# Specialist Pharmacist Clinical Trials > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-pharmacist-clinical-trials/28e5ea9f-d811-47d0-aebe-72bcbd62bfa5 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-pharmacist-clinical-trials/28e5ea9f-d811-47d0-aebe-72bcbd62bfa5.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Pharmacist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 Per annum inclusive of HCAS - **Contract type:** 24 months (Fixed term) - **Employment type:** Part time - 18.75 hours per week (Limited Funding) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-28T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-14T09:01:02.768Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/University_College_London_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Pharmacy/Pharmacy-v8148699 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8148699?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uclh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview University College London Hospitals undertakes world-class research across many specialities including cancer, neurology, stroke, rheumatology, and early phase medicine. In this role you will be a key part of facilitating this research. You will be an integral part of a team of clinical trial senior pharmacists who provide a high-quality dispensary service, thereby giving access to new, ground-breaking treatments to patients via study protocols. This 2-year fixed term position is to support a quality improvement initiative to transition the Pharmacy Clinical Trials dispensary service to Epic (electronic health records system \[EHRs\]) dispensary labels, thereby directly linking prescriptions to dispensing labels, to improve patient safety and operational efficiency. The postholder will additionally support pharmacy setup and clinical trial amendment activities; including assessing the feasibility of the study, drug and prescription design, validating commercial trial budgets, and authoring and checking dispensary guides. ### Main duties of the job The post-holder will work to deliver the Epic label project as part of a multidisciplinary team involving senior pharmacy clinical trials pharmacists and technicians, and EHRs analysts. The post-holder will also work as part of the wider clinical trials team to deliver clinical trials and provide the pharmacy input to clinical trials across all sites in a manner consistent with Good Clinical Practice requirements and other relevant guidelines. ### 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 ### Experience **Essential** - Full-time post qualification pharmacy practice experience in an NHS hospital for at least 2 years - Demonstrable experience of clinical trials and dispensary - Awareness of current national standards, guidelines, and service delivery issues relevant to clinical trials - Participation in audit **Desirable** - Demonstrable experience of aseptic services or QA. - Experience of writing SOPs, managing change and incidents, and developing and delivering action plans - Experience of managing change in a pharmaceutical setting to meet specific patient needs and reducing patient risk. - Experience of Good Clinical Practice or Good Manufacturing Practice audits and demonstrable evidence of use of findings to improve practice - Previous experience in delivering education and training within pharmacy ### Skills and abilities **Essential** - Demonstrable ability to work effectively independently or as part of a team, without direct supervision. - Demonstrable ability to work accurately under pressure, and prioritise and manage time effectively - Demonstrable ability to evaluate quality of own work, identify personal development needs, and maintain a portfolio of continuous professional development. - Demonstrates ability to meet service targets - Demonstrated ability to identify and manage risks. - Demonstrates the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate therapeutic options - Demonstrates experience of clinical reasoning and judgement in practice - Ability to utilise Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint to support routine work activity - Demonstrated good understanding of Pharmacy priorities - Collect data regarding service provision - Ability to communicate fluently in English in a verbal or written manner with patients, junior pharmacy, nursing, medical and other multidisciplinary staff **Desirable** - Experience in co-ordinating the day-to-day practice activities of others - Identifies appropriate measures of service - Demonstrated good understanding of key Trust, NHS and research priorities and publications - Reports on data regarding service provision - Demonstrated ability to evaluate and improve service quality ### Knowledge and Qualifications **Essential** - Master’s in Pharmacy, and Pharmacist Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) - Demonstrates a working knowledge of clinical trials, Good Clinical Practice and how these impact on pharmacy practice - Clinical experience in Oncology/ Haematology, Neurology, Paediatrics or equivalent practical experience **Desirable** - Clinical Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or Pharmaceutical Technical Services - Good Clinical Practice certificate - Specialist Qualification in Clinical Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or Pharmaceutical Technical Services ### Research & development skills **Essential** - Implements the findings of pharmacy practice research ## Documents - [uclh values (pdf, 860.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2685) - [job description (pdf, 1000.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10448258) - [functional requirements (pdf, 262.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10448259) ## 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.