Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and experienced senior clinical pharmacist to join our Medical Specialties Division at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH).
This new role offers the opportunity to lead and coordinate clinical pharmacy services across outpatient Medical Specialties areas including rheumatology, endocrinology, dermatology, respiratory and cardiology, while also supporting inpatient activity. You will play a key role in ensuring safe, clinically effective and cost-efficient use of medicines across a diverse and complex patient cohort.
Working closely with the Lead Clinical Pharmacist - Rheumatology and the wider multidisciplinary team, you will contribute to service development, medicines optimisation, governance and quality improvement initiatives. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced clinical pharmacist looking to further develop leadership, independent prescribing and service development skills within a dynamic teaching hospital environment.
Closing date: Two weeks after advertisementInterview date: Ten days after closing date
Main duties of the job
You will lead and coordinate the day-to-day clinical pharmacy service to outpatient Medical Specialties, ensuring safe, effective and patient-centred medicines optimisation across rheumatology, endocrinology, dermatology, respiratory and cardiology services. Working in close partnership with consultants, nursing colleagues and the wider multidisciplinary team, you will deliver high-quality clinical care and support service development within the Division. This will include active participation in MDT meetings, governance forums and clinical discussions to promote high-quality, patient-centred care.
You will act as a senior clinical resource for medicines use within Medical Specialties, promoting safe prescribing, high-quality documentation and seamless communication across care interfaces.
You will support the operational delivery of homecare services and high-cost drug processes, ensuring timely clinical screening, Blueteq registration and compliance with commissioning requirements. In collaboration with divisional and finance colleagues, you will collate and analyse medicines expenditure data to inform divisional reporting and value initiatives.
The role includes active involvement in medicines-related governance activity, including incident review, audit and service evaluation. You will lead and implement quality improvement initiatives to enhance safety, efficiency and patient experience, while supporting research within the Division.
About us
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more informationregardingthe main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
As part of the wider clinical pharmacy team, you will contribute to the implementation and evaluation of local and national initiatives to further develop our services. You will also support the delivery of educational and developmental programmes, including UCL School of Pharmacy undergraduate clinical placements, the JPB Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice, and our rotational programme for Band 7 clinical pharmacists.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
*UCLH top trust to work at in England- In the most recentNHS staff surveyUCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row.
UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff To find out more, visit:Flexible working.
To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit:Why Choose UCLH?
Job description
Job responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more informationregardingthe main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
As part of the wider clinical pharmacy team, you will contribute to the implementation and evaluation of local and national initiatives to further develop our services. You will also support the delivery of educational and developmental programmes, including UCL School of Pharmacy undergraduate clinical placements, the JPB Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice, and our rotational programme for Band 7 clinical pharmacists.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
*UCLH top trust to work at in England- In the most recentNHS staff surveyUCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row.
UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff To find out more, visit:Flexible working.
To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit:Why Choose UCLH?
Person Specification
Qualifications, knowledge & competence
Essential
- Masters of Pharmacy degree or equivalent
- Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Minimum of five years' experience as a dedicated clinical pharmacist practitioner Substantial post-registration experience
- Experience of clinical service provision to acute medical patients
- Postgraduate Diploma or MSc in General Pharmacy Practice or Clinical Pharmacy
- Registered Independent Prescriber
- Meets expected levels of practice as defined by others
- Maintains a broad knowledge of pharmacy practice
Desirable
- Delivery of clinical pharmacy services to acute medical patients in the outpatient setting Experience of clinical service provision to level 2 and/or 3 patients
- Identifies best practice
- Undertaken management training courses
Management & leadership skills
Essential
- Understanding of Trust and pharmacy priorities
- Experience in co-ordinating the day-to-day practice activities of others
- Identifies and meets appropriate measures of serviceIdentifies novel ways of working to enhance servicesA, I
- Ability to analyse and critically appraise clinical and operational data
- Ability to utilise email, word processing, presentation and spreadsheet software packages to support routine work activity
- Collates data regarding service provision
- Ability to evaluate quality of own work, and that of junior colleagues
- Demonstrates initiative
- Ability to work autonomously
- The ability to identify and manage risks
Desirable
- Implementation of strategies aimed at meeting Trust and pharmacy priorities
- Experience in management of others
- Identifies novel ways of working to enhance services
- Ability to utilise database or other software packages to support and enhance work activity
- Evaluates service provision
- Identifies personal development needs, and those of junior colleagues
- Demonstrates innovation
- Delegates authority appropriately
- Ability to develop and implement risk management procedures
Clinical & interpersonal skills
Essential
- Demonstrates advanced clinical knowledge and skills
- The ability to identify and prioritise own clinical workload
- Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate therapeutic options
