Senior Pharmacist, Joint Formulary & Medicines Optimisation: Sponsorship Available

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

This is a North Central London (NCL) role, hosted by UCLH.The North Central London Medicines Optimisation Network (NCL MON) is a collaborative across NHS Provider organisations and the West and North London Integrated Care Board (WNL ICB). The NCL Joint Formulary Committee (JFC) is a principal committee within the network, which fulfils the Area Prescribing Committee function and cross-sector clinical governance for medicines.JFC is responsible for establishing whether new medicines, and new indications for existing medicines, represent a safe, equitable, evidence-based and cost-effective use of medicines. It also coordinates or facilitates the development of medicine pathways, guidelines and position statements to support medicines optimisation and reduce unwarranted variation.

Further information can be found via the WNL ICS Medicines Optimisation website: https://www.westandnorthlondon.icb.nhs.uk/our-work/medicines-optimisation/joint-formulary-committee

Main duties of the job

To provide professional support to the NCL Joint Formulary Committee and Interface Prescribing Group, as well as develop, implement and maintain a sector wide medicines formulary, shared care guidelines, medicines pathways and position statements.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Qualifications

Essential

  • Registration as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
  • Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
  • Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or General Pharmacy Practice or equivalent experience
  • Critical appraisal training and expertise
  • National policy and commissioning awareness

Desirable

  • Higher degree (PhD or research MSc)
  • Advanced practitioner as defined by the Advanced and Consultant Level Framework (ACLF)
  • Statistics, health economics or public health post-graduate qualification
  • Management, leadership or Quality Improvement qualification or formal training

Experience

Essential

  • Broad clinical pharmacy experience
  • Substantial experience as a hospital pharmacy practitioner, CCG prescribing advisor or Practice/PCN pharmacist

Desirable

  • Specialist clinical pharmacy expertise and experience
  • Experience of providing technical and secretarial support to a Drugs and Therapeutics Committee or equivalent

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Demonstrates ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
  • Ability to analyse and critically appraise clinical and operational data
  • Ability to develop and implement risk management procedures.
  • Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the principles of clinical governance

Desirable

  • Ability to develop and implement risk management procedures at a divisional or trust wide level

Personal and People Development

Essential

  • Previous experience in delivering education and training

Desirable

  • Previous experience in co-ordinating education and training programmes at a post-graduate level

Research & development skills

Essential

  • Leads clinical audit and demonstrable evidence of use of clinical audit to improve practice

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).

Closing Date: 30 August 2026

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