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Highly Specialist Pharmacist - OphthalmologyJoin to apply for theHighly Specialist Pharmacist - Ophthalmologyrole atLancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Highly Specialist Pharmacist - Ophthalmology1 day ago Be among the first 25 applicants Join to apply for theHighly Specialist Pharmacist - Ophthalmologyrole atLancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the pharmacy team at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals as a Highly Specialist Pharmacist for Ophthalmology. This newly created post presents a unique opportunity to develop the service supporting excellent patient centred care. Our purpose built modern ophthalmology unit provides state of the art facilities to patients across Lancashire and South Cumbria. This post will provide the chance for a dynamic individual to utilise their leadership and service development skills.This is an exciting time for clinical services in the pharmacy department, as we implement enhanced roles in the established patient-facing clinical pharmacy team. Our highly specialist pharmacists have dedicated SPA time in education and training, workforce, research, governance and finance, providing valuable experience and opportunity to develop leadership skills.The use of pharmacist non-medical prescribers is well-established in the department and instrumental in achieving our key performance indicators, so the successful candidate will hold, or be willing to work towards gaining their independent prescribing qualification.The pharmacy department at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust is an innovative and welcoming place to work, with a strong commitment to continuous improvement. We also recognise the importance of the health and well being of our workforce, and we are fully committed to providing flexible working opportunities within our team.You will provide a clinical pharmacy services to the ophthalmology directorate, leading the pharmacy team across the speciality to ensure safe, effective and cost effective service delivery. You will work alongside an established team of consultants, specialist nurses and orthoptists to develop a pathway for the provision of treatments in line with local and national prescribing guidelines. You will support the directorate with the biosimilar switch programme in the clinical speciality. In this clinical area of increasing clinical complexity, you will work within the multidisciplinary team to steer safe and effective prescribing and medicines management agenda. You will ensure key performance indicators are achieved and work with the directorate and governance teams to review and manage themes in the safe management of medicines.You will be integral to the delivery of clinical pharmacy services to our patients, forging relationships within the multidisciplinary team. You will support the delivery of training and education both within, and outside of the pharmacy department. You will be a strong leader and have the ability to motivate, develop and manage others in a positive and supportive working environment within a team that believes this is a great place to work.We have 10000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients 'staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jenny Whatton Job title: Lead Divisional Pharmacist for Surgery Email address: Telephone number: 01772 522220 Seniority levelSeniority level Mid-Senior level Employment typeEmployment type Full-time Job functionJob function Health Care Provider Industries Hospitals and Health Care Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust by 2x Sign in to set job alerts for “Pharmacist” roles.Remote Primary Care Clinical Pharmacist-IP (TPN-REM-CPIP)Blackpool, England, United Kingdom 2 days ago Remote Primary Care Pharmacy Technician (TPN-REM-PT)Leyland, England, United Kingdom 3 weeks ago Leyland, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago Primary Care Network Clinical PharmacistBolton, England, United Kingdom 1 day ago Lancashire, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago Lancashire, England, United Kingdom 1 day ago Lancashire, England, United Kingdom 1 year ago Liverpool, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago Lea Town, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago Kirkby, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago Lancaster, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago Lancashire, England, United Kingdom 1 year ago Pharmacy Manager I Friendly Community Pharmacy I Excellent Career ProspectsWigan, England, United Kingdom 22 hours ago Bury, England, United Kingdom 3 weeks ago Carnforth, England, United Kingdom 2 days ago Leyland, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago Southport, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago Leigh, England, United Kingdom 19 hours ago Worsley, England, United Kingdom 2 days ago Farnworth, England, United Kingdom 10 hours ago We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. 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