Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, innovative and enthusiastic individual to work as part of a multidisciplinary team delivering antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) across our organisation.
This role offers an exciting opportunity to influence patient care by promoting appropriate antimicrobial use, reducing resistance, and supporting cutting-edge digital healthcare solutions.
You will work closely with our Lead Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist, the Pharmacy Senior Leadership Team, and clinicians within Microbiology, Infectious Disease, and Infection Prevention and Control, to reduce the development of resistance by providing strong AMS leadership, promoting local and national antimicrobial stewardship priorities and policies and reducing inappropriate prescribing.
Main duties of the job
You will lead or support a range of projects and initiatives aimed at reducing overall antimicrobial consumption across the organisation, ensuring all antimicrobial prescribing is supported by current and high-quality guidance, providing the best possible real-time data to support AMS decision-making, and optimising the potential of our digital health record system, Epic, to support AMS.
Additional responsibilities will include governance, antimicrobial consumption analysis and reporting, active participation in the Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee and Infection Prevention and Control Committee, multi-professional education and training, service evaluation, and other strategic projects as required. This will include initiatives to minimise inappropriate antimicrobial use, meet the educational needs of patients and staff, and improve overall antimicrobial prescribing across the trust.
You will also be responsible in advancing projects such as delivery of antimicrobials within the outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) service, and establishing pharmacist-led de-labelling for inpatients and in clinics.
With a broad base of general and specific clinical experience, along with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, you will also contribute towards the clinical supervision of multi-professional undergraduate students and the mentorship of pre-registration and postgraduate diploma students. You will also provide support for the implementation of antimicrobial stewardship strategies and participate in audit and clinical research projects.
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:
1. University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
2. National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
3. Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
4. University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
5. Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
6. University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
7. The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
8. 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.