Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- 12 months (12 month Fixed Term Contract)
- Hours
- Part time - 15 hours per