuity of care across the primary and secondary care interface.

To act as a role model and provide a consistently high standard of pharmaceutical service to patients in line with the Trust and Departmental objectives.

To educate healthcare professionals on the costs associated with medicines within clinical haematology and in particular anticoagulant therapies and promote the use of evidence-based, cost-effective prescribing within divisions.

To participate in the preparation of business cases to support service developments in Pharmacy, Clinical Haematology and Anticoagulation services as necessary.

To actively participate in the Thrombosis Committee and division meetings as necessary.

To support the divisions across the Trust in managing their anticoagulants expenditure and act as the point of liaison for any service developments that involves anticoagulation services.


Staff Management and Training

To support the education and training of other healthcare professionals

To participate in and contribute to clinical training programmes at a local and national level e.g. summer students, pharmacy undergraduates.

To undertake CPD to ensure that knowledge is continually updated.



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