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Job overview
A new and exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic pharmacist with excellent clinical and interpersonal skills to lead and deliver a high-quality service to the Integrated Care Operations (ICO) service at University College London Hospital (UCLH).
The ICO oversees a range of services focused around safe and efficient transfers of care. These include:
1. UCLH@Home, which provides a home nursing service to enable safe transfer home for patients under the management of a UCLH Consultant.
2. The Integrated Discharge Service (IDS), which in close collaboration with North Central London (NCL) Integrated Care Services, provides an Admission Avoidance service to the Emergency Department through pathways such as Camden and Islington Virtual Wards and other more bespoke services including the Camden Adult Pathway partnership (CAPP), a Homeless Intermediate Care service and a Rough Sleeper Nurse working with the Camden Street teams.
The post holder will work as part of the Medicine and Emergency Services pharmacy team to deliver pharmacy services and safe transfer of care between the ICO and other NCL Integrated Discharge Services.
Main duties of the job
Duties will include co-ordination of and participation in the day-to-day clinical pharmacy service to the ICO services team and attendance at relevant huddles and handover meetings. You will also work with the ICO services team on projects to develop, implement, maintain and improve new services.
You will use your independent prescribing skills to optimise medication regimens in preparation for discharge and act as a point of contact for staff and patients with queries relating to their medicines.
As part of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) you will contribute to audits, service development and quality improvement projects to existing systems and processes.
Additional management and leadership responsibilities for the ICO and ESD will include governance, medicines expenditure analysis and reporting, audits, and service evaluation, and MDT education and training.
Within the pharmacy department, you will contribute to local and national pharmacy specific initiatives, support the delivery of educational and developmental programmes.
Person specification
Qualifications, knowledge & competence
Essential criteria
1. Masters of Pharmacy degree or equivalent
2. Full registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
3. Minimum of three years' experience as a dedicated clinical pharmacist practitioner
4. Six years post-registration with the GPhC
5. Diploma or MSc in Clinical Pharmacy
6. Independent prescriber registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable criteria
1. Undertaken management training courses
Management & leadership skills
Essential criteria
1. Able to evaluate quality of own work, and that of junior colleagues
Desirable criteria
1. Identifies personal development needs, and those of junior colleagues
Clinical & interpersonal skills
Essential criteria
1. Able to identify and undertake clinical audit and quality improvement projects
Desirable criteria
1. Demonstrable use of clinical audit to improve practice
Education & training skills
Essential criteria
1. Previous experience of delivering educational material within pharmacy
2. Identifies own training needs
Desirable criteria
1. Previous experience in delivering education and training in a multidisciplinary environment
2. Ensures own training needs, and those of others are identified & met
Research & development skills
Essential criteria
1. Participation in pharmacy practice research and implements relevant findings
2. Demonstrates awareness of research evidence in neonatal care and women's health
3. Maintains a portfolio of practice
Desirable criteria
1. Participation in multidisciplinary health services research
2. Integrates research evidence into practice
At UCLH, we have a real 'One Team' ethos, and our values - safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work.
UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff and has a dedicated policy which allows staff to apply for flexible working right from the beginning of employment.
This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.
Please note that all correspondence regarding your application will be via email. The emails will be sent to you via TRAC.jobs and not via NHS Jobs, we encourage you to check your inbox regularly.
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