Rotational Clinical Pharmacist
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
London, NW1 2BU
Salary
£58,133 to £65,261
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
15 September 2026
11 days left
Job description
We are looking for bright and enthusiastic pharmacists, with the motivation to develop their clinical knowledge and skills in practice, to join our de...
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.
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:o University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)o National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgeryo Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitalso University College Hospital Grafton Way Buildingo Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicineo University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centreo The Hospital for Tropical Diseaseso 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.
Qualifications, knowledge & competence
Essential
- 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
Desirable
- Identifies areas where non-medical prescribing may be applicable to specialist practice
- Identifies areas for practice improvements
Management & leadership skills
Essential
- Understands pharmacy priorities
- 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
- Collects data regarding service provision
- Ability to evaluate quality of own work
- Demonstrates initiative
- Ability to work without direct supervision
- The ability to manage identified risks
Desirable
- 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
- Identifies personal development needs
- Ability to work autonomously
- The ability to identify and manage risks
Clinical & interpersonal skills
Essential
- 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
Desirable
- 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
Education & training skills
Essential
- Previous experience of delivering educational material to junior colleagues
- Identifies own training needs
Desirable
- Previous experience in delivering education and training within pharmacy
- Meets own training needs
Research & development skills
Essential
- Implements the findings of pharmacy practice research
- Demonstrates awareness of how research evidence is produced and distributed
- Maintains a portfolio of practice
Desirable
- Participation in pharmacy practice research and implements relevant findings
- Demonstrates awareness of research evidence in clinical practice
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
1 September 2026
Last checked
3 September 2026
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