Job summary
- Main area
- SBH CLINICAL SUPPORT DIVISION
- Grade
- Band 8A
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 259-7570486SBH
- Employer
- Barts Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Bartholomew's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £64,156 - £71,148 per annum inc
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Highly Specialist Oncology Pharmacist
Band 8A
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
Job overview
Barts Health has an opportunity for a dynamic individual within their state of the art oncology pharmacy department. This post offers an individual the opportunity to develop their clinical skills in the area of Oncology and contribute to the highly motivated and innovative cancer pharmacy clinical team.
This job presents an exciting opportunity for you to further develop your expertise in all aspects of oncology. You will gain clinical and managerial experience from working within our well-established team of oncology pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
The position is based at St Bartholomew’s Hospital but you will also visit other sites within Barts Health. This post will allow you to develop your managerial skills and gain in depth experience in clinical trials, commissioning, finance and e-prescribing as well as providing you the opportunity to provide clinical pharmacy services to a wide array of Cancer patients including solid tumour, haemato-oncology and haematopoietic stem cell transplant.
The Cancer Pharmacy Clinical Team is well established within Barts Cancer Centre and we provide inpatient, outpatient and daycase SACT services. In line with the Trust’s goals, we strive to work with our local communities to improve health and well-being, be a provider of excellent and equitable health and care, efficiently and cultivate Barts Health as an outstanding and inclusive place to work.
Main duties of the job
The primary responsibility of the post holder is to:
· Ensure a safe, efficient oncology pharmacy service that meets the needs of the users
· Optimise medicine use in individual patients
· Work closely with the multidisciplinary and wider pharmacy teams to optimise patient flow
· Draw up and implement formulary guidance, based on available evidence, national guidance and commissioning policies in Cancer
· Oversee the drug budget for Pharmacy Cancer Services; identify and deliver cost improvement plans for medicines expenditure in conjunction with the relevant teams
· Ensure all regulatory guidance is adhered to e.g., GMP and GCP
· Ensure the Cancer Pharmacy Team are achieving their key performance indicator (KPI) targets
· Ensure all members of the Cancer Pharmacy Team are set clear objectives and are competent in their roles
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates basic project management skills
- Demonstrates ability to manage others and delegate as appropriate
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant post registration in a hospital based post
- Previous experience of working within oncology providing a pharmacy service to oncology wards
- Previous experience of working within aseptics, including chemotherapy delivery
- Experience of supervising cytotoxic reconstitution services
- Experience in successfully managing and organising staff and work / projects
- Previous evaluations or reviews of cancer medicines
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MPharm or equivalent
- Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC
- Specialist postgraduate Certificate in Pharmacy Practice or equivalen
- Specialist postgraduate certificate in Technical services E.g. national course in Pharmaceutical Technology and Quality Assurance, or equivalent knowledge and experience or Specialist postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent knowledge and experience
- Independent prescribing qualification or willingness to work towards
other
Desirable criteria
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
- Member of British Oncology Pharmacy Association (BOPA)
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rakesh Mattu
- Job title
- Service Lead Pharmacist Cancer
- Email address
- [email protected]
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