Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 309-UCLH-7666
- Employer
- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, UCLH
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £56,276 - £63,176 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Divisional Pharmacist – Queen Square
NHS AfC: Band 7
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Job overview
Main duties of the job
The pharmacy team is well integrated into clinical practice and works closely with doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, and other ward staff to provide comprehensive clinical pharmacy support for inpatients and outpatients.
As part of the Queen Square clinical pharmacist team, you will be covering general Neurology, Neurosurgery and Stroke daily. You will be working in, and contributing to, multidisciplinary patient care at all levels covering ward and dispensary activities. You will support junior pharmacists and trainee pharmacists and act as a role model
You will participate in audit and project work, developing key skills as you progress.
Essential Requirements:
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent customer care
• Motivated and able to motivate others
• Able to work as part of a team and independently
• Good Timekeeping and prioritisation skills
Previous experience in neurology is not essential but desirable.
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?
Person specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BPharm degree or equivalent, and registration with Great Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Minimum of two years’ experience as a clinical pharmacist practitioner Four years post registration
- Variety of clinical experience equivalent or working towards a Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy, or Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice (DipGPP)
- Understanding of national pharmacy Priorities
- Meets expected levels of practice as defined by others Maintains a broad knowledge of pharmacy practice
- Understanding of Trust and pharmacy priorities
Desirable criteria
- six years post registration
- Higher degree in clinical pharmacy or a relevant speciality
- Evidence of support of strategies aimed at meeting Trust and pharmacy priorities
Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum of two years’ experience as a clinical pharmacist practitioner Four years post registration
- Clinical experience of general medicine, general surgery (including non-specialist neurology patients)
Desirable criteria
- Clinical experience of specialist neurology and/or neurosurgical patients (inpatient and outpatient)
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- 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
- Demonstrates initiative
- Ability to work autonomously
- The ability to identify and manage risks
Desirable criteria
- Experience in management of others
- Ability to utilise database or other software packages to support and enhance work activity
- Demonstrates innovation
- Delegates authority appropriately
Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates advanced clinical knowledge and skills
- The ability to identify and prioritise own clinical workload
- Demonstrates experience of clinical reasoning and judgement in practice
- Ability to influence junior pharmacy, nursing, medical and other multidisciplinary staff
- Maintains standards of patient care
- Ability to identify and undertake clinical audit
- Demonstrates ability to achieve desired outcomes in the face of unavoidable work pressures
- Displays honesty and integrity, is aware of ethical dilemmas relating to practice within neurology and neurosurgery, and respects confidentiality
- Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the principles of clinical governance
Desirable criteria
- 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
Communication
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate therapeutic options
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate therapeutic options in neurology and neurosurgical patients
Personal and People Development
Essential criteria
- Experience in co-ordinating the day-to-day practice activities of others
- Identifies and meets own training needs
- Previous experience in delivering education and training within pharmacy
- Participation in pharmacy practice research and implements relevant findings
- Demonstrates awareness of research evidence in neurology and neurosurgery
- Maintains a portfolio of practice
Desirable criteria
- Experience in management of others
- Ensures own training needs, and those of others are identified & met
Responsibilities towards promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion
Essential criteria
- Demonstratable understanding of the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and/or Knowledge of the NHS obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duties
Specific Requirements
Essential criteria
- Participate in any designated rota cover for late duties, weekend and bank holiday duties, as required.
- Undertake other duties as specified by the Queen Square Principal pharmacist To be aware of and adhere to: UCLH Trust policies and procedures Section 7 and 8 of the Health and Safety at Work Act Data Protection Act 1984 Other relevant legislation and agreed practice/policy At all times practice in accordance with the Code of Ethics of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ms Evelyn Frank
- Job title
- QS Head of Pharmacy and Medication Governance
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
OR
Ms Sheetal Sumaria
NHNN Clinical Lead pharmacist
s.sumaria @nhs.net
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