# Clinical Pharmacist - Governance and Compliance Specialist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for HUC. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-pharmacist-governance-and-compliance-specialist/64b3d601-a5fc-44d7-9e31-9013392f751c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-pharmacist-governance-and-compliance-specialist/64b3d601-a5fc-44d7-9e31-9013392f751c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** HUC - **Location:** HUC HQ - Old Ambulance Station - **Workplace type:** hybrid - **Profession:** Compliance officer - **Salary:** £65,000 for full-time equivalent. £39,000 per annum for 0.6 FTE. - **Contract type:** 6 months (Fixed Term) - **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Hybrid, primarily on-site at HUC HQ, with travel to other sites when required) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-01T23:59:59.999Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-21T11:10:39.672Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hertfordshire/Welwyn_Garden_City/HUC/Pharmacy/Pharmacy-v8375073 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8375073?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://hucweb.co.uk/ ## Job Content ### Job overview This is a pivotal role for a Senior Clinical Pharmacist who wants to make a measurable difference to medicines safety, governance and patient care across out-of-hours and dental services. You will lead a focused review of medicines management arrangements, assessing how medicines are prescribed, supplied, stored, administered, reconciled, disposed of and escalated across the services. Working closely with the Lead Pharmacist and clinical, operational and governance colleagues, you will identify compliance gaps, patient-safety risks and opportunities to strengthen practice. Your specialist insight will directly inform improvements to clinical governance, medicines optimisation and assurance arrangements. This is an opportunity to use your pharmacy expertise at a strategic level: reviewing high-risk medicines, controlled drugs, antimicrobial stewardship and emergency medicines; analysing incidents and audit findings; and translating evidence into clear, prioritised recommendations. You will produce a robust current-state assessment, risk and gap analysis, improvement plan and final report, helping shape safer, more consistent and more effective medicines management for patients ### Main duties of the job - Map and review end-to-end medicines management processes across out-of-hours and dental services, including prescribing, supply, storage, administration, reconciliation, disposal and escalation. - Assess arrangements against legislation, regulatory and professional standards, licence conditions, organisational policies and governance requirements, identifying compliance gaps and good practice. - Evaluate the effectiveness of existing controls and procedures, identifying patient-safety risks, unwarranted variation, duplication and opportunities to improve consistency and efficiency. - Review the safe management of high-risk medicines, controlled drugs, emergency medicines and cold-chain products, escalating immediate safety or significant compliance concerns through appropriate governance routes. - Assess prescribing quality, antimicrobial stewardship, medicines optimisation and access to pharmacy advice, identifying opportunities to strengthen safe and effective practice. - Review incidents, near misses, complaints, audits, policies, documentation and training arrangements to identify systemic risks, recurring themes and areas requiring improvement. - Engage with the Lead Pharmacist, clinicians, operational teams and partners; produce a documented risk and gap analysis, prioritised recommendations, improvement plan, audit criteria and a final report for relevant governance forums. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities This is a hybrid role which requires travel and presence at different sites across HUC network. You must have full, unrestricted right to work in the UK. We are unable to offer VISA sponsorship. Full UK driving licence is required. Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification document. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Essential **Essential** - Master’s degree in pharmacy or equivalent qualification. - Current registration as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council. - Substantial post-registration clinical pharmacy experience, including practice at senior or advanced level. - Strong knowledge of medicines governance, patient safety, prescribing and medicines optimisation. - Knowledge and understanding of relevant medicines legislation, regulatory requirements, professional standards and the governance arrangements applicable to medicines management. - Experience of audit, service review, compliance assessment, quality improvement or clinical governance. - Ability to review complex processes, gather and evaluate evidence, identify compliance gaps and assess clinical and operational risks. - Ability to analyse findings and develop clear, evidence-based and proportionate recommendations for improvement. - Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate complex findings and constructively challenge and influence stakeholders at different levels. - Ability to work independently, manage priorities and deliver agreed outputs within a defined timeframe. - Understanding of multidisciplinary clinical services and the operational pressures associated with out-of-hours care. **Desirable** - Independent prescribing qualification. - Postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification or evidence of equivalent advanced practice. - Experience in urgent care, primary care, community services, emergency care or another out-of-hours setting. - Experience reviewing controlled-drug governance, antimicrobial stewardship, medicine storage and handling or digital prescribing systems. - Formal training in quality improvement, human factors, clinical audit or project management. - Experience of developing or supporting the implementation of recommendations arising from a clinical governance, compliance or service review. ## Documents - [job description and person specification (pdf, 240.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10703203) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.