This is a North Central London Integrated Care System (NCL ICS) role, hosted by UCLH.

We are looking for a proactive and dynamic individual with the requisite knowledge, skills, experience, and expertise to join the North Central London IPMO (Integrated Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation) team.

The North Central London Integrated Care System (NCL ICS) is the collective of all NHS Provider organisations within NCL working together with the local councils, Integrated Care Board (ICB), Primary Care Networks, community pharmacies, care homes and the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector to form a health and social care partnership.

The NCL Medicines Optimisation Network (MON) supports the ICS in the safe, effective and economical use of medicines. Two principal cross-sector committees sit within the network the Joint Formulary Committee (JFC) and Medicines Optimisation Board (MOB). JFC and MOB focus on promoting evidence-based medicine and providing the right care, at the right time and place, specifically related to medicines and/or pharmacy services, to help ensure best outcomes and use of resources in NCL. The NCL Shared Care Group coordinates the development of shared care guidelines and fact sheets to support the seamless transition of medicines at the interface.

Further information can be found via the NCL ICS Medicines Optimisation website:https://nclhealthandcare.org.uk/our-working-areas/medicines-optimisation/

Main duties of the job

• To lead the delivery of projects relating to medicines efficiency & pharmacy transformation, in particular those projects relating to the Provider System Efficiency Plan (SEP).

• To support the Director, IPMO Programme Team, in managing the medicines SEP from idea to delivery, escalation and reporting processes from Board to operational teams, as well as the monitoring and reporting of key metrics.

• To support the Director, IPMO Programme Team, and ICS Chief Pharmacist in leading pharmacy integration, as NCL establishes itself an Integrated Care System.

• To support the NCL Medicines Optimisation Board (and its subcommittees), in delivering its vision to improve the health and wellbeing of people living in NCL, through the best use of medicines and pharmacy.

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.

The NCL IPMO Programme Team are hosted by University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on behalf of NCL stakeholders. The offices are based at 250 Euston Road, London. The role will require a combination of hybrid working and may require travel with NCL.

Joint Formulary Committee

• Support the Principal Pharmacist to provide secretariat support to the Committee and manage the annual workplan.

• Undertake critical appraisal of new medicine applications, using published literature and data sources to assess efficacy, safety, place in therapy, unmet clinical need, patient convenience, budget impact and operational impact.

• Present evaluations and projects to Committee members

• Communicate outcomes to applicants and stakeholders.

• Maintain the NCL Joint Formulary website and the content of the NCL ICS Medicines Optimisation website

Shared Care Group

• Provide secretariat support to the NCL Shared Care Group

• Coordinate and support the development and review of Shared Care Guidelines, Fact Sheets and the NCL Red List

Evaluation and Research

• Contribute to NCL research and audit activity including publication of research and/or improvement initiatives.

Education and training

• Promote and provide training on critical appraisal skills and to support the adoption of the formulary, new guidelines or pathways into routine clinical practice.

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

Knowledge & Qualifications

Essential

• Registration as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Master's Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
• Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or General Pharmacy Practice or equivalent experience
• Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) membership
• Project management skills
• Critical appraisal training and analytical skills
• National policy and commissioning awareness

Desirable

• Higher degree (PhD or research MSc)
• Advanced practitioner as defined by the Advanced and Consultant Level Framework (ACLF)
• RPS Faculty Membership
• Quality improvement qualification Project management qualification, e.g. Agile or PRINCE2 Change management qualification

Experience

Essential

• Broad clinical pharmacy expertise and experience as a hospital pharmacy practitioner
• Experience of working as a formulary pharmacist & /or medicines information pharmacy
• Demonstrable and successful service leadership experience working at a senior level and as part of a senior multidisciplinary team
• Demonstrable experience of working relationships across sectors of the Pharmacy service
• Experience of budget management and detailed knowledge of NHS medicines funding and reimbursement models.
• Experience in creating policies for application in both general and specialist practice

Desirable

• Specialist clinical pharmacy expertise and experience
• Experience of primary care pharmacy and a commissioning sector.
• Formal management/leadership qualification (or equivalent experience)

Management & leadership skills

Essential

• Experience in development and implementation of strategies aimed at meeting Trust / ICS priorities
• Demonstrable evidence of evaluation of service provision and track record of actively improving services
• Successful experience of team development, leading and management of others (including assessing and appraising staff), providing supervision and training as required
• Ability to identify and prioritise the delivery of pharmacy services and identifies novel ways of working to enhance services.
• Ability to analyse and critically appraise clinical and operational data
• Ability to utilise email, word processing, presentation and spreadsheet software packages in order to enhance work efficiency and to generate solutions to complex problems
• Confidence to confirm and challenge information and explanations supplied by others, who may be experts in their field
• Demonstrates innovation
• Delegates authority appropriately
• Demonstrate evidence of medication risk management and application of risk reduction strategies and ability to develop and implement risk management procedures.

Desirable

• Ability to reconcile national priorities with local realities
• Identifies a vision for the delivery of service and ability to prioritise future developments to meet service needs
• Ability to utilise database and other software packages in order to enhance work efficiency and to generate solutions to complex problems
• Ability to develop and implement risk management procedures at a divisional or Trust wide level

Clinical & interpersonal skills

Essential

• Ability to analyse, interpret and communicate specialist information relating to medicines, treatments, and supply/production issues in situations where information is lacking and medical or other opinion differs
• Demonstrates advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgement in pharmacy practice
• Ability to manage difficult and ambiguous problems where little information is available
• Demonstrate an intuitive grasp of situations based on deep tacit understanding
• Ability to negotiate and influence senior pharmacy, nursing, medical, and other multidisciplinary staff
• Enhances the quality of patient care and demonstrates a whole-system patient-focussed approach
• Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the principles of clinical governance
• Demonstrates ability to achieve desired outcomes and co-ordinate services in the face of diverse unavoidable pressures
• Demonstrates ability to implement policy and service developments in a responsible, safe and effective manner
• Demonstrates ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Displays honesty and integrity, is aware of ethical dilemmas relating to practice, and respects confidentiality

Desirable

• Recognised as a national and/or international expert practitioner
• Ability to influence at a Divisional or Trust and ICS level

Education & training skills

Essential

• Previous experience in delivering education and training at a postgraduate level
• Ensures own training needs, and those of others are identified & met

Desirable

• Previous experience in co-ordinating education and training programmes at a post graduate level
• Actively seeks novel opportunities to meet training needs, and evaluates the training provided

Research & development skills

Essential

• Participation in multidisciplinary health services research
• Integrates research evidence into practice
• Leads clinical audit and demonstrable evidence of use of clinical audit to improve practice

Desirable

• Planning and co-ordination of multi-disciplinary health care research
• Undertakes own research Research publications

Employer details

Employer name

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

University College London Hospital

250 Euston Road

London

NW1 2PG

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