Clinical Trials Specialist Pharmacist

Clinical Trials Specialist Pharmacist

The closing date is 02 November 2025

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 lead a sub team of pharmacists to provide a high‑quality clinical trial service, thereby giving access to new, ground‑breaking treatments to patients via study protocols. The postholder will acquire experience of leadership, line management, finance, risk assessments, audit, and inspection. Applicants must be GPhC‑registered pharmacists with at least 3 years’ experience in an NHS hospital healthcare setting. Prior experience of clinical trials is desirable. The post holder will be well supported by the Principal Pharmacist R&D and the senior team. There are many reasons to join UCLH; including staff discounts and flexible working opportunities. Come and join our team if you are looking for a job where you can make a difference to patient care whilst learning about research delivery and digital health.

Main duties of the job

The postholder is a member of the senior pharmacy research team and supports the Principal Pharmacist R&D to provide a high‑quality consistent service. They will lead on risk reviews for the UCLH Joint Research Office (known as 'Assess, Arrange and Confirm' or AAC) and work closely with senior technical staff to setup new trials. They will lead on collating and establishing trends in any dispensing errors/deviations on the Trusts' digital database (Datix), reviewing and implementing new or amended SOPs, and leading the process of audit from external regulators and sponsors. The postholder will provide senior support to clinical trial coordinators, nursing and clinic/day unit staff and representatives from the pharmaceutical industry to ensure the smooth running of all clinical trials requiring pharmaceutical services. The post holder will also line manage pharmacists who rotate through clinical trials.

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 (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing), National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospital, 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.

Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications

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• Pharmacist Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
  
• Detailed knowledge of GCP and GMP/GDP, current legislation and regulations; and ability to apply this knowledge to develop and run a clinical trial service.
  
• Working knowledge of quality aspects of GCP, GMP and GDP
  
• Well‑developed IT skills and use of IT to manage and monitor quality systems.
  
• Expert knowledge of pharmaceutical aspects of investigational medicines, aseptic production, and dispensary practice.
  
• Specialist Qualification in Clinical Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or Pharmaceutical Technical Services, e.g. ClinDipP, PTQA MSc or equivalent experience and expertise
  

Experience

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• Demonstrable post registration work in hospital pharmacy practise.
  
• Demonstrable experience of clinical trials, dispensary and aseptic manufacture (Chemotherapy, CIVAS and PN)
  
• Experience in quality systems in a pharmaceutical setting.
  
• Experience of writing SOPs, managing change and incidents, and developing and delivering action plans.
  
• Awareness of current national standards, guidelines, and service delivery issues relevant to clinical trials.
  
• Experience of clinical pharmacy.
  
• Experience of GCP or GMP audits and demonstrable evidence of use of findings to improve practice.
  
• Experience of managing change in a pharmaceutical setting.
  

Skills and Abilities

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• Demonstrated ability to solve difficult and ambiguous problems by advanced reasoning, sound pharmaceutical judgement and negotiation.
  
• Demonstrated ability to manage incidents and deviations.
  
• Demonstrated ability to manage change.
  
• Able to work accurately under pressure, and prioritise and manage time effectively
  
• Demonstrated knowledge of all aspects of GCP, GMP and Quality management and a proven ability to apply this knowledge to maintain a service.
  

Communication

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• Demonstrable ability to work effectively independently or as part of a team
  
• Able to communicate complex, contentious and sensitive information effectively when using clear written and spoken English.
  

Ensure the risk of infection to self, colleagues, patients, relatives, and visitors is minimised by:

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• Being familiar with, and adhering to Trust policies and guidance on infection prevention and control.
  
• Taking personal responsibility so far as is reasonably practicable, in helping ensure that effective prevention and control of health care associated infections is embedded into everyday practice and applied consistently.
  
• Completing all required training and education (both via e‑learning and face to face) on infection prevention and control.
  
• Including infection prevention and control as an integral part of your continuous personal/professional development and included in your annual appraisal.
  

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.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery (UCLH)

Pay

£64,156 to £71,148 a year Per annum inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full‑time

Reference number

309-UCLH-6795-A

Job locations

National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery (UCLH)