Job responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

You will also contribute to the delivery of educational and developmental programmers, including the Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice, and our rotational programme for band 7 clinical pharmacists.

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 - 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 third year in a row.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff To find out more, visit: Flexible working.

To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?

Qualifications, knowledge & competence

Essential

• Masters of Pharmacy degree or equivalent
• Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Minimum of five years' experience as a dedicated clinical pharmacist practitioner Substantial post-registration experience
• Experience of clinical service provision to acute surgical patients
• Postgraduate Diploma or MSc in General Pharmacy Practice or Clinical Pharmacy
• Registered Independent Prescriber
• Meets expected levels of practice as defined by others
• Maintains a broad knowledge of pharmacy practice

Desirable

• Delivery of clinical pharmacy services to acute surgical patients in the outpatient setting Experience of clinical service provision to level 2 and/or 3 patients
• Identifies best practice
• Undertaken leadership and/or management training courses

Management & leadership skills

Essential

• Understanding of Trust and pharmacy priorities
• Experience in co-ordinating the day-to-day practice activities of others
• Identifies and meets appropriate measures of service
• Ability to analyse and critically appraise clinical and operational data
• Ability to utilise email, word processing, presentation and spreadsheet software packages to support routine work activity
• Collates data regarding service provision
• Ability to evaluate quality of own work, and that of junior colleagues
• Demonstrates initiative
• Ability to work autonomously
• The ability to identify and manage risks

Desirable

• Implementation of strategies aimed at meeting Trust and pharmacy priorities
• Experience in management of others
• Identifies novel ways of working to enhance services
• Ability to utilise AI, data analysis tools, or other relevant applications to support and enhance work activity
• Evaluates service provision
• Identifies personal development needs, and those of junior colleagues
• Demonstrates innovation
• Delegates authority appropriately
• Ability to develop and implement risk management procedures

Clinical & interpersonal skills

Essential

• Demonstrates advanced clinical knowledge and skills
• The ability to identify and prioritise own clinical workload
• Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate therapeutic options
• Demonstrates experience of clinical reasoning and judgement in practice
• Ability to formulate suitable therapeutic solutions in areas of clinical uncertainty
• Ability to influence junior pharmacy, nursing, medical, and other multidisciplinary staff
• Maintains standards of patient care
• Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the principles of clinical governance
• Ability to identify and undertake clinical audit
• Demonstrates ability to achieve desired outcomes in the face of unavoidable work pressures
• Demonstrates ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Displays honesty and integrity, is aware of ethical dilemmas relating to practice within acute medicine, and respects confidentiality

Desirable

• Demonstrates expert clinical knowledge and skills
• Ability to identify and prioritise the delivery of clinical pharmacy services
• Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate therapeutic options in gastroenterology patients
• Demonstrates advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgement in practice
• Ability to influence senior pharmacy, nursing, medical, and other multidisciplinary staff including issues not directly related to clinical management
• Enhances the quality of patient care
• Demonstrable use of clinical audit to improve practice
• Demonstrates ability to achieve desired outcomes in the face of more diverse unavoidable pressures

Education & training skills

Essential

• Previous experience in delivering education and training within pharmacy
• Identifies and meets own training needs

Desirable

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

Research & development skills

Essential

• Participation in pharmacy practice research and implements relevant findings
• Demonstrates awareness of research evidence in acute medicine
• Maintains a portfolio of practice

Desirable

• Participation in multidisciplinary health services research
• Integrates research evidence into practice

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Job responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

UCLH, in partnership with University College London, has been designated one of the countrys five comprehensive biomedical research centres and there is an on-site early phase cancer clinical trials unit.

The UCLH Macmillan Cancer Centre opened in April 2012 and encompasses our busy outpatient clinics and daycare treatment facilities as well as our growing ambulatory chemotherapy practice.

The pharmacy cancer team is well integrated into the cancer directorate and provides a high-quality and progressive pharmacy service to cancer patients. Chemotherapy production services are delivered from a state of the art unit.

This is an exciting opportunity for a pharmacy technician to join our Cancer Pharmacy team. We are an integral part of the multidisciplinary team, and the technical service is fundamental to supporting the flow to ensure timely medicines reconciliation and patient discharges, whilst delivering a high-quality service.

For further information or to arrange an informal visit please contact Danielle Burgess ([email protected]) or 07483 682332

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 - 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 third year in a row.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff To find out more, visit: Flexible working.

To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?

