Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for more information on working at The Royal Free London.

World Class Values

Essential

• Demonstrates ability to meet Trust values

Education & Professional Qualifications

Essential

• MPharm or equivalent
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Post graduate diploma in pharmacy practice or equivalent
• Non-medical prescriber

Desirable

• Advanced qualification in specialist area
• Member of RPS

Experience

Essential

• Significant demonstrable experience of working in hospital based pharmacy, and significant experience as a specialist clinical pharmacist and some experience of working withing medicine/medical specialties
• Experience working with high cost drugs and commissioning processes
• Experience working as a Band 7/8a hospital pharmacist
• Experience of managing & leading staff and projects
• Experience of managing change and leading service developments
• Experience of managing and analysing drug expenditure
• Experience of writing / implementing clinical guidelines and government directives
• Experience of multidisciplinary working
• Evidence of clinical audit/drug evaluation/practice research and the promotion of evidence based practice
• Experience of appraising staff and giving feedback
• Experience in delivering education and training
• Experience as a clinical pharmacy tutor

Desirable

• Experience of working in clinics and/or prescribing and monitoring medicines

Skills and Aptitudes

Essential

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills when dealing with staff and patients
• Good presentation skills
• Excellent teaching and training skills
• Ability to carry out day to day responsibilities and deal effectively with unpredictable/acute demands
• Ability to justify and reason any advice given should this be challenged
• Ability to communicate with patients/carers and staff of all levels
• Good negotiation skills and the ability to influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, and the management team
• Ability to manage time, people and resources to deliver timely outcomes
• Ability to work alone and a part of a team
• Ability to work accurately under pressure
• Ability to integrate in a multidisciplinary forum
• Ability to manage difficult and ambiguous situations
• Demonstrates innovation and strategic thinking
• Ability to motivate and act as a role model
• Demonstrates initiative particularly in relation to problem solving
• Ability to identify and implement best practice
• Ability to identify and manage risk
• Demonstrates expert clinical knowledge and pharmaceutical care skills
• Critical appraisal skills
• Expert level of clinical reasoning and judgement
• Ability to take full responsibility for and be accountable for own actions
• Ability to contribute to business plans, policies and clinical protocols
• Understanding of clinical risk and clinical governance
• Understanding of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues relevant to patients in Medicine
• Understanding of NHS national and local priorities
• Understanding of processes and commissioning of high cost drugs
• Demonstrates a whole-system patient-focussed approach to work
• Computer literate (including word processing, email & use of internet. Preferably knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages)

Desirable

• Undertakes own research

Personal Qualities and Attributes

Essential

• Enthusiastic, well motivated, hardworking
• Identifies own training needs actively seeks training opportunities and maintains a portfolio of practice
• Flexibility to work weekends, bank holidays, late nights and oncall and potential 7 day working
• Reliable with good attendance record

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).