The Virtual ward service is an initiative which provides our patients with timely and appropriate support to be able to safely receive treatment at home and supports early discharges and admission avoidance for patients who do not need to be in hospital.

The Senior Pharmacist- Virtual ward pharmacist will be working with the multidisciplinary team to provide a high-quality pharmacy service to the virtual ward patients.

The post holder will be involved in the developing the service by reviewing, developing and implementing policies and procedures as well as providing relevant training to pharmacy and non-pharmacy staff.

Main duties of the job

Duties include:

• To lead, develop, deliver and evaluate clinical pharmacy services for the virtual ward at RF
• Collaborating with other senior staff to support service development
• Represent the Trust at NCL level for Virtual ward services
• Participating in medicine related clinical audits, research and development and development of trust-wide guidelines
• Supporting training of the pharmacy team.

About us

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.

Person Specification

Royal Free World Class Values

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Education & professional Qualifications

• Masters degree in pharmacy (or equivalent)
• GPhC registration
• Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent

Experience

• Considerable experience working in hospital pharmacy and proven experience as a specialist clinical pharmacist
• Experience of contributing to policy, planning and service development
• Experience of managing own workload
• Experience of managing change and leading service developments
• Experience of managing and analysing drug expenditure and high cost drugs
• 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.
• Comprehensive band 6/7 rotation
• Experience as a clinical pharmacy tutor
• Experience of clinical risk and clinical governance

Skills and aptitudes

• Demonstrates expert clinical knowledge and pharmaceutical care skills in the specialist areas
• Demonstrates written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills
• Demonstrates good negotiation skills and the ability to influence medical, pharmacy and management staff
• Ability to communicate with patients and staff of all levels
• Ability to manage difficult and ambiguous situations
• Demonstrates good teaching and training skills
• Demonstrates good management skills
• Ability to justify and reason any advice given should this be challenged.
• Ability to communicate with patients/carers and staff of all levels.
• Ability to manage time, people and resources to deliver timely outcomes
• Ability to work accurately under pressure.
• Ability to integrate in a multidisciplinary forum.
• Demonstrates initiative particularly in relation to problem solving.
• Ability to identify and implement best practice using critical appraisal skills
• Ability to identify and manage risk and understands clinical risk and clinical governance
• Ability to contribute to business plans, policies and clinical protocols
• Understanding of NHS national and local priorities
• Understanding of processes and commissioning of medicines and services

Personal Qualities & attributes

• Enthusiastic/positive attitude, self motivated and, hardworking
• Reliable to work weekends, bank holidays and late duty shifts.
• Identifies own training needs actively seeks training opportunities and maintains a portfolio of practice.
• Reliable with good attendance record

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. We are committed to ensuring that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment because of their race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, age, or religion.