- Demonstrates experience of clinical reasoning and judgement in practice
- Ability to formulate suitable therapeutic solutions in areas of clinical uncertainty
- Ability to influence junior pharmacy, nursing, medical, and other multidisciplinary staff
- Maintains standards of patient care
- Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the principles of clinical governance
- Ability to identify and undertake clinical audit
- Demonstrates ability to achieve desired outcomes in the face of unavoidable work pressures
- Demonstrates ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Displays honesty and integrity, is aware of ethical dilemmas relating to practice within acute medicine, and respects confidentiality
Desirable
- Demonstrates expert clinical knowledge and skills
- Ability to identify and prioritise the delivery of clinical pharmacy services
- Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate therapeutic options in gastroenterology patients
- Demonstrates advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgement in practice
- Ability to influence senior pharmacy, nursing, medical, and other multidisciplinary staff including issues not directly related to clinical management
- Enhances the quality of patient care
- Demonstrable use of clinical audit to improve practice
- Demonstrates ability to achieve desired outcomes in the face of more diverse unavoidable pressures
Education & training skills
Essential
- Previous experience in delivering education and training within pharmacy
- Identifies and meets own training needs
Desirable
- Previous experience in delivering education and training in a multidisciplinary environment
- Ensures own training needs, and those of others are identified & met
Research & development skills
Essential
- Participation in pharmacy practice research and implements relevant findings
- Demonstrates awareness of research evidence in acute medicine
- Maintains a portfolio of practice
Desirable
- Participation in multidisciplinary health services research
- Integrates research evidence into practice
Person Specification
Qualifications, knowledge & competence
Essential
- Masters of Pharmacy degree or equivalent
- Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Minimum of five years' experience as a dedicated clinical pharmacist practitioner Substantial post-registration experience
- Experience of clinical service provision to acute medical patients
- Postgraduate Diploma or MSc in General Pharmacy Practice or Clinical Pharmacy
- Registered Independent Prescriber
- Meets expected levels of practice as defined by others
- Maintains a broad knowledge of pharmacy practice
Desirable
- Delivery of clinical pharmacy services to acute medical patients in the outpatient setting Experience of clinical service provision to level 2 and/or 3 patients
- Identifies best practice
- Undertaken management training courses
Management & leadership skills
Essential
- Understanding of Trust and pharmacy priorities
- Experience in co-ordinating the day-to-day practice activities of others
- Identifies and meets appropriate measures of serviceIdentifies novel ways of working to enhance servicesA, I
- Ability to analyse and critically appraise clinical and operational data
- Ability to utilise email, word processing, presentation and spreadsheet software packages to support routine work activity
- Collates data regarding service provision
- Ability to evaluate quality of own work, and that of junior colleagues
- Demonstrates initiative
- Ability to work autonomously
- The ability to identify and manage risks
Desirable
- Implementation of strategies aimed at meeting Trust and pharmacy priorities
- Experience in management of others
- Identifies novel ways of working to enhance services
- Ability to utilise database or other software packages to support and enhance work activity
- Evaluates service provision
- Identifies personal development needs, and those of junior colleagues
- Demonstrates innovation
- Delegates authority appropriately
- Ability to develop and implement risk management procedures
Clinical & interpersonal skills
Essential
- Demonstrates advanced clinical knowledge and skills
- The ability to identify and prioritise own clinical workload
- Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate therapeutic options
- Demonstrates experience of clinical reasoning and judgement in practice
- Ability to formulate suitable therapeutic solutions in areas of clinical uncertainty
- Ability to influence junior pharmacy, nursing, medical, and other multidisciplinary staff
- Maintains standards of patient care
- Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the principles of clinical governance
- Ability to identify and undertake clinical audit
- Demonstrates ability to achieve desired outcomes in the face of unavoidable work pressures
- Demonstrates ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Displays honesty and integrity, is aware of ethical dilemmas relating to practice within acute medicine, and respects confidentiality
Desirable
- Demonstrates expert clinical knowledge and skills
- Ability to identify and prioritise the delivery of clinical pharmacy services
- Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate therapeutic options in gastroenterology patients
- Demonstrates advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgement in practice
- Ability to influence senior pharmacy, nursing, medical, and other multidisciplinary staff including issues not directly related to clinical management
- Enhances the quality of patient care
- Demonstrable use of clinical audit to improve practice
- Demonstrates ability to achieve desired outcomes in the face of more diverse unavoidable pressures
Education & training skills
Essential
- Previous experience in delivering education and training within pharmacy
- Identifies and meets own training needs
Desirable
- Previous experience in delivering education and training in a multidisciplinary environment
- Ensures own training needs, and those of others are identified & met
Research & development skills
Essential
- Participation in pharmacy practice research and implements relevant findings
- Demonstrates awareness of research evidence in acute medicine
- Maintains a portfolio of practice
Desirable
- Participation in multidisciplinary health services research
- Integrates research evidence into practice
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).
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).
Employer details
Employer name
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
University College London Hospital
235 Euston Road
London
NW1 2BU
Employer's website
https://www.uclh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