Knowledge & Qualifications

Essential

• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• NVQ Pharmacy Services Level 3 plus an accredited underpinning knowledge (BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent) or equivalent
• Accredited to perform final accuracy check on clinically screened prescriptions or with suitable experience to work towards
• Accredited medicines management qualification or willing to work towards

Experience

Essential

• Significant hospital pharmacy practice experience
• London Pharmacy Education and Training - Technician Self Development Programme - Stage 2 or working towards or equivalent
• Previous evaluated experience of supervising staff and workload on a day-to-day basis
• Medicines Management experience at ward level
• Previous evaluated experience of participation in audit

Desirable

• Previous evaluated experience of recruitment and selection of staff
• Demonstrated experience of ability to appraise staff and set performance objectives

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Demonstrated ability to work to set procedures
• Demonstrated ability to train and assess others
• Demonstrated ability to solve more complex problems as indicated in the job description
• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure accurately and maintain high standards
• Demonstrated ability to motivate self and others
• Demonstrated ability to organise project work
• Demonstrated ability to communicate more complex information effectively using clear written and spoken English and overcome barriers to understanding
• Demonstrated ability to clearly and accurately complete complex routine and non-routine documentation
• Demonstrated complex pharmacy computer and IT skills including: Email, word processing, spreadsheets, accurate data entry
• Demonstrated ability to write SOPs

Desirable

• Demonstrated ability to plan, deliver, organise and review competency-based training assessment
• Demonstrated ability to organise an audit

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Willingness to learn
• Commitment to training
• Good oral and written communication skills

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Job responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.

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.

To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?

Professional Qualifications

Essential

• Eligible for full UK GMC Registration.
• Eligible for Inclusion on the GMC GP Register, OR at the time of interview within 3 months of expected date of CCT (Non-UK trained doctors must be on the GMC GP register by date of appointment)
• On Medical National Performers List

Desirable

• MRCGP
• Provide status in one or more life support courses (ALS, ATLS, APLS, PALS)

Clinical Experience

Essential

• Completion of, or within 3 months of completion of training as a General Practitioner
• Up-to-date on relevant national guidelines

Desirable

• Experience of working in an emergency department

Clinical Skills

Essential

• Ability to manage unselected patients with minor illness independently

Desirable

• Experience/training in streaming/triaging patients

Clinical Governance Management and IT Skills

Essential

• Knowledge of and involvement in Clinical Governance issues
• Experience of participation in audit projects
• Proficiency with relevant IT systems and good keyboard skills

Teaching and Research

Essential

• Record of teaching at any level

Desirable

• Peer reviewed publications
• Familiarity with research methodology

Leadership skills:

Essential

• -Experience if clinical leadership.

Communication

Essential

• -Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/negotiate.

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 is minimised by:

Essential

• Being familiar with, and adhering to Trust policies and guidance on infection prevention and control.
• Completing all required training and education (both via e-learning and face to face) on infection prevention and control.
• Including infection prevention and control as an integral part of your continuous personal/professional development and included in your annual appraisal
• Taking personal responsibility so far as is reasonably practicable, 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

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 - 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 third year in a row.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff To find out more, visit: Flexible working.

To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?

Knowledge and Qualifications

Essential

• Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold a current licence to practise
• MRCP(UK) or an equivalent qualification

Desirable

• PhD or MD or equivalent specialist training

Experience

Essential

• Clinical expertise in neurosurgery
• Strong clinical and personal credibility
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; adapts style depending on audience Conceptual and analytical skills

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Demonstrate an ability to perform the specific clinical procedures, drug manipulations and clinical advice relevant to the post, including management of clinical risk
• Can demonstrate that they have the skills to work within an interdisciplinary / multispecialty service
• Demonstrate an ability to identify and organise the specific clinical investigations and onward referrals relevant to the post
• Ability to lead the multidisciplinary team
• Evidence of leadership skills
• Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority
• Ability to work well as part of a team and to share and encourage good practice

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Treat patients as people, have the ability to empathise and work co-operatively with other
• Flexibility in time keeping ensuring duty of care to patients
• Sufficient to perform the duties of the post (using any aids and adaptations, when necessary)
• Drive and enthusiasm
• Highest ethical and professional standards
• Probity, display honesty, integrity, aware of ethical dilemmas and respect confidentiality

Teaching & Research

Essential

• Ability and commitment to teaching undergraduate and postgraduate doctors in training
• Proven ability and commitment to carry out high quality research, leading to publication in peer-reviewed journals
• Understanding of and proven ability to apply research findings in a clinical/organisational context
• Knowledge of Research ethics and committed to incorporating the highest standards of research governance
• Teaching on formal educational courses. Evidence of organisational ability e.g. organising and directing courses, educational programmes etc

Clinical Governance

Essential

• Evidence of having worked and being able to communicate within an Interdisciplinary / multispecialty service with appropriate levels of communication through direct discussions with team members, MDT meetings, and presentations to the team
• Involvement in and understanding of the Clinical Governance
• Experience of audit and willingness to institute audit exercises.

Communication

Essential

• Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English
• Ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate.

Responsibilities towards promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion

Essential

• Demonstratable understanding of the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).