Job summary
UCLPartners are looking for a capable and experienced
pharmacist or pharmacy technician to support Phase 2 of their outpatient
medicines provision transformation project, where you will be working with key
stake holders to understand medicines pathways across pharmacy &
health-care sectors.
Although the pandemic has been
challenging, it has also been a catalyst for change, particularly in the
transformation of outpatients management. Our ambition is to collaborate with partners
from the system to design integrated ways of working to overcome these
challenges. One of the aims of this strategy is to identify innovations in the
medicines pathway, from hospital doctors prescribing recommendations to
dispensing from community pharmacies and administration to patients.
The post holder will work closely with the Solutions and
Enterprise Teams at UCLPartners to improve the quality and safety of medicines
usage and pathways in this sector.
This is a part time role, 1-2 days/week as a 7-month secondment or fixed term contract (with potential of an extension).
Please apply for the role via our website at:
https://uclpartners.com/vacancy/clinical-lead-pharmacy-2/
Main duties of the job
Phase 2 will focus on the creation of a proof of concept to test the feasibility of transformation in outpatient medicines provision. Key responsibilities will include:
- Building relationships with key stakeholders, networks and
- Patient and pathway mapping: working with data capture leads at individual sites to map existing pathways and patient characteristics.
- Gathering intelligence - collate and analyse intelligence to inform plans for potential interventions.
- Identifying contractual & financial barriers to change at each site, including reimbursement mechanisms in place.
- Patient and public involvement and engagement to understand population and needs.
About us
We are a health innovation partnership. Our mission is to help five million people from North London to the Essex coast live longer, healthier lives. We solve the biggest health challenges through research and innovation, speeding up the delivery of solutions that improve health and care.
Please visit our website to find out more about us, our values and how we work.
https://uclpartners.com/
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key duties and responsibilities
Planning and stakeholder engagement
- Build relationships with key stake holders identified during phase one of the project.
- Identify provider sites to be considered for proof-of-concept development.
- Engagement with community pharmacy and exploration of barriers, e.g., financial and capacity constraints etc.
- Broader engagement with partners including the National Homecare Medicines Committee (NHMC), devolved nations, sites piloting new models of provision.
Patient and pathway mapping:You will work with data capture leads at individual sites to map the existing pathways for specialist complex medicines, as well as patients receiving homecare services on each pathway. As part of this process you will identify:
- Medicines delivered via homecare at each provider site, as well as the size and characteristics of the patient population for each group.
- Homecare services required (low/mid/high tech) considering storage, training & administration needs etc.
- Contractual & financial barriers to change at each site, including reimbursement mechanisms in place.
- IT and prescribing systems in place and what would be needed to support a change in pathway delivery, i.e., dispensing through community pharmacy.
- Capability and capacity of community pharmacy to support an intervention.
Insight collation and proof of concept development, to include:- Analysis of data collected during mapping phase.
- Patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) interviews/ focus groups for each pathway to understand population and needs.
- Engagement with relevant homecare companies via LPP and NHMC to understand options available.
- Assessment of pros/cons of intervention on each pathway.
- Development of a proof of concept to test the feasibility and viability of an intervention.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key duties and responsibilities
Planning and stakeholder engagement
- Build relationships with key stake holders identified during phase one of the project.
- Identify provider sites to be considered for proof-of-concept development.
- Engagement with community pharmacy and exploration of barriers, e.g., financial and capacity constraints etc.
- Broader engagement with partners including the National Homecare Medicines Committee (NHMC), devolved nations, sites piloting new models of provision.
Patient and pathway mapping:You will work with data capture leads at individual sites to map the existing pathways for specialist complex medicines, as well as patients receiving homecare services on each pathway. As part of this process you will identify:
- Medicines delivered via homecare at each provider site, as well as the size and characteristics of the patient population for each group.
- Homecare services required (low/mid/high tech) considering storage, training & administration needs etc.
- Contractual & financial barriers to change at each site, including reimbursement mechanisms in place.
- IT and prescribing systems in place and what would be needed to support a change in pathway delivery, i.e., dispensing through community pharmacy.
- Capability and capacity of community pharmacy to support an intervention.
Insight collation and proof of concept development, to include:- Analysis of data collected during mapping phase.
- Patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) interviews/ focus groups for each pathway to understand population and needs.
- Engagement with relevant homecare companies via LPP and NHMC to understand options available.
- Assessment of pros/cons of intervention on each pathway.
- Development of a proof of concept to test the feasibility and viability of an intervention.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- You
- Qualification as a pharmacist or pharmacy technician with current professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Experience working as either a pharmacist or technician.
- Experience of managing teams and working on large-scale projects
- Knowledge of UK healthcare system and NHS changes
- Data literate including the ability to synthesise complex data into reports for a variety of audiences.
- Evidence of having written, supervised, conducted, and implemented the outcomes of clinical audit, improvement projects and/or research.
- Experience of leading on implementation of a national development or change in pharmacy practice.
- Experience of working within a regional or national groups to implement new or changed guidance.
- Able to negotiate with and influence senior medical, nursing and pharmacy colleagues, multidisciplinary teams, and management.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- You
- Qualification as a pharmacist or pharmacy technician with current professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Experience working as either a pharmacist or technician.
- Experience of managing teams and working on large-scale projects
- Knowledge of UK healthcare system and NHS changes
- Data literate including the ability to synthesise complex data into reports for a variety of audiences.
- Evidence of having written, supervised, conducted, and implemented the outcomes of clinical audit, improvement projects and/or research.
- Experience of leading on implementation of a national development or change in pharmacy practice.
- Experience of working within a regional or national groups to implement new or changed guidance.
- Able to negotiate with and influence senior medical, nursing and pharmacy colleagues, multidisciplinary teams, and management.
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
