Job summary
UCLH is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population from the local area and throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. The Trust mission is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education and world-class research across seven hospitals. As a leading centre for both clinical practice and research, the Trust is involved in the treatment of a number of specialist conditions as well hosting a high volume of clinical trials.
The Formulary & Medicines Management (FMM) consists of senior pharmacists who lead on co-ordination of the business of the Trust's Drug and Therapeutic Committee (locally referred to as Use of Medicines Committee (UMC)). The FMM team also work collaboratively with the Integrated Care System within North Central London (NCL) via the regional Joint Formulary Committee (JFC). The UMC works collaboratively with the JFC via a hub-and-spoke model.
We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic pharmacist, with the potential to perform at a high level, to join theFMM team for a 1-year fixed term.
We will provide you with a supportive, integrated and growing pharmacy team committed to delivering top quality patient care. You will have access to further educational opportunities and senior clinicians within Pharmacy and other disciplines who can provide mentorship and aid professional development.
Main duties of the job
The Senior Pharmacist for Medicines Information & Governance will be part of the FMM team, supporting the growing number and complexity of applications being reviewed by the UMC for new treatments including those for rare and refractory diseases, as well as contributing towards the wider medicines optimisation agenda being delivered across NCL. The post-holder will support speciality teams with the application process, review individual patient requests, support clinical audits on the use of medicines and maintain a database of local implementation of regional and nationally approved treatments.
The Senior Pharmacist for Research & Medicines Optimisation will also lead the Medicines Information (MI) service. The UCLH MI service provides a helpline on all aspects of medicines and related therapies to all UCLH patients and staff, using an extensive range of sources, which are regularly updated to provide the most up to date information available. The MI department also closely supports the Trust clinical governance, medicines management and patient safety agenda as well as working with other MI departments regionally and nationally.
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:
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University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
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National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
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Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
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University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
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Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
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University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
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The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
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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.
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
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
- Completion of an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy, registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy or satisfactory evidence of equivalent competence as demonstrated in a practice portfolio of evidence
- Demonstrates a broad knowledge of pharmacy practice
Desirable
- Higher degree (PhD or research MSc)
- Advanced practitioner as defined by the Advanced and Consultant Level Framework (ACLF)
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable evidence of competence in general clinical practice, including medical specialities and surgery
- Demonstrable evidence of evaluation of service provision and ability to actively improve services provided
- Ensures own training needs, and those of others are identified & met
Desirable
- Specialist clinical pharmacy expertise and experience
- Prior experience working at a senior level within / leading a Medicines Information service
- Prior experience in preparing critical evaluation reports for a DTC (or equivalent)
- Experience of advanced analyses e.g. using statistical packages or coding experience novation
- Actively seeks novel opportunities to meet training needs, and evaluates the training provided
- Demonstrates innovation
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Demonstrates ability to critically appraise, clinical reasoning and judgement skills
- Ability to identify and prioritise own clinical workload
- Ability to evaluate quality of own work and identify personal development needs
- Demonstrates initiative and ability to work autonomously
- Ability to utilise email and word processing software packages to support routine work activity
- Demonstrates expert relevant knowledge and skills in relevant areas of practice
- Ability to identify and prioritise the delivery of pharmacy services
- Demonstrates advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgement in pharmacy practice
- Demonstrates an intuitive grasp of situations based on deep tacit understanding
- Demonstrated ability to work to high standards of accuracy and precision
- Enhances the quality of patient care and demonstrates a whole-system patient-focussed approach
- Experience in contributing to audits and responding to findings from such audits
- Experience in contributing to data generation and publication of original research
- Integrates research evidence into practice
- Maintains a portfolio of practice
Desirable
- Ability to utilise database and other software packages in order to enhance work efficiency and to generate solutions to complex problems
- Ability to prioritise future developments to meet service needs
- Experience in critically appraising new medication applications
- Experience in leading on audits and service evaluations, and quality improvement projects, responding to findings and implementing solutions
- Experience in leading on data generation and publication of original research
Communication
Essential
- Previous experience in delivering education and training at a postgraduate level
- Ability to communicate in a verbal or written manner with patients, pharmacists, nursing, medical and other multidisciplinary staff
- Ability to manage difficult and ambiguous problems where little information is available
- Ability to influence senior pharmacy, nursing, medical, and other multidisciplinary staff including
- Demonstrates ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Desirable
- Previous experience in delivering education and training at a postgraduate level
- Ability to influence practice at a Divisional or Trust level
Personal and People Development
Essential
- Demonstrable service management and leadership experience including working as part of a senior multidisciplinary team
- Experience in supervising others including assessing and appraising staff
- Experience of working successfully with all levels of medical, nursing, pharmacy, R&D and pharmaceutical industry staff
Desirable
- Formal management / leadership qualification (or equivalent experience)
Responsibilities towards promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion
Essential
- Demonstratable understanding of the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and/or Knowledge of the NHS obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duties
Ensure the risk of infection to self, colleagues, patients, relatives and visitors
Essential
- Adheres to Trust/National policies and guidance on infection prevention and control
- Keeps up to date with all required training and education on infection prevention and control.
