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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (Secondment for internal candidates (end date: 27/11/26))
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
361-7458752-A
Employer
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Mount Vernon Cancer Centre
Town
Northwood
Salary
£38,682 - £46,580 per annum, plus 15% High Cost Area Supplement
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
17/11/2025 23:59

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East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust logo

Clinical Rotational Oncology Pharmacist

NHS AfC: Band 6

Here at  East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust,

Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities

Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service

 

Job overview

We are recruiting for a Clinical Rotational Oncology Pharmacist who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

This role is a challenging and rewarding opportunity for a pharmacist who is looking to develop their hospital pharmacy and oncology knowledge in a wide range of cancer treatments including clinical trials at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre,

Previous experience of working in a hospital or community pharmacy and any previous experience in oncology would be desirable. Pre-registration trainees are also welcome to apply for this role.

You  will be expected to work closely with nursing and medical staff and with patients. You will be supported by a team of oncology pharmacists, to deliver pharmaceutical services to patients on day case units and wards.

In addition, you will receive a High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of your basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £4,552 and a maximum payment of £5,735 per annum pro rata.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us. 

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will ensure that prescriptions are screened clinically to promote the rational use of drug therapy and evaluation of the appropriateness of the regimen selected.

You will act as a clinic, ward and day-case unit oncology pharmacist providing pharmaceutical care to cancer patients on a rotational basis 

The post holder will provide highly specialised advice concerning the pharmaceutical care of cancer patients as appropriate, to patients, relatives and other health professional colleagues including senior consultant medical staff.

You will support core services at MVCC pharmacy which include clinical screen, dispense and check prescriptions and requisition  inpatient requests, dose banding chemotherapy, controlled drugs, clinical trial prescription and TTAs.

Working for our organisation

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now. 

We run the following hospitals: 

  • The Lister Hospital, Stevenage 
  • New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City 
  • Hertford County, Hertford 
  • Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood 

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients.  We continue to undergo significant transformation, and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda. 

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees.  This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

ENHT is seeking to maintain and expand the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre staff as we move to an exciting new future.

We welcome applications from those who would relish the opportunity to be part of new and developing cancer service, building on the excellent reputation, research and patient experience the Cancer Centre already delivers.

You will receive a High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of your basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £4,552 and a maximum payment of £5,735 per annum pro rata. 

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential criteria
  • Masters Degree MPharm (or equivalent)
  • Competency assessed and examined professional registration, GPhC
  • Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice
Desirable criteria
  • Clinical Diploma

Previous Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience in pharmacy, hospital or community
Desirable criteria
  • Training staff
  • Experience using JAC computer system
  • Experience in Hospital Pharmacy services

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Proven presentation skills
  • Good team player
  • Good oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to prioritise workload
  • Good organisation skills
  • Able to work under pressure
  • Accurate and precise attention to detail
  • Ability to work independently
  • Flexible approach to workload
  • Proficient IT skills
  • Adaptable to change
  • Ability to undertake manual lifting duties
  • Supervisory skills

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Good basic Pharmacy Knowledge

Other Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Some flexibility in working hours
  • Understanding of, and commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion
  • Role model our Trust values every day

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardNHS Employers Diversity and Inclusion PartnersVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyDisability confident employerStep into healthHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Gold

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Wendy Ng
Job title
Lead Oncology Pharmacist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02038262499
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