We are seeking an experienced and motivated pharmacy leader to join our team as Lead Pharmacist for Patient Services at UCLH. This is a high-impact role at the heart of a complex, multi-site organisation, where you will shape and influence the delivery of safe, effective and responsive pharmacy services that directly support patient care and flow.
You will bring strong operational leadership, a passion for developing people, and the ability to work collaboratively across professional and organisational boundaries. This role offers the opportunity to lead a diverse workforce, drive service improvement, and play a key role in modernising pharmacy patient services in line with Trust priorities.
At UCLH, you’ll be part of an academically driven, forward-thinking organisation known for excellence in patient care, education and research. If you are looking for a role where you can make a tangible difference, lead innovation, and develop your leadership at scale, we would love to hear from you.
Provide visible leadership across pharmacy patient services, ensuring safe, efficient and patient-centred delivery in a complex, multi-site environment. Lead and develop a diverse pharmacy workforce, promoting a culture of accountability, continuous improvement and high performance. Oversee operational delivery, including workforce planning, service resilience and system-wide coordination, ensuring services meet demand and support patient flow.
Work collaboratively with senior clinical, operational and external partners to deliver integrated and effective services, including outsourced provision. Drive quality and governance by monitoring performance, responding to risk and implementing improvements that enhance patient safety and experience. Contribute to strategic planning, service transformation and innovation, using data and insight to shape and sustain high-quality services.
The post holder will be based across UCLH hospital sites
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 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.
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.
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