Senior Clinical Pharmacist – Adult Diabetes Services in London

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic pharmacist with extensive clinical expertise and strong interpersonal skills to join the Adult Diabetes Services at UCLH. This is a fixed-term position covering maternity leave.

Adult Diabetes Services sit within the Medical Specialties Division, which encompasses a broad range of specialist services across both inpatient and outpatient settings. The Adult Diabetes team is a well-established multidisciplinary service comprised of consultants, specialist registrars, associate specialists, clinical nurse specialists, dietitians, podiatrists and a pharmacist working collaboratively to improve outcomes and support people living with type 1 and type 2 diabetes across both hospital and community care settings.

Within pharmacy services, the post-holder will work as an integral member of the Medicine and Emergency Services Pharmacy Team, providing a comprehensive clinical pharmacy service to Adult Diabetes Services and, where appropriate, supporting the wider Medical Specialties Division. The role also offers the opportunity to work closely with primary care colleagues and partner organisations across the West North London network, helping to enhance the quality, safety, and continuity of care for patients with long term conditions such as diabetes, across hospital and community care pathways.

Working closely with the multidisciplinary diabetes team, you will play a key role in enhancing the care and outcomes of patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes across inpatient and outpatient settings. You will participate in relevant MDT clinical huddles, ward rounds, and specialist meetings, promoting the safe and effective use of medicines, reducing medicine-related harm during transitions of care, and driving evidence-based, cost-effective prescribing practice.

As a valued member of the diabetes multidisciplinary team, you will use your advanced clinical knowledge and experience to influence therapeutic decision-making and apply your independent prescribing skills to optimise diabetes treatment regimens and improve outcomes in in-patient settings and out-patient based initiatives such as virtual pre-operation assessment clinics. You will function as an expert source of advice and a key point of contact for the diabetes MDT, other UCLH healthcare professionals, and patients requiring information and support improvement initiatives relating to diabetes medicines and monitoring devices.

Through service evaluation, audit, and quality improvement initiatives, you will contribute to the ongoing development of diabetes services, enhancing safety, efficiency, and productivity through the effective use of Epic, the Electronic Health Record system at UCLH. Working collaboratively with primary care colleagues and partner organisations across the West and North London Integrated Care System (WNL ICS), you will develop, implement, and maintain clinical pathways for complex treatment regimens and high-cost medicines, supporting seamless patient care across hospital and community settings.