Senior Clinical Pharmacist - Virtual Wards/Integrated Care Operations

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Job overview

A new and exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic pharmacist with excellent clinical and interpersonal skills to lead and deliver a high-quality service to the Integrated Care Operations (ICO) service at University College London Hospital (UCLH).

The ICO oversees a range of services focused around safe and efficient transfers of care. These include:

UCLH@Home, which provides a home nursing service to enable safe transfer home for patients under the management of a UCLH Consultant.

The Integrated Discharge Service (IDS), which in close collaboration with North Central London (NCL) Integrated Care Services, provides an Admission Avoidance service to the Emergency Department through pathways such as Camden and Islington Virtual Wards and other more bespoke services including the Camden Adult Pathway partnership (CAPP), a Homeless Intermediate Care service and a Rough Sleeper Nurse working with the Camden Street teams.

The post holder will work as part of the Medicine and Emergency Services pharmacy team to deliver pharmacy services and safe transfer of care between the ICO and other NCL Integrated Discharge Services.

Main duties of the job

Duties will include co-ordination of and participation in the day-to-day clinical pharmacy service to the ICO services team and attendance at relevant huddles and handover meetings. You will also work with the ICO services team on projects to develop, implement, maintain and improve new services.

You will use your independent prescribing skills to optimise medication regimens in preparation for discharge and act as a point of contact for staff and patients with queries relating to their medicines.

As part of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) you will contribute to audits, service development and quality improvement projects to existing systems and processes.

Additional management and leadership responsibilities for the ICO and ESD will include governance, medicines expenditure analysis and reporting, audits, and service evaluation, and MDT education and training.

Within the pharmacy department, you will contribute to local and national pharmacy specific initiatives, support the delivery of educational and developmental programmes.

Working for our organisation

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:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)

• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals

• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building

• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine

• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre

• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases

• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

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 - for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

*In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH 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 second year in a row.

UCLH top trust to work at in England - for the second year running! University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.

Person specification

Qualifications, knowledge & competence

Essential criteria

• Masters of Pharmacy degree or equivalent
• Full registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Minimum of three years' experience as a dedicated clinical pharmacist practitioner Substantial post-registration experience
• Six years post-registration with the GPhC
• Diploma or MSc in Clinical Pharmacy
• Independent prescriber registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Desirable criteria

• Undertaken management training courses

Management & leadership skills

Essential criteria

• Able to evaluate quality of own work, and that of junior colleagues

Desirable criteria

• Identifies personal development needs, and those of junior colleagues

Clinical & interpersonal skills

Essential criteria

• Able to identify and undertake clinical audit and quality improvement projects

Desirable criteria

• Demonstrable use of clinical audit to improve practice

Education & training skills

Essential criteria

• Previous experience of delivering educational material within pharmacy
• Identifies own training needs

Desirable criteria

• 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 criteria

• Participation in pharmacy practice research and implements relevant findings
• Demonstrates awareness of research evidence in neonatal care and women's health
• Maintains a portfolio of practice

Desirable criteria

• Participation in multidisciplinary health services research
• Integrates research evidence into practice

At UCLH, we have a real 'One Team' ethos, and our values - safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.

At UCLH we take equality of opportunity seriously and are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer, with a culture that creates a real sense of belonging and trust. It is our fundamental aim, to recruit, retain and promote a diverse mix of people who are representative of our local communities. Applications are encouraged from candidates of all backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives to support our world class research, innovation and creativity.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff and has a dedicated policy which allows staff to apply for flexible working right from the beginning of employment. For more information please go to: https://www.uclh.nhs.uk/work-with-us/why-choose-uclh/flexible-working.

We offer our permanent staff an interest free season ticket loan for travel, all our staff have access to free independent and confidential support, large retail discounts, a staff discount platform, cycle to work scheme and on-site accommodation to name a few.

Additionally, UCLH Arts and Heritage's staff wellbeing programme, Creative Comfort, offers a variety of ways to engage with the arts as a member of UCLH staff. You can try out the weekly choir, weekly art club and join the Culture Club for exclusive access to free and discounted tickets for opera, exhibitions, theatre and more.

We recognise, reward and thank colleagues by nominating them for our annual Celebrating Excellence Awards, which are funded by UCLH Charity.

We are also members of www.mytrustbenefits.co.uk/ which offers discounts on high street retail stores, offers on travel deals, and also to take advantage of cash back schemes.

This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.

Please note that all correspondence regarding your application will be via email. The emails will be sent to you via TRAC.jobs and not via NHS Jobs, we encourage you to check your inbox regularly.

Please note that if you are at present in a training position on the 2016 new junior doctor's contract and are applying for a Trust doctor role your salary will not be pay protected.

You will be placed on the appropriate point of the Trust Doctor pay scale based on your previous experience.

Please note that if you have not heard from us within 3 weeks of the closing date of the advert to assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.

The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 720.3KB)
• Functional Requirements (PDF, 262.3KB)
• UCLH Values (PDF, 860.9KB)