Lead Clinical Pharmacist – Critical Care

at  University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking for a proactive and dynamic individual with the requisite knowledge, skills, experience, and expertise to maintain and further develop our high quality clinical pharmacy service to the Critical Care Division at UCLH.
You will be active in the field of critical care at a local, national and perhaps international level, and will have worked with colleagues around the country on projects designed to enhance the quality of critical care clinical pharmacy services.
You will have extensive skills in critical care therapeutics, making you the go-to person for medicines-related support on your units, and will also be confident in your leadership, taking others with you on a clearly defined direction to service improvement.
You will be capable in addressing governance challenges, including the development and introduction of guidelines, policies and procedures; incident, complaint and claim handling; and the monitoring and evaluation of services.
Your passion for education and research will be evident, and you will thrive on supporting others around you to reach and maintain their full potential. Your thirst for knowledge will drive you to work collaboratively with colleagues in formulating new programmes of research, and supporting the delivery of clinical trials within critical care.
You will be competent with data analysis, including the evaluation of financial reports, and will enjoy maximising the potential of digital health record and prescribing systems.
You will Lead on the provision of clinical pharmacy services to the Critical Care Division, including formulating and delivery of a strategy across all Trust critical care areas
You will act as an expert resource on the safe and effective use of medicines for the Critical Care Division
As an independent prescriber, you will optimise medication regimens, and apply your specialist pharmaceutical and therapeutic knowledge within the scope of your professional practice. You will also act as a Designated Prescribing Practitioner for others undertaking non-medical prescribing qualifications
You will lead on a range of medicines-related clinical governance functions for the Critical Care Division, and will identify and lead on quality improvement projects to enhance the safety, efficacy and/or efficiency of critical care services. You will also lead on audit,service evaluations, and research projects, including the implementation and monitoring of relevant clinical trials
You will lead on critical care medicines-related functionality and ongoing development of the UCLH implementation of Epic, the Trust’s digital health record system
You will provide and comment upon relevant evaluated financial data for medicines expenditure, income, and cost saving or avoidance initiatives
You will be a role model for junior staff, and support their learning and development, and support education initiatives for pharmacy and other multidisciplinary staff groups on relevant medicines-related matters
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 Medicin e
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.
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 the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
This vacancy has been advertised in accordance with the new NHS pay rate which will take effect from autumn 2024. Please note if your employment starts before the 24/25 pay scales are implemented you will be paid under the 23/24 pay scales and any backpay will be adjusted accordingly. Further information can be found at https://www.nhsemployers.org/articles/pay-scales-202425
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

Please refer the Job description for details