[ref. z54074118] Senior Clinical Pharmacist – Adult Diabetes Services - London
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic pharmacist with excellent clinical and interpersonal skills to lead a high-quality clinical pharmacy service to Adult Diabetes Services at UCLH.
Adult Diabetes Services are part of the Medical Specialties Division, which incorporates a wide range of different clinical specialties, with both an inpatient and outpatient focus.
The Adult Diabetes Service consists of a multidisciplinary team of consultants, specialist registrars, associate specialists, clinical nurse specialists, dieticians and podiatrists working together closely to support and improve the health of people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes across inpatient and outpatient care settings.
The post holder will work as part of the Medicine and Emergency Services pharmacy team to deliver a comprehensive clinical pharmacy service to Adult Diabetes Services, and where relevant the Medical Specialties Division, and collaborate with primary care and other organisations across the North Central London Integrated Care System, to improve patient care in hospital and community settings.
You will lead the day-to-day clinical pharmacy service to the UCLH Adult Diabetes Services, working closely with the Adult Diabetes team and wider MDT to improve the care of patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
You will attend relevant MDT clinical huddles and ward rounds to promote safe practice by reducing medicines related harm during transitions of care, and drive cost effective and evidence-based practice.
As part of the diabetes MDT, you will use your clinical knowledge, skills and experience to inform therapeutic decision making, and use your independent prescribing skills to optimise diabetes medication regimens.
You will act as an expert resource and a point of contact for the diabetes MDT, other UCLH staff, and patients requiring information about diabetes medicines.
Through service evaluations and quality improvement projects, you will work to develop and enhance our existing systems and processes in relation to safety, efficiency, and productivity using Epic®, the UCLH Electronic Health Records System.
You will develop, implement and maintain clinical pathways relating to complex regimens or the use high-cost drugs by working collaboratively with local primary care organisations across the NCL ICS geography to improve patients’ care in hospital and community settings.
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.
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