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British Society for Rheumatology Survey of Specialist Rheumatology Pharmacists

Introduction to the Survey

This is a survey for specialist rheumatology pharmacists to gather information about your working lives, roles and responsibilities, in order to help the British Society for Rheumatology (BSR) publish new job planning guidance for rheumatology specialist pharmacists in 2025.

This survey is intended to be answered by individual rheumatology pharmacists rather than per rheumatology department/Trust/Health Board. It is anonymous, and all survey results will go directly back to the BSR. When we publish the data, individual Trusts/Health Boards will not be identifiable. You can find out more about how the BSR stores the data that we collect from our members in the privacy policy statement on our website.

Thank you very much for taking the time to complete this survey, which will run for 8 weeks from Thursday 23 October to 5pm on Thursday 19 December. The whole survey should not take more than 15-17 minutes to complete.
1.Please select the geographical region where you work
2.How many whole-time equivalents (WTEs) of the following roles work in your department/unit?
3.Approximately how many patients do you have under your care in the Rheumatology service who receive targeted therapies (biologic DMARDs or targeted synthetic DMARDs (e.g. JAK inhibitors)?
4.Approximately how many patients do you have under your care in the Rheumatology service who receive SC methotrexate (patients that you regularly prescribe for i.e. not handed over to primary care)?
5.What is your full job title?
6.Do you work in paediatric, adolescent and/or adult rheumatology services (please tick all that apply)?
7.How many hours a week do you work in rheumatology?
8.How many years of experience do you have in rheumatology pharmacy?
9.What is your current pay band?
10.Who funds your current role (please select as appropriate)?
11.Who is your line manager? (please tick all which currently apply)
12.Do you have a defined job plan?
13.Who reviews your job plan?
14.How regularly is your job plan reviewed?
15.Do you independently organise your own time outside of clinics (please tick as appropriate)?
16.Do you run face-to-face clinics with patients?
17.How many face-to-face clinics do you run per week?
18.On average, how many patients are in each face-to-face clinic?
19.On average, how many of these are new referral patients (i.e. never been seen by a Rheumatology clinician before)?
20.On average, how much time is allocated for each face-to-face patient clinic slot? Please tick as many different time slots as apply.
21.Do you run remote (telephone or video) clinics with patients?
22.How many remote clinics do you run per week?
23.On average, how many patients are in each remote clinic?
24.On average, how much time, is allocated to each remote patient clinic slot (i.e. time per patient)? Please tick as many different time slots as apply
25.For face-to-face and/or remote clinics do you review patients in the following clinic types (please tick all that apply)?
26.Do you participate in the following clinical roles (please tick all that apply)?
27.The following is a range of duties that could be carried out by a Rheumatology specialist pharmacist - please tick as many as you routinely do yourself as part of your rheumatology pharmacist role.
28.Clinical Practice Qs 28-31

On average, what percentage of your pharmacy work in rheumatology is spent on clinical practice each week?
29.Is your time spent on clinical practice protected in your job plan?
30.Do you feel you have sufficient time to undertake your clinical work (please tick the answer which corresponds most closely to you experience)?
31.In order to complete your clinical work do you ever have to work longer than your normal working hours?
32.Education and Training Qs 32-35

On average, what percentage of your pharmacy work in rheumatology is spent on education and training each week?
33.Is this time for education and training protected in your job plan?
34.Do you feel you have enough time in your working week to undertake the education and training you need to in your role (please tick the answer which corresponds most closely to you experience)?
35.How is your external CPD funded, e.g. attending external courses and conferences (please tick all which apply)?
36.Leadership and Management Qs 36-39

On average, what percentage of your pharmacy work in rheumatology is spent on leadership and management each week?
37.Is time for leadership and management protected in your job plan?
38.Do you feel you have enough time to undertake the leadership and management activities that relate to your role (please tick the answer which corresponds most closely to you experience)?
39.What do you do if you run out of time for the leadership and management responsibilities of your role (only answer if applicable)?
40.Research (including audit, quality improvement, service evaluation and development) Qs 40-43

On average, what percentage of your pharmacy work in rheumatology is spent on research each week?
41.Is time for research protected in your job plan?
42.Do you feel you have adequate time to undertake research as part of your role and responsibilities? (please tick the answer which corresponds most closely to you experience)?
43.What do you do if you run out of time for the research part of your role?
44.Do you feel valued by your rheumatology team?
45.Do you feel you have sufficient time / resources to achieve your full potential in your role?
46.If you answered you don’t have sufficient time to Q45, what would you say are the main barriers that stop you from achieving your full potential at work (please leave blank if not applicable)?
47.Does the workload in your role ever negatively impact your mental wellbeing (please tick the answer which corresponds most closely to you experience)?
48.Have you recently contemplated leaving your job due to the pressure of work over the past year?
49.Please add any other comments regarding you work not captured by the questions above. This is the last question - thank you for completing this survey
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