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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 22.5 hours per week (there may be an opportunity to join the EDC rota)
Job ref
309-UCLH-6739
Employer
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing, University College London Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£64,156 - £71,148 per annum inclusive of HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/09/2025 23:59

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Senior Clinical Pharmacist – Women’s Health

NHS AfC: Band 8a

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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic band 8a clinical pharmacist to join our Women’s and Neonates Pharmacy team, where you will be responsible for the delivery of a range of pharmacy services to the neonatal unit, maternity and fertility services. This will include the opportunity to participate in or lead a variety of quality and safety projects. 
 
The majority of Women’s Health services are provided from within the dedicated EGA Wing at University College Hospital (UCH). We have a busy level three neonatal unit with close links to other UCLH specialist hospitals and Great Ormond Street Hospital. Currently we care for 17 intensive care babies, 15 special care babies and 13 transitional care babies. Our maternity unit cares for approximately 6,700 births per year and has a well established co-located midwifery-led birth centre. 
 
The clinical pharmacy team is well integrated into clinical practice and works closely with doctors, nurses, midwives, and other ward staff in order to provide comprehensive clinical pharmacy support for inpatients, mothers, and neonates.  

 
We are looking for a proactive and dynamic individual wanting to gain knowledge, skills, and experience, and further develop the high quality pharmacy service to these areas. We have a comprehensive digital health record system, Epic, covering all elements of care, and you will develop expertise in the system to support ongoing maintenance and optimisation. 

Main duties of the job

On a daily basis, you will form part of a small team of pharmacists and a technician delivering a thorough clinical pharmacy service to the EGA Wing of UCH, including the neonatal unit. This includes support and advice on neonatal ward rounds, co-ordination of neonatal parenteral nutrition and CIVAS items, staff education, medicines management for maternity patients, and service delivery to high quality standards. You will also be a key liaison for the senior team within the Women’s Health Division, and will be expected to maintain and build upon the current service provided. Additional divisional responsibilities include governance, medicines expenditure analysis and reporting, cost improvement programme delivery, service evaluation, multiprofessional education and training, and other strategic projects as required.  
 
You will also work as part of our broader clinical pharmacy team, and contribute to local and national initiatives to develop and enhance the pharmacy service and medicines management across the Trust. You will contribute to the delivery of educational and developmental programmes, including the Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice, and our rotational programme for band 7 clinical pharmacists. 

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.  

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 criteria
  • Masters of Pharmacy degree or equivalent
  • Full registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
  • Minimum of three years’ experience as a dedicated clinical pharmacist practitioner Substantial post-registration experience
  • Six years post-registration with the GPhC
  • Diploma or MSc in Clinical Pharmacy A, P
Desirable criteria
  • Undertaken management training courses

Management & leadership skills

Essential criteria
  • Able to evaluate quality of own work, and that of junior colleagues
Desirable criteria
  • Identifies personal development needs, and those of junior colleagues

Clinical & interpersonal skills

Essential criteria
  • Able to identify and undertake clinical audit
Desirable criteria
  • Demonstrable use of clinical audit to improve practice

Education & training skills

Essential criteria
  • Previous experience of delivering educational material within pharmacy
  • Identifies own training needs
Desirable criteria
  • 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 criteria
  • Participation in pharmacy practice research and implements relevant findings
  • Demonstrates awareness of research evidence in neonatal care and women’s health Integrates research evidence into practice A, I, P
  • Maintains a portfolio of practice
Desirable criteria
  • Participation in multidisciplinary health services research
  • Integrates research evidence into practice

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Alia Husain
Job title
Senior Clinical pharmacist
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

For further information or an informal discussion, please contact: 
 Alia Husain, Lead Clinical Pharmacist for Women’s Health on 0845 155 5000 x 73512, or 
Robin Offord, Director of Clinical Pharmacy on 0845 155 5000 x 73507 

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