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Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
30 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Experience providing highly specialised pharmaceutical expertise in clinical trials, investigational product governance, ATMPs, QA, regulatory compliance or equivalent advanced practice.
- Experience
Experience supporting early‑phase or complex clinical trial delivery, including interpretation of formulation, stability or investigational product documentation for implementation across multiple sites or organisations.
- Experience
Experience contributing specialist input to complex protocol, guideline or pathway development across multiple stakeholders or organisations.
- Experience
Experience delivering specialist training to pharmacists, clinicians or multidisciplinary teams, including postgraduate‑level teaching or capability‑building.
- Experience
Experience working within complex governance, regulatory or quality systems (e.g., GxP, QMS, deviation/CAPA systems, inspection readiness).
- Experience
Experience leading or coordinating complex projects or programmes involving multiple stakeholders, services or organisations.
- Experience
Experience engaging with national or regional networks, working groups or professional bodies relevant to clinical trials, ATMPs or advanced pharmacy practice.
- Experience
Demonstrable experience applying advanced analytical judgement to resolve highly complex pharmaceutical, regulatory or operational issues.
- Experience
Experience engaging with national or regional research infrastructures (e.g., NIHR networks, UKDTN, or equivalent), contributing to consistent, high quality trial delivery.
- Experience
Demonstration of majority of competencies at mastery level in the RPS Advanced Practice Framework clusters: Expert Professional Practice, Building Working Relationships and Leadership.
- Experience
Able to demonstrate prioritisation and time management skills
- Experience
Experience supporting inspection readiness (MHRA/FDA) or contributing to regulatory submissions.
- Experience
Experience contributing to service development or transformation at Trust, regional or national level.
- Experience
Experience applying highly developed technical skills requiring precision and accuracy, including handling investigational products or advanced therapies where fine manipulation is required.
- Communication
Ability to influence decision‑making at senior levels across multidisciplinary teams, Trust committees and national working groups.
- Communication
Ability to present complex technical, regulatory or operational information clearly to local, regional and national audiences.
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to apply advanced analytical and critical‑thinking skills to resolve highly complex, ambiguous or contentious issues.
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to lead short‑ and long‑term programmes of change, including stakeholder engagement, planning, implementation and evaluation.
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to use specialist digital systems (e.g., electronic worksheet systems, QMS, deviation systems) and general IT tools (word processing, spreadsheets, databases, presentations).
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to work effectively under pressure, maintaining accuracy and concentration during prolonged periods of complex work.
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to work effectively in environments involving occasional distressing or emotionally challenging circumstances, such as dementia research or advanced therapy settings.
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to work safely and effectively in environments involving occasional unpleasant working conditions, such as aseptic units or investigational product handling areas.
- Skills and Abilities
Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the Trust clinical governance agenda
- Skills and Abilities
Understands national and local priorities
- Knowledge and Qualifications
Masters degree MPharm (or equivalent).
- Knowledge and Qualifications
Registered Pharmacist GPhC
- Knowledge and Qualifications
Specialist competencies in area relevant to practice or relevant short courses taught at postgraduate level
- Knowledge and Qualifications
Successful completion of short courses to the equivalent of a postgraduate certificate
- Knowledge and Qualifications
Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or Pharmacy Practice
- Knowledge and Qualifications
MSc or PhD in relevant Pharmaceutical Science
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience of supervising others, including for research and audit projects
- Experience
Experience of practice research or audit
- Experience
Experience of managing others
- Experience
Experience of education and training at post graduate level
- Experience
Recognition as an advanced practitioner in CTIMPs, ATMPs, QA or clinical trials through presentation, contribution to national workstreams or dissemination of best practice.
Job overview
Highly Specialist Pharmacist: UK Dementia Trials Network (UKDTN) and UCLH Clinical Trials and Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products
UCLH is creating a new post that sits across two connected programmes: the UK Dementia Trials Network (UKDTN) and UCLH’s Clinical Trials and Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products service. You’ll split your time between national work with UKDTN, helping dementia trial sites across the UK get up and running, and specialist pharmacy input into UCLH’s own clinical trials and ATMPs.
Main duties of the job
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?
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.
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This advert is for Highly Specialist Pharmacist: UKDTN and UCLH Clinical Trials & ATMPs with University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Pharmacist role. The advertised salary is £88,250 - £100,355 per annum inclusive of HCAS (Pro rata). The contract type is Fixed term: 24 months (Limited funding). The application deadline is 13 Sep 2026.
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