Senior Clinical Pharmacist – Medical Specialties
| Posting date: | 16 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £64,156 - £71,148 Per annum inclusive of HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 April 2026 |
| Location: | London, NW1 2BU |
| Company: | University College London Hospital |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7863163/309-UCLH-7596 |
Summary
A Vacancy at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and experienced senior clinical pharmacist to join our Medical Specialties Division at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH).
This new role offers the opportunity to lead and coordinate clinical pharmacy services across outpatient Medical Specialties areas including rheumatology, endocrinology, dermatology, respiratory and cardiology, while also supporting inpatient activity. You will play a key role in ensuring safe, clinically effective and cost-efficient use of medicines across a diverse and complex patient cohort.
Working closely with the Lead Clinical Pharmacist – Rheumatology and the wider multidisciplinary team, you will contribute to service development, medicines optimisation, governance and quality improvement initiatives. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced clinical pharmacist looking to further develop leadership, independent prescribing and service development skills within a dynamic teaching hospital environment.
Closing date: Two weeks after advertisement
Interview date: Ten days after closing date
You will lead and coordinate the day-to-day clinical pharmacy service to outpatient Medical Specialties, ensuring safe, effective and patient-centred medicines optimisation across rheumatology, endocrinology, dermatology, respiratory and cardiology services. Working in close partnership with consultants, nursing colleagues and the wider multidisciplinary team, you will deliver high-quality clinical care and support service development within the Division. This will include active participation in MDT meetings, governance forums and clinical discussions to promote high-quality, patient-centred care.
You will act as a senior clinical resource for medicines use within Medical Specialties, promoting safe prescribing, high-quality documentation and seamless communication across care interfaces.
You will support the operational delivery of homecare services and high-cost drug processes, ensuring timely clinical screening, Blueteq registration and compliance with commissioning requirements. In collaboration with divisional and finance colleagues, you will collate and analyse medicines expenditure data to inform divisional reporting and value initiatives.
The role includes active involvement in medicines-related governance activity, including incident review, audit and service evaluation. You will lead and implement quality improvement initiatives to enhance safety, efficiency and patient experience, while supporting research within the Division.
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,gastrointestinaland oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclearmedicineand 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.
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
As part of the wider clinical pharmacy team, you will contribute to the implementation and evaluation of local and national initiatives to further develop our services. You will also support the delivery of educational and developmental programmes, including UCL School of Pharmacy undergraduate clinical placements, the JPB Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice, and our rotational programme for Band 7 clinical pharmacists.
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?
This advert closes on Monday 30 Mar 2026
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and experienced senior clinical pharmacist to join our Medical Specialties Division at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH).
This new role offers the opportunity to lead and coordinate clinical pharmacy services across outpatient Medical Specialties areas including rheumatology, endocrinology, dermatology, respiratory and cardiology, while also supporting inpatient activity. You will play a key role in ensuring safe, clinically effective and cost-efficient use of medicines across a diverse and complex patient cohort.
Working closely with the Lead Clinical Pharmacist – Rheumatology and the wider multidisciplinary team, you will contribute to service development, medicines optimisation, governance and quality improvement initiatives. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced clinical pharmacist looking to further develop leadership, independent prescribing and service development skills within a dynamic teaching hospital environment.
Closing date: Two weeks after advertisement
Interview date: Ten days after closing date
You will lead and coordinate the day-to-day clinical pharmacy service to outpatient Medical Specialties, ensuring safe, effective and patient-centred medicines optimisation across rheumatology, endocrinology, dermatology, respiratory and cardiology services. Working in close partnership with consultants, nursing colleagues and the wider multidisciplinary team, you will deliver high-quality clinical care and support service development within the Division. This will include active participation in MDT meetings, governance forums and clinical discussions to promote high-quality, patient-centred care.
You will act as a senior clinical resource for medicines use within Medical Specialties, promoting safe prescribing, high-quality documentation and seamless communication across care interfaces.
You will support the operational delivery of homecare services and high-cost drug processes, ensuring timely clinical screening, Blueteq registration and compliance with commissioning requirements. In collaboration with divisional and finance colleagues, you will collate and analyse medicines expenditure data to inform divisional reporting and value initiatives.
The role includes active involvement in medicines-related governance activity, including incident review, audit and service evaluation. You will lead and implement quality improvement initiatives to enhance safety, efficiency and patient experience, while supporting research within the Division.
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,gastrointestinaland oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclearmedicineand 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.
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
As part of the wider clinical pharmacy team, you will contribute to the implementation and evaluation of local and national initiatives to further develop our services. You will also support the delivery of educational and developmental programmes, including UCL School of Pharmacy undergraduate clinical placements, the JPB Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice, and our rotational programme for Band 7 clinical pharmacists.
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?
This advert closes on Monday 30 Mar 2026
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