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

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

• Demonstrates innovation

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

Employer details

Employer name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Thomas Hospital

Westminster Bridge Road

London

SE1 9RT

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