Advanced Specialist Pharmacist, University Hospital

Details of Service

A commitment to “introduce a publicly funded model of care for fertility treatment” was included in the Programme for Government. ‎Phase One of the Model of Care established Regional Infertility Hubs within maternity networks. Eligible patients are now referred by their GPs to their local Regional Infertility Hub, to avail of a range of treatments and interventions, and if necessary, onward referral to a private provider for advanced AHR treatment as part of the publicly funded and privately provided care scheme.

Phase Two of the Model of Care focuses on publicly funded and publicly provided advanced AHR treatment. The introduction of tertiary infertility services, provided through the public health system will launch at Cork University Maternity Hospital.

Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) incorporates Maternity, Neonatology, Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Fertility Services in the Cork University Hospital Group within the Health Service Executive Southern region.

Hospital Services at CUMH are delivered within the newly established HSE South West health region, one of six national health regions. HSE South West health region manages all public health and social care services in Cork and Kerry to deliver integrated service provision across the region by a multidisciplinary team.

The Group’s Primary Academic partner is University College Cork. A wide range of educational programmes and research is conducted within all hospital groups. CUMH provides clinical placements for undergraduate and postgraduate student programmes delivered in partnership with University College Cork.

The Advanced Specialist Pharmacist Specialist will work within a multidisciplinary team to provide a safe, effective, high quality fertility service to patients.

The Pharmacy Department, Cork University Hospital, provides clinical pharmacy and dispensary services across the CUH campus including Cork University Maternity Hospital, with the primary aim being the safe, effective, and economical use of medications

The Advanced Specialist Pharmacist will work closely with

· Pharmacist Executive Manager 3, CUH

· Chief Pharmacist CUMH

· Clinical Lead Consultant AHR Centre, Cork

· Designated HPRA Responsible Person

· Multidisciplinary clinical team AHR Centre, Cork

· AHR Chief Assistant Technical Services Officer

· National Women and Infants Health Programme

· Clinical Pharmacy team, CUMH

This post has three primary areas of duties and responsibilities associated with it namely:

· The day-to-day roles and responsibilities associated with being the designated lead pharmacist working within a HSE tertiary fertility team providing the full ambit of advanced human reproduction services.

· A clinical informatics role in relation to the configuration and deployment of a national fertility clinical information system which is due to deploy in the Cork service in the first instance.

· Collaborating with the Access and Integration Drug Management Programme and the National Women’s and Infant Programme Clinical Lead, to lead on the development of a suite of robust national standard treatment protocols to ensure effective, safe and cost-effective fertility treatment for patients in public fertility services.

For further information about the role, contact

Contact Julie Kenneally, Interim Programme Manager, AHR Service, CUMH

Tel: 087 2624868

Email: julie.kenneally1@hse.ie

Or

Contact Joanne Ryan, Chief Pharmacist Maternity Service, Cork University Maternity Hospital

Tel: 087 2052594

Email: joanne.ryan1@hse.ie