- Includes infection prevention and control as an integral part of continuous personal/professional development
- Takes personal responsibility in helping ensure that effective prevention and control of health care associated infections is embedded into everyday practice and applied consistently.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
- Completion of an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy, registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy or satisfactory evidence of equivalent competence as demonstrated in a practice portfolio of evidence
- Demonstrates a broad knowledge of pharmacy practice
Desirable
- Higher degree (PhD or research MSc)
- Advanced practitioner as defined by the Advanced and Consultant Level Framework (ACLF)
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable evidence of competence in general clinical practice, including medical specialities and surgery
- Demonstrable evidence of evaluation of service provision and ability to actively improve services provided
- Ensures own training needs, and those of others are identified & met
Desirable
- Specialist clinical pharmacy expertise and experience
- Prior experience working at a senior level within / leading a Medicines Information service
- Prior experience in preparing critical evaluation reports for a DTC (or equivalent)
- Experience of advanced analyses e.g. using statistical packages or coding experience novation
- Actively seeks novel opportunities to meet training needs, and evaluates the training provided
- Demonstrates innovation
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Demonstrates ability to critically appraise, clinical reasoning and judgement skills
- Ability to identify and prioritise own clinical workload
- Ability to evaluate quality of own work and identify personal development needs
- Demonstrates initiative and ability to work autonomously
- Ability to utilise email and word processing software packages to support routine work activity
- Demonstrates expert relevant knowledge and skills in relevant areas of practice
- Ability to identify and prioritise the delivery of pharmacy services
- Demonstrates advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgement in pharmacy practice
- Demonstrates an intuitive grasp of situations based on deep tacit understanding
- Demonstrated ability to work to high standards of accuracy and precision
- Enhances the quality of patient care and demonstrates a whole-system patient-focussed approach
- Experience in contributing to audits and responding to findings from such audits
- Experience in contributing to data generation and publication of original research
- Integrates research evidence into practice
- Maintains a portfolio of practice
Desirable
- Ability to utilise database and other software packages in order to enhance work efficiency and to generate solutions to complex problems
- Ability to prioritise future developments to meet service needs
- Experience in critically appraising new medication applications
- Experience in leading on audits and service evaluations, and quality improvement projects, responding to findings and implementing solutions
- Experience in leading on data generation and publication of original research
Communication
Essential
- Previous experience in delivering education and training at a postgraduate level
- Ability to communicate in a verbal or written manner with patients, pharmacists, nursing, medical and other multidisciplinary staff
- Ability to manage difficult and ambiguous problems where little information is available
- Ability to influence senior pharmacy, nursing, medical, and other multidisciplinary staff including
- Demonstrates ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Desirable
- Previous experience in delivering education and training at a postgraduate level
- Ability to influence practice at a Divisional or Trust level
Personal and People Development
Essential
- Demonstrable service management and leadership experience including working as part of a senior multidisciplinary team
- Experience in supervising others including assessing and appraising staff
- Experience of working successfully with all levels of medical, nursing, pharmacy, R&D and pharmaceutical industry staff
Desirable
- Formal management / leadership qualification (or equivalent experience)
Responsibilities towards promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion
Essential
- Demonstratable understanding of the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and/or Knowledge of the NHS obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duties
Ensure the risk of infection to self, colleagues, patients, relatives and visitors
Essential
- Adheres to Trust/National policies and guidance on infection prevention and control
- Keeps up to date with all required training and education on infection prevention and control.
- Includes infection prevention and control as an integral part of continuous personal/professional development
- Takes personal responsibility in helping ensure that effective prevention and control of health care associated infections is embedded into everyday practice and applied consistently.
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).
