Site University College London Hospitals Town London Salary £58,133 – £65,261 Per annum inclusive of HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 15/09/2026 23:59
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We are looking for bright and enthusiastic pharmacists, with the motivation to develop their clinical knowledge and skills in practice, to join our development programme for clinical pharmacists.
The programme includes year-long rotations through areas such as acute medicine, elderly care and long-term conditions, gastroenterology, critical care, urology, thoracic surgery, neurosciences, hyperacute stroke, HIV and sexual health, and women’s health including neonates.
Main duties of the job
Your principal job role will focus on direct patient care, applying your therapeutics knowledge and skills to ensure that all our patients receive safe and effective medication throughout their time with the Trust, as both an inpatient and outpatient. You will use your excellent analytical skills to gather and process relevant information held within our electronic health records system, Epic, to achieve optimal outcomes.
Many of the rotations support tertiary services and offer exposure and experience of cutting-edge practice in rapidly developing diagnostic and therapeutic areas, which require continually evolving approaches to medicines management.
You will also be introduced to core directorate activities such as reporting and analysis of medicines expenditure, budget planning for tariff-excluded high-cost drugs, project management, clinical governance activities, and more general management and leadership roles.
We are closely involved with UCL’s Advanced Pharmacy Practice programme and are gradually implementing key concepts including development of strong leaders within the pharmacy workforce.
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.
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
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 trainee pharmacists and postgraduate diploma students. You will also provide support for the implementation of general clinical pharmacy initiatives and participate in audit and clinical research projects.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
* UCLH top trust to work at in England – In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the third year in a row.
UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff – To find out more, visit: Flexible working.
To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?
Person specification
Qualifications, knowledge & competence
- Completion of a master’s degree in pharmacy (or equivalent)
- Full registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Demonstrable evidence of competence in general clinical practice, including medicine and surgery
- Postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy, or satisfactory evidence of equivalent competence, as demonstrated within a practice portfolio Applicants undertaking the JPB Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice will be expected to have completed at least two FS2 modules
- Aware of models of non-medical prescribing
- Meets expected levels of practice as defined by others
- Demonstrates a broad knowledge of pharmacy practice
- Identifies areas where non-medical prescribing may be applicable to specialist practice
- Identifies areas for practice improvements
Management & leadership skills
- Able to organise own workload
- Demonstrates ability to meet service targets
- Ability to utilise email and word processing software packages to support routine work activity
- Ability to evaluate quality of own work
- Demonstrates initiative
- Ability to work without direct supervision
- The ability to manage identified risks
- Understanding of Trust and pharmacy priorities
- Experience in co-ordinating the day-to-day practice activities of others
- Identifies appropriate measures of service
- Ability to utilise presentation, spreadsheet and database software packages to support the work of the clinical pharmacy team
- Reports on data regarding service provision
- Ability to work autonomously
- The ability to identify and manage risks
Clinical & interpersonal skills
- Demonstrates general clinical knowledge and skills
- Ability to identify and prioritise own clinical workload
- Identifies appropriate therapeutic options
- Demonstrable clinical reasoning and judgement skills
- Ability to communicate in a verbal or written manner with patients, junior pharmacy, nursing, medical, and other multidisciplinary staff
- Maintains standards of patient care
- Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the principles of clinical governance
- Demonstrable participation in clinical audit
- Demonstrates ability to work under pressure
- Demonstrates ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Displays honesty and integrity, is aware of ethical dilemmas relating to medicines use, and respects confidentiality
- Demonstrates advanced clinical knowledge and skills
- Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate therapeutic options
- Demonstrates experience of clinical reasoning and judgement in practice
- Ability to influence junior pharmacy, nursing, medical, and other multidisciplinary staff
- Enhances the quality of patient care
- Ability to identify and undertake clinical audit
- Demonstrates ability to achieve desired outcomes in the face of unavoidable work pressures
- Previous experience of delivering educational material to junior colleagues
- Identifies own training needs
- Previous experience in delivering education and training within pharmacy
- Meets own training needs
- Implements the findings of pharmacy practice research
- Demonstrates awareness of how research evidence is produced and distributed
- Maintains a portfolio of practice
- Participation in pharmacy practice research and implements relevant findings
- Demonstrates awareness of research evidence in clinical practice
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.
At UCLH we take equality of opportunity seriously and are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer, with a culture that creates a real sense of belonging and trust. It is our fundamental aim, to recruit, retain and promote a diverse mix of people who are representative of our local communities. Applications are encouraged from candidates of all backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives to support our world class research, innovation and creativity.
UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff and has a dedicated policy which allows staff to apply for flexible working right from the beginning of employment. For more information please go to: https://www.uclh.nhs.uk/work-with-us/why-choose-uclh/flexible-working.
We offer our permanent staff an interest free season ticket loan for travel, all our staff have access to free independent and confidential support, large retail discounts, a staff discount platform, cycle to work scheme and on-site accommodation to name a few.
Additionally, UCLH Arts and Heritage’s staff wellbeing programme, Creative Comfort, offers a variety of ways to engage with the arts as a member of UCLH staff. You can try out the weekly choir, weekly art club and join the Culture Club for exclusive access to free and discounted tickets for opera, exhibitions, theatre and more.
We recognise, reward and thank colleagues by nominating them for our annual Celebrating Excellence Awards, which are funded by UCLH Charity.
We are also members of www.mytrustbenefits.co.uk/ which offers discounts on high street retail stores, offers on travel deals, and also to take advantage of cash back schemes.
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Name Sejal Amin Job title Deputy Director of Clinical Pharmacy Email address sejal.amin2@nhs.net Additional information
For further information please contact:
Sejal Amin, Deputy Director of Clinical Pharmacy (sejal.amin2@nhs.net), orRobin Offord, Deputy Chief Pharmacist – Clinical Pharmacy Services (robin.offord@nhs.net)
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