Rotational Clinical Pharmacist

NHS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Greater London is seeking a Rotational Clinical Pharmacist to join their development programme. This role includes rotations in various clinical areas such as acute medicine and women's health, focusing on patient care and medication management. Candidates must have a Master's in Pharmacy and be registered with the GPhC. The position offers a salary between £56,276 and £63,176 per year, with opportunities for clinical audit participation and mentorship of students.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Completion of a Master's degree in Pharmacy (or equivalent).
• Full registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• A minimum of two-and-a-half years post‑registration experience in pharmacy.

Responsibilities

• Deliver direct patient care and ensure safe medication practices.
• Contribute to clinical supervision of undergraduate students.
• Participate in audit and clinical research projects.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Clinical audit participation

Education and training delivery

Education

Master's degree in Pharmacy

Postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy

Tools

Epic electronic health records system

Job description

Rotational Clinical Pharmacist

The closing date is 07 January 2026

We are looking for bright and enthusiastic pharmacists, with the motivation to develop their clinical knowledge and skills in practice, to join our development programme for clinical pharmacists.

The programme includes year‑long rotations through areas such as acute medicine, elderly care and long‑term conditions, gastroenterology, critical care, urology, thoracic surgery, neurosciences, hyperacute stroke, HIV and sexual health, and women's health including neonates.

Main duties of the job

Your principal role will focus on direct patient care, applying your therapeutics knowledge and skills to ensure that all patients receive safe and effective medication throughout their time with the Trust, both inpatient and outpatient. You will use your excellent analytical skills to gather and process relevant information held within our electronic health records system, Epic, to achieve optimal outcomes.

Many of the rotations support tertiary services and offer experience of cutting‑edge practice in rapidly developing diagnostic and therapeutic areas, which require continually evolving approaches to medicines management.

You will also be introduced to core directorate activities such as reporting and analysis of medicines expenditure, budget planning for tariff‑excluded high‑cost drugs, project management, clinical governance activities, and more general management roles.

We are closely involved with UCL's Advanced Pharmacy Practice programme and are implementing key concepts including development of strong leaders within the pharmacy workforce.

With a broad base of general and specific clinical experience, along with excellent communication skills, you will also contribute towards the clinical supervision of multi‑professional undergraduate students and the mentorship of trainee pharmacists and postgraduate diploma students. You will also provide support for the implementation of pharmacy initiatives and participate in audit and clinical research projects.

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:

• University College Hospital
• 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.

Job 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

• Completion of a Master's degree in Pharmacy (or equivalent)
• Full registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• A minimum of two-and-a-half years post‑registration experience in pharmacy
• Postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy, or satisfactory evidence of equivalent competence, as demonstrated within a practice portfolio. Applicants undertaking the JPB Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice will be expected to have completed at least two FS2 modules

Management & leadership skills

• Ability to evaluate quality of own work

Clinical & interpersonal skills

• Demonstrable participation in clinical audit
• Ability to identify and undertake clinical audit
• Previous experience of delivering educational material to junior colleagues
• Identifies own training needs
• Previous experience in delivering education and training within pharmacy
• Meets own training needs
• Implements the findings of pharmacy practice research
• Demonstrates awareness of how research evidence is produced and distributed
• Maintains a portfolio of practice
• Participation in pharmacy practice research and implements relevant findings
• Demonstrates awareness of research evidence in clinical practice

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Salary

£56,276 to £63,176 a year, inclusive of HCAS.