Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Royal Free shared commitments

Essential

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Experience

Essential

• Experience as a specialist clinical pharmacist
• Evidence of a comprehensive B6 & 7 rotations
• Experience of managing and analysing drug expenditure
• Evidence of leading change management and service development projects
• Experience in education and training
• Evidence of writing/implementing clinical guidelines and government directives
• Experience of appraising staff and giving feedback

Desirable

• Experience of working within appropriate clinical specialties

Skills

Essential

• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Good negotiation skills and ability to influence key stakeholders
• Demonstration of advanced clinical knowledge and pharmaceutical skills with a high level of clinical reasoning and judgement
• Demonstrates a whole-system patient-focussed approach to work
• Ability to manage time, people and resources effectively to deliver timely outcomes
• Ability to identify and manage risks
• Ability to identify and implement best practice
• Ability to communicate with patient/carers and staff of all levels
• Ability to integrate within a multidisciplinary forum
• Ability to organise and prioritise work
• Ability to work alone and as part of a team
• Ability to take full responsibility for and be accountable for own actions
• Demonstrate initiative particularly in relation to problem solving
• Ability to work accurately under pressure
• 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 manage difficult and ambiguous situations
• Ability to undertake clinical audit and own research
• Ability to evaluate quality of service provided
• Ability to contribute to business plans, policies and clinical protocols
• Understanding of current national standards and guidelines and service delivery issues within Hepatology and Liver Transplantation.
• Understanding of NHS national and local priorities
• Understanding of clinical risk and clinical governance
• Computer literate with good presentation skills
• Ability to identify own training needs and maintains portfolio of practice
• Good teaching and training skills
• Ability to motivate and act as a role model

Education and professional qualifications

Essential

• MPharm or equivalent
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Postgraduate diploma in pharmacy practice or equivalent

Desirable

• Advanced qualification in specialist area
• Registered Independent Prescriber
• RPS Faculty membership

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 on call
• 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).