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Senior Clinical Pharmacist – Thoracic and ICU Services
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Role description
Job summary
Senior Clinical Pharmacist - Surgical Specialties ICU and Thoracic
1 WTE (37.5hrs/week) - Fixed-term for10months
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
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