Job overview

 This post gives high level experience to a broad range of Cancer activities including the provision of clinical services to patients in both the inpatient and outpatient setting and responsibility for drug and therapeutics and the electronic prescribing system for the Breast cancer service.

The aim of this post is to assist the Service Lead Pharmacist for Cancer in the provision and development of a high quality, clinical pharmacy service to Cancer and St Bartholomew’s Hospital. The post holder is expected to take responsibility for the professional and day to day provision of Pharmacy services to the Breast Cancer service including non-medical prescribing for breast cancer patients. The post holder is also expected to take responsibility for managing the setting up, maintenance and ordering of compassionate use drugs and other relevant schemes within cancer.

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 deliver the best possible patient experience, be a provider of excellent patient safety and cultivate Barts Health as an outstanding place to work.

Interview date is 12/11/2025

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.