Job summary
This is a fixed term role that covers both Evelina London Children's Hospital and Kings College London. The postholder will be leading on clinical pharmacy services for paediatric patients, in particular palliative care, to ensure safe and clinically effective use of medicines in these patients. The postholder will also be providing academic teaching to undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy students at King's College London and perform a liaison role between the College and the hospital base, to ensure teaching reflects current clinical practice.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an Academic Link Paediatric Pharmacist to provide academic teaching to under and postgraduate pharmacy students at King's College London, to undertake clinical pharmacy practice at the Evelina London Children's Hospital and to perform a liaison role between the College and the hospital base.
The role will have a 40:60 split between Kings College London and the Evelina London Children's Hospital
The state-of-the-art Evelina London Children's Hospital opened in the autumn of 2005 on the St Thomas' Hospital site of Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital offers a wide range of specialist services for children from south east England and beyond. The hospital includes its own standalone dispensary and delivers comprehensive pharmaceutical services.
The Department of Pharmacy at King's College London is part of the Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences within the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine. The Department is recognised for its excellence in teaching and research.
About us
As an NHS Trust in London with large women's and specialist children's services we have unique opportunities to provide excellent, high-quality, integrated care for mothers, babies and children.
Our values help us to define and develop our culture, what we do and how we do it.
- Put patients first
- Take pride in what they do
- Respect others
- Strive to be the best
- Act with integrity
Job description
Job responsibilities
Leadership and management of services
To lead clinical pharmacy services for selected paediatric patients, in particular palliative care, in accordance with the priorities set by the post holder and principal paediatric pharmacist, in order to ensure safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in these patients.
To provide clinical pharmacy services for selected paediatric patients, in particular palliative care, in accordance with the priorities set by the post holder and principal paediatric pharmacist in order to ensure safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in these patients.
Academic Responsibilities
To lead on the design and delivery of the postgraduate Pharmacist Independent Prescribing (PIP) Postgraduate Certificate.
To take responsibility for the design, delivery and assessment of specific modules within the Pharmacy Practice programme
To contribute to the teaching and assessment of students on the MPharm programme, including supervising students undertaking experiential learning and those undertaking project work
To liaise and work collaboratively with member of the academic teaching department and pharmacy practice teaching staff external to KCL in order to facilitate high standards of teaching
Job description
Job responsibilities
Leadership and management of services
To lead clinical pharmacy services for selected paediatric patients, in particular palliative care, in accordance with the priorities set by the post holder and principal paediatric pharmacist, in order to ensure safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in these patients.
To provide clinical pharmacy services for selected paediatric patients, in particular palliative care, in accordance with the priorities set by the post holder and principal paediatric pharmacist in order to ensure safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs in these patients.
Academic Responsibilities
To lead on the design and delivery of the postgraduate Pharmacist Independent Prescribing (PIP) Postgraduate Certificate.
To take responsibility for the design, delivery and assessment of specific modules within the Pharmacy Practice programme
To contribute to the teaching and assessment of students on the MPharm programme, including supervising students undertaking experiential learning and those undertaking project work
To liaise and work collaboratively with member of the academic teaching department and pharmacy practice teaching staff external to KCL in order to facilitate high standards of teaching
Person Specification
Personal Characteristics
Essential
- Demonstrates good written communication skills
- Demonstrates ability to work autonomously
- Demonstrates the ability to identify and prioritise clinical work and re-evaluate objectives if needed
- Demonstrates MDT working and good communication with MDT
Desirable
Skills
Essential
- Identify training needs of students and staff
- Identify own training needs
- Actively seek novel opportunities to meet training needs
- Co-ordinate undergraduate pharmacy student and preregistration pharmacist clinical activity
- Provision of evaluated pharmaceutical financial information/identify in changing prescribing practice which affects drug budgets
- Demonstrate excellent organisational, prioritisation and time management skills
- Demonstrate a critical approach towards pharmacy practice
- Demonstrates good written communication skills
- Demonstrates ability to work autonomously
Desirable
- Develop strategies to meet the training needs of students and staff
- Design and implement academic course material and assessments
- Evaluate performance of junior staff against identified criteria using Trust IPR tools
- Undertake own research
- Guide and support others undertaking research
- Develop strategies to meet the training needs of students and staff
- Design and implement academic course material and assessments
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of delivering pharmaceutical services to paediatric patients
- Evidence of Identifying and promoting best practice
- Ensure delivery of the clinical governance agenda in relation to drug use
- Motivate and inspire others
- Proactively develop clinical pharmacy services in line with local and national objectives
- Experience of having managed an area of clinical pharmacy services in paediatrics
- Experience of managing others/delegating to junior staff
- Integrate research evidence into practice
- Identify gaps in the evidence base
- Develop, implement monitor and evaluate protocols and guidelines
- Provide education and training to pharmacy and other staff
- Participate in clinical training of ward pharmacists
- Assess student performance suing a variety of assessment methods
- Demonstrates MDT working and good communication with MDT
Desirable
- Demonstrate innovation
- Extend the boundaries of the profession
- Demonstrate experience in horizon scanning
- Manage aspects of an academic programme
- Design and implement academic course material and assessments
Qualifications / Knowledge
Essential
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy
- Higher Degree / diploma in clinical practice
- GPHC Registration
Desirable
- RPS Faculty Member
- RPS membership
Person Specification
Personal Characteristics
Essential
- Demonstrates good written communication skills
- Demonstrates ability to work autonomously
- Demonstrates the ability to identify and prioritise clinical work and re-evaluate objectives if needed
- Demonstrates MDT working and good communication with MDT
Desirable
Skills
Essential
- Identify training needs of students and staff
- Identify own training needs
- Actively seek novel opportunities to meet training needs
- Co-ordinate undergraduate pharmacy student and preregistration pharmacist clinical activity
- Provision of evaluated pharmaceutical financial information/identify in changing prescribing practice which affects drug budgets
- Demonstrate excellent organisational, prioritisation and time management skills
- Demonstrate a critical approach towards pharmacy practice
- Demonstrates good written communication skills
- Demonstrates ability to work autonomously
Desirable
- Develop strategies to meet the training needs of students and staff
- Design and implement academic course material and assessments
- Evaluate performance of junior staff against identified criteria using Trust IPR tools
- Undertake own research
- Guide and support others undertaking research
- Develop strategies to meet the training needs of students and staff
- Design and implement academic course material and assessments
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of delivering pharmaceutical services to paediatric patients
- Evidence of Identifying and promoting best practice
- Ensure delivery of the clinical governance agenda in relation to drug use
- Motivate and inspire others
- Proactively develop clinical pharmacy services in line with local and national objectives
- Experience of having managed an area of clinical pharmacy services in paediatrics
- Experience of managing others/delegating to junior staff
- Integrate research evidence into practice
- Identify gaps in the evidence base
- Develop, implement monitor and evaluate protocols and guidelines
- Provide education and training to pharmacy and other staff
- Participate in clinical training of ward pharmacists
- Assess student performance suing a variety of assessment methods
- Demonstrates MDT working and good communication with MDT
Desirable
- Demonstrate innovation
- Extend the boundaries of the profession
- Demonstrate experience in horizon scanning
- Manage aspects of an academic programme
- Design and implement academic course material and assessments
Qualifications / Knowledge
Essential
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy
- Higher Degree / diploma in clinical practice
- GPHC Registration
Desirable
- RPS Faculty Member
- RPS membership
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
