Job summary
- Main area
- Cancer Pharmacist
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-SCCS-2047
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Charing Cross Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £64,156 - £71,148 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Lead Cancer Pharmacist
Band 8a
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
The postholder will be an important member of the Trust's Cancer Pharmacy team, providing and developing a comprehensive service to the Cancer directorate.
Responsibilities include the provision of a clinical ward pharmacy service to the cancer wards, supporting oncology outpatient clinics, verification of systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT) prescriptions, independent prescribing, managing drug funding applications and clinical support to clinicians and other health care professionals. The role also includes line management of rotational staff.
The post-holder will also be involved with the training of doctors, nurses and pharmacists in the safe use, screening and prescribing of SACT.
Main duties of the job
- To ensure that service provision is flexible and responsive to patient and service needs.
- To ensure the safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs. Effectively and in accordance with Trust policy, standard operating procedures and medicines legislation.
- To assist the Senior Lead Pharmacist Cancer in the provision of clinical pharmacy services to patients within the oncology departments with priorities to ensure the safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of medicines.
- To participate in oncology ward rounds where appropriate and clinical meetings as specified by the Senior Lead Pharmacist Cancer in order to provide pharmaceutical advice to prescribers and other health care professionals
- To deputise for the Senior Lead Pharmacist Cancer in their absence
- To liaise with external agencies to ensure safe, timely and appropriate supply to patients where appropriate
- To supervise rotational band 6 and 7 pharmacists
- To undertake continual professional development and maintain a CPD portfolio in line with requirements of professional body including continuing education and attendance at appropriate courses and study days
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .
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 overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Member of the GPhC
Desirable criteria
- BOPA Digital SACT verification Passport or equivalent
- Independent Prescriber
Experience
Essential criteria
- Three years post-registration training and experience in hospital Pharmacy This must include a solid grounding in all aspects of hospital pharmacy practice (medicines information, aseptic services, ward services and dispensing
- Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate therapeutic options for patients
- Experience working in Cancer services
Desirable criteria
- Experience of using electronic prescribing systems e.g. Cerner
- Experience of managing change
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Able to evaluate and improve service quality
- Ability to influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and management
- A good understanding of national and local priorities
Desirable criteria
- Leadership and delegation skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Mahmoud
- Job title
- Senior Lead Pharmacist, Cancer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0203 311 1645
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