An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic pharmacist with excellent clinical and interpersonal skills to lead a high-quality clinical pharmacy service to Emergency Department (ED) and Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) at UCLH.

The ED at UCLH houses adult and paediatric services, a general practitioner (GP) led Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) and an Ambulatory Emergency Care Unit (AECU), whilst SDEC services support patient flow within Emergency services, and various admissions avoidance care pathways for adult patients and children and young people's (CYP).

The post holder will work as part of the Medicine and Emergency Services pharmacy team delivering comprehensive clinical pharmacy services to our Emergency Services and Medical Specialties Divisions.

This vacancy has been advertised in accordance with the new NHS pay rate which will take effect from autumn 2024. Please note if your employment starts before the 24/25 pay scales are implemented you will be paid under the 23/24 pay scales and any backpay will be adjusted accordingly. Further information can be found at https://www.nhsemployers.org/articles/pay-scales-202425

Main duties of the job

You will lead the day-to-day clinical pharmacy service to the UCLH SDEC, attending clinical rounds and liaising closely with multidisciplinary team (MDT). You will also attend relevant planning huddles and handover meetings.

You will use your independent prescribing skills to optimise medication regimens and prepare plans for discharge. You will support the MDT as a point of contact for staff and patients requiring information about their medicines in all care settings.

Through service evaluations and quality improvement projects, you will work to develop and enhance our existing systems and processes, particularly where safety, efficiency, and productivity can be improved through our Electronic Health Records System, Epic.

You will develop, implement and maintain clinical pathways that cross care boundaries, including those that involve complex and high cost drugs, liaising with colleagues in other organisations across North Central London (NCL), and in primary care. You will also support patients on admission avoidance or early discharge pathways that utilise virtual wards.

For further information or an informal discussion, please contact:

o Sejal Amin, Deputy Director of Clinical Pharmacy, via Microsoft Teams or email, oro Agnes Niemet, Lead Clinical Pharmacist for Emergency Services, via Microsoft Teams, email, or on 020 3456 7890 bleep 1111 (9.30am -5.00pm).

We value and promote inclusivity and diversity in the workplace.

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:

• 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.

Job description

Job 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

• 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

• Undertaken management training courses

Management & leadership skills

Essential

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

Desirable

• Identifies personal development needs, and those of junior colleagues

Clinical & interpersonal skills

Essential

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

Desirable

• Demonstrable use of clinical audit to improve practice

Education & training skills

Essential

• Previous experience of delivering educational material within pharmacy
• Identifies 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

• Research & development skills
• Demonstrates awareness of research evidence in neonatal care and women's health
• Maintains a portfolio of practice

Desirable

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

Employer details

Employer name

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

University College London Hospitals

235 Euston Road

London

NW1 2BU

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