Job summary
A new and exciting opportunity has arisen to join the patient services and the Homecare and Procurement teams on a rotational basis.
We are looking for enthusiastic individuals with excellent organisational skills and with a desire to provide a high quality, safe, effective and efficient service to our patients.
Main duties of the job
Key responsibilities will be:
The post holder will develop through exposure during one-year rotations through:
- Patient Services on the UCH main site
- Patient Services on the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery site, where the post-holder will support the principal pharmacist for Queen Square to deliver and develop high quality patient services care to inpatients and outpatients. This role includes the provision of specialist clinical pharmacy screening for neurology patients.
- Homecare and Procurement, where the post-holder will support the clinical lead for medicines homecare and procurement with the following:
- Ensuring that medicines homecare schemes are set-up and run in line with all professional and clinical standards
- To provide; to monitor performance of homecare providers and the Trust in line with the Trust Medicines Homecare policy.
- To support clinical teams in the adoption of medicines Homecare schemes;
- To lead on clinical incidents and complaints related to Homecare.
- To work with the medicines procurement and relevant clinical/medicines management colleagues to ensure appropriate clinical input into medicines procurement decisions including the management of medicines shortages and switches.
- The post-holder will also spend 20% of their time providing clinical support to Homecare activitie
The post holder will be based between UCLH hospital sites, NHNN and B&D Centre at Brewery Road
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.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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.
For more information regarding the main responsibilities of the role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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.
For more information regarding the main responsibilities of the role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
- Completion of an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy and registration with the GPHC
- Demonstrable evidence Postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy, or satisfactory evidence of equivalent competence, as demonstrated within a practice portfolio Applicants undertaking the JPB Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice will be expected to have completed at least two FS2s
Experience
Essential
- Prior experience in hospital pharmacy
- Demonstrable evidence of competence in general clinical practice including medicine and surgery
- Meets expected levels of practice as defined by others
Desirable
- Identifies areas for practice improvement
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Understands pharmacy priorities
- Demonstrates ability to meet service targets
- Ability to utilise email and word processing software packages to support routine work activity
- Collects data regarding service provision
- Demonstrates initiative
- Identifies own training needs
- Demonstrates general clinical knowledge and skills
- Ability to identify and prioritise own clinical workload
- Identifies appropriate therapeutic options
- Demonstrable clinical reasoning and judgement skills
- Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the principles of clinical governance
- Demonstrable participation in clinical audit
- Demonstrates ability to work as part of a multi- disciplinary team
- Implements the findings of pharmacy practice research
- Demonstrates awareness of how research evidence is produced and distributed
- Demonstrated ability to work under pressure
- The ability to manage identified risks
Desirable
- Understanding of Trust priorities
- Identifies appropriate measures of service
- Ability to utilise presentation, spreadsheet and database
- Reports on data regarding service provision
- Meets own training needs
- Demonstrates agility
- Demonstrates advanced clinical knowledge and skills
- Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate therapeutic options
- Demonstrates experience of clinical reasoning and judgement in practice
- Ability to identify and undertake clinical audit
- Participation in pharmacy practice research and implements relevant findings
- Demonstrates awareness of research evidence in clinical practice
- The ability to identify and manage risks
Communication
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to lead and to work effectively as part of a team
- Able to communicate complex, contentious and sensitive information effectively when using clear written and spoken English.
- Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues at all levels both within and beyond pharmacy and the trust.
- Leads by example, promoting the highest standards of personal and professional conduct, integrity and probity.
Personal and People Development
Essential
- Awareness of the needs of confidentiality
- Demonstrated ability to manage load handling issues and ensure manual handling risk assessments for all activities within production
Specific Requirements
Desirable
- Demonstrated ability to undertake validated aseptic manipulation requiring fine and accurate motor skills and concentration
- Ability to work at a laminar flow cabinet or isolator for periods of the working time.
Communication
Essential
- Ability to communicate in a verbal or written manner with patients, junior pharmacy, nursing, medical, and other multidisciplinary staff
- Displays honesty and integrity, is aware of ethical dilemmas relating to medicines use, and respects confidentiality
Desirable
- Ability to influence junior pharmacy, nursing, medical, and other multidisciplinary staff
Personal and People Development
Essential
- Previous experience of delivering educational material to junior colleagues
- Able to organise own workload
Desirable
- Previous experience in delivering education and training within pharmacy
- Experience in co-ordinating day to day practice activities of others
Specific Requirements
Essential
- The postholder will be required to participate in the on-call, bank holiday and extended working day rota
Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
- Completion of an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy and registration with the GPHC
- Demonstrable evidence Postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy, or satisfactory evidence of equivalent competence, as demonstrated within a practice portfolio Applicants undertaking the JPB Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice will be expected to have completed at least two FS2s
Experience
Essential
- Prior experience in hospital pharmacy
- Demonstrable evidence of competence in general clinical practice including medicine and surgery
- Meets expected levels of practice as defined by others
Desirable
- Identifies areas for practice improvement
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Understands pharmacy priorities
- Demonstrates ability to meet service targets
- Ability to utilise email and word processing software packages to support routine work activity
- Collects data regarding service provision
- Demonstrates initiative
- Identifies own training needs
- Demonstrates general clinical knowledge and skills
- Ability to identify and prioritise own clinical workload
- Identifies appropriate therapeutic options
- Demonstrable clinical reasoning and judgement skills
- Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the principles of clinical governance
- Demonstrable participation in clinical audit
- Demonstrates ability to work as part of a multi- disciplinary team
- Implements the findings of pharmacy practice research
- Demonstrates awareness of how research evidence is produced and distributed
- Demonstrated ability to work under pressure
- The ability to manage identified risks
Desirable
- Understanding of Trust priorities
- Identifies appropriate measures of service
- Ability to utilise presentation, spreadsheet and database
- Reports on data regarding service provision
- Meets own training needs
- Demonstrates agility
- Demonstrates advanced clinical knowledge and skills
- Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate therapeutic options
- Demonstrates experience of clinical reasoning and judgement in practice
- Ability to identify and undertake clinical audit
- Participation in pharmacy practice research and implements relevant findings
- Demonstrates awareness of research evidence in clinical practice
- The ability to identify and manage risks
Communication
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to lead and to work effectively as part of a team
- Able to communicate complex, contentious and sensitive information effectively when using clear written and spoken English.
- Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues at all levels both within and beyond pharmacy and the trust.
- Leads by example, promoting the highest standards of personal and professional conduct, integrity and probity.
Personal and People Development
Essential
- Awareness of the needs of confidentiality
- Demonstrated ability to manage load handling issues and ensure manual handling risk assessments for all activities within production
Specific Requirements
Desirable
- Demonstrated ability to undertake validated aseptic manipulation requiring fine and accurate motor skills and concentration
- Ability to work at a laminar flow cabinet or isolator for periods of the working time.
Communication
Essential
- Ability to communicate in a verbal or written manner with patients, junior pharmacy, nursing, medical, and other multidisciplinary staff
- Displays honesty and integrity, is aware of ethical dilemmas relating to medicines use, and respects confidentiality
Desirable
- Ability to influence junior pharmacy, nursing, medical, and other multidisciplinary staff
Personal and People Development
Essential
- Previous experience of delivering educational material to junior colleagues
- Able to organise own workload
Desirable
- Previous experience in delivering education and training within pharmacy
- Experience in co-ordinating day to day practice activities of others
Specific Requirements
Essential
- The postholder will be required to participate in the on-call, bank holiday and extended working day rota
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
