Job summary
Senior Clinical Pharmacist - Surgical Specialties ICU and Thoracic
1 WTE (37.5hrs/week) - Fixed-term for 10 months
An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic clinical pharmacist with excellent clinical and interpersonal skills to support a high-quality service to the Surgical Specialist Division based at Westmoreland Street. The post is full-time, as part of the wider UCLH Pharmacy team.
You will work as full time within the Surgical Specialties multidisciplinary team (MDT), delivering the highest quality service for both inpatients and outpatients, alongside the ICU, Thoracic and Urology consultants, clinical fellows, clinical nurse specialists, dietitians and other healthcare professionals.
UCH at Westmoreland Street offers comprehensive care for a spectrum of Urology and Thoracic services and is split into six sub-groups. The teams work closely together, along with other services such as the Assisted Conception Unit and Uro-radiology. Where possible, you will work to develop and enhance our existing systems, particularly where efficiency and productivity can be improved through our Electronic Health Records System, Epic, and the development of GP Connect.
You will work as part of our broader clinical pharmacy team and contribute to local and national initiatives to develop and enhance the pharmacy service.

Main duties of the job
Your duties will include collaborating closely with the Urology, Thoracic and ICU providing specialist advice to optimise patient care. You will use your non-medical prescribing skills in both the inpatient and outpatient setting to optimise the prescribing of specialist and supportive care medications.
The successful candidate will be joining the largest and most prestigious thoracic & urology department in the UK. We are a highly specialist team, seeing referrals from across the country and internationally. As a centre for excellence and research, you will have an opportunity to contribute to service development and quality improvement projects within urology and thoracic surgery teams.
Additional management and leadership responsibilities for the Surgical Specialties Division include governance, medicines expenditure analysis and reporting, audit and service evaluation, multi-professional education and training, and other strategic projects as required. You will also represent the UCLH Pharmacy Department at directorate and divisional clinical governance meetings

About us
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.

Details
Date posted: 01 September 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £66,274 to £73,496 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 10 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 309-UCLH-8260058
Job locations: University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street, 16-18 Westmoreland Street, London, W1G 8PH, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
You will also contribute to the delivery of educational and developmental programmers, including the 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?

Person Specification
Qualifications, knowledge & competence
Essential

• Masters of Pharmacy degree or equivalent
• Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Minimum of five years' experience as a dedicated clinical pharmacist practitioner Substantial post-registration experience
• Experience of clinical service provision to acute surgical patients
• Postgraduate Diploma or MSc in General Pharmacy Practice or Clinical Pharmacy
• Registered Independent Prescriber
• Meets expected levels of practice as defined by others
• Maintains a broad knowledge of pharmacy practice

Desirable

• Delivery of clinical pharmacy services to acute surgical patients in the outpatient setting Experience of clinical service provision to level 2 and/or 3 patients
• Identifies best practice
• Undertaken leadership and/or management training courses

Management & leadership skills
Essential

• Understanding of Trust and pharmacy priorities
• Experience in co-ordinating the day-to-day practice activities of others
• Identifies and meets appropriate measures of service
• Ability to analyse and critically appraise clinical and operational data
• Ability to utilise email, word processing, presentation and spreadsheet software packages to support routine work activity
• Collates data regarding service provision
• Ability to evaluate quality of own work, and that of junior colleagues
• Demonstrates initiative
• Ability to work autonomously
• The ability to identify and manage risks

Desirable

• Implementation of strategies aimed at meeting Trust and pharmacy priorities
• Experience in management of others
• Identifies novel ways of working to enhance services
• Ability to utilise AI, data analysis tools, or other relevant applications to support and enhance work activity
• Evaluates service provision
• Identifies personal development needs, and those of junior colleagues
• Demonstrates innovation
• Delegates authority appropriately
• Ability to develop and implement risk management procedures

Clinical & interpersonal skills
Essential

• Demonstrates advanced clinical knowledge and skills
• The ability to identify and prioritise own clinical workload
• Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate therapeutic options
• Demonstrates experience of clinical reasoning and judgement in practice
• Ability to formulate suitable therapeutic solutions in areas of clinical uncertainty
• Ability to influence junior pharmacy, nursing, medical, and other multidisciplinary staff
• Maintains standards of patient care
• Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the principles of clinical governance
• Ability to identify and undertake clinical audit
• Demonstrates ability to achieve desired outcomes in the face of unavoidable work pressures
• Demonstrates ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Displays honesty and integrity, is aware of ethical dilemmas relating to practice within acute medicine, and respects confidentiality

Desirable

• Demonstrates expert clinical knowledge and skills
• Ability to identify and prioritise the delivery of clinical pharmacy services
• Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate therapeutic options in gastroenterology patients
• Demonstrates advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgement in practice
• Ability to influence senior pharmacy, nursing, medical, and other multidisciplinary staff including issues not directly related to clinical management
• Enhances the quality of patient care
• Demonstrable use of clinical audit to improve practice
• Demonstrates ability to achieve desired outcomes in the face of more diverse unavoidable pressures

Education & training skills
Essential

• Previous experience in delivering education and training within pharmacy
• Identifies and meets own training needs

Desirable

• Previous experience in delivering education and training in a multidisciplinary environment
• Ensures own training needs, and those of others are identified & met

Research & development skills
Essential

• Participation in pharmacy practice research and implements relevant findings
• Demonstrates awareness of research evidence in acute medicine
• Maintains a portfolio of practice

Desirable

• Participation in multidisciplinary health services research
• Integrates research evidence into practice

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.
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Employer details
Employer name: University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street, 16-18 Westmoreland Street, London, W1G 8PH, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.uclh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Lead Pharmacist
Dipty Joshi
d.joshi1@nhs.net

Details
Date posted: 01 September 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £66,274 to £73,496 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 10 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 309-UCLH-8260058
Job locations: University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street, 16-18 Westmoreland Street, London, W1G 8PH, United Kingdom
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