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open_in_new JobsLead Clinical Pharmacist – Gastrointestinal (GI) Services Division
Closed for applications on: 17-Feb-2026 00:00
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 17-Feb-2026 00:00
Key details
Location
- Site
- UCLH hospital sites
- Address
- 250 Euston Road
- Town
- London
- Postcode
- NW1 2PG
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 10 months (maternity leave cover)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £72,921 - £83,362 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 8b)
Specialty
- Main area
- Pharmacy
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, proactive and dynamic pharmacist to lead our clinical pharmacy service to the Gastrointestinal (GI) Services Division during a period of maternity leave for our current Lead Clinical Pharmacist. GI Services incorporates our Intestinal Failure, Obesity Services, Colorectal Surgery, Colorectal Medicine, Hepatobiliary Surgery, Upper GI Surgery, Upper GI Medicine, Vascular services, and Hepatology services.
You will lead a team of pharmacists and a Medicines Management Technician to provide a full clinical service to our medical gastroenterology, surgical gastrointestinal and intestinal failure wards based in University College Hospital Tower, along with the outpatient Inflammatory Bowel Disease service, and the Endoscopy Unit and Infusion Clinic.
Your extensive experience of working with complex parenteral nutrition patients will be of value in leading on the provision of clinical pharmacy services to the Intestinal Failure (IF) Service and UCLH Nutrition Team, where the team participate in multidisciplinary ward rounds, team meetings and clinics. The IF Service currently includes management of PN for around 130 outpatients.
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You will act as an expert resource on the safe & effective use of medicines for the GI Services Division and will lead on medicines-related clinical governance issues, including responsibility for incident, complaint & claim handling; development of guidelines, policies & procedures; monitoring and evaluation of services.
You will identify and lead on quality improvement projects to enhance the safety, efficacy and/or efficiency of services, and provide relevant evaluated financial data for medicines expenditure, income, and cost saving or avoidance initiatives, such as the adoption of best values medicines and biosimilars.
In conjunction with our Pharmacy Homecare Team, you will support homecare schemes including PN for IF patients, and a range of biologics for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).The UCLH Pharmacy team is well integrated into clinical practice and works closely with all professions and staff groups in order to provide comprehensive clinical pharmacy support for inpatient, day case, and outpatient gastroenterology and nutrition patients.
As part of our broader clinical pharmacy team, you will contribute to the implementation & analysis of local and national initiatives to further develop our services. You will also contribute to the delivery of educational & 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.
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:
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University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
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National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
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Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
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University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
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Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
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University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
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The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
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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?
At UCLH, we have a real ‘One Team’ ethos, and our values – safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.
At UCLH we take equality of opportunity seriously and are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer, with a culture that creates a real sense of belonging and trust. It is our fundamental aim, to recruit, retain and promote a diverse mix of people who are representative of our local communities. Applications are encouraged from candidates of all backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives to support our world class research, innovation and creativity.
UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff and has a dedicated policy which allows staff to apply for flexible working right from the beginning of employment. For more information please go to: https://www.uclh.nhs.uk/work-with-us/why-choose-uclh/flexible-working.
We offer our permanent staff an interest free season ticket loan for travel, all our staff have access to free independent and confidential support, large retail discounts, a staff discount platform, cycle to work scheme and on-site accommodation to name a few.
Additionally, UCLH Arts and Heritage’s staff wellbeing programme, Creative Comfort, offers a variety of ways to engage with the arts as a member of UCLH staff. You can try out the weekly choir, weekly art club and join the Culture Club for exclusive access to free and discounted tickets for opera, exhibitions, theatre and more.
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Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications, knowledge & competence
Essential criteria
- Minimum of four years experience as a clinical pharmacist practitioner Six years post registration
- Broad clinical experience within general surgery and general medicine
- Specialist clinical experience of gastroenterology, including enteral and parenteral nutritional needs, and related aseptic production issues
- Postgraduate Diploma or MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or General Pharmacy Practice
- Identifies areas where non-doctor prescribing may be applicable to specialist practice
- Meets expected levels of practice as defined by others
- Maintains an awareness of broader pharmacy practice
Desirable criteria
- Ten years post-registration
- Clinical experience of level 2 and/or 3 critically ill patients and hepatology
- Doctorate degree
- Registered Independent Prescriber
- Identifies and implements best practice
- Undertaken management training courses
Management & leadership skills
Essential criteria
- 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 analyse and critically appraise clinical and operational data
- Ability to utilise email, word processing, presentation and spreadsheet software packages in order to enhance work efficiency and to generate solutions to complex problems
- Evaluates service provision
- Ability to evaluate quality of clinical pharmacy services
- Demonstrates innovation
- Delegates authority appropriately
- Ability to develop and implement risk management procedures
Desirable criteria
- Ability to reconcile national priorities with local realities
- Identifies a vision for the delivery of pharmaceutical services to the surgery
- Ability to utilise database and other software packages in order to enhance work efficiency and to generate solutions to complex problems
- Actively seeks to improve the ward and clinical services provided
- Identifies staff development needs to enhance the clinical pharmacy service
- Ability to develop and implement risk management procedures at a directorate level
Clinical & interpersonal skills
Essential criteria
- 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 surgery patients
- Demonstrates advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgement in practice
- Demonstrate an intuitive grasp of situations based on deep tacit understanding
- Ability to formulate suitable solutions in areas of uncertainty
- 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
- Demonstrates ability to achieve desired outcomes in the face of diverse unavoidable 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 surgery, and respects confidentiality
Desirable criteria
- Recognised as a national and/or international expert amongst clinical pharmacists within surgery
- Ability to prioritise future developments to meet service needs
- Ability to manage difficult and ambiguous problems where little information is available
- Ability to influence practice at a directorate level
- Demonstrates ability to co-ordinate services to achieve desired outcomes in the face of diverse unavoidable pressures
- Demonstrates a whole -system patient -focussed approach
Education & training skills
Essential criteria
- Previous experience in delivering education and training at a post graduate level
- Ensures own training needs, and those of others are identified & met
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience in co-ordinating and delivering education and training at a post graduate level
- Actively seeks novel opportunities to meet training needs, and evaluates the training provided
Research & development skills
Essential criteria
- Participation in multidisciplinary health services research
- Integrates research evidence into practice
- Maintains a portfolio of practice
Desirable criteria
- Planning and co-ordination of multi-disciplinary health care research
- Undertakes own research
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Adele Mott
- Job title
- Lead Pharmacist GI services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
For further information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Adele Mott, the current postholder, on 020 3447 3585 or via Microsoft Teams, or
Robin Offord, Director of Clinical Pharmacy, on 020 3447 3507 or via Microsoft Teams.
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
- UCLH Team
- Telephone
- +442037582060
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