Senior Clinical Pharmacist – Virtual Wards/Integrated Care Operations

at  University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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:
UCLH@Home, which provides a home nursing service to enable safe transfer home for patients under the management of a UCLH Consultant.
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.
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.
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
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.
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