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Job overview

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic pharmacist to cover a Clinical Pharmacist Neurosciences post during the current post holder’s secondment. This is an exciting opportunity for a junior pharmacist to step up to take over a key position in delivering excellent care to inpatients and outpatients at this highly specialised Neurology and Neurosurgical Centre.

The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN) is the United Kingdom’s oldest and largest dedicated neurological and neurosurgical hospital. We are part of University College London Hospitals NHS foundation Trust (UCLH) and we are linked with the University College London (UCL) Institute of Neurology. The hospital comprises 270 inpatient beds including a specialist neurosurgical-ITU and neuro-medical ITU, two busy outpatient departments and a day care centre. The NHNN is a leading centre for the diagnosis, treatment and care of patients with a wide range of conditions such as epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, stroke and head injuries.

The pharmacy team is well integrated into clinical practice and works closely with doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and other ward staff to provide comprehensive clinical pharmacy support for inpatients and outpatients.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a proactive and dynamic individual with the requisite knowledge, skills, experience and expertise to support and develop the high-quality pharmacy service to the Queen Square Division.

On a daily basis you will form part of a small team of pharmacists, technicians and ATOs delivering a thorough clinical pharmacy service to the hospital wards and the outpatient dispensary. This includes support and advice on ward rounds, co-ordination and monitoring of complex immunotherapies and immunoglobulin treatment for regular patients, staff education, medicines management, provision and setting up of homecare services for neurology and metabolic patients, and service delivery to high quality standards. 

You will also work as part of our broader clinical pharmacy team and contribute to local and national initiatives to develop and enhance the pharmacy service and medicines management across the Trust.

Working for our organisation

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 Medicine  
• 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.   

At UCLH, we have a real ‘One Team’ ethos, and our values – safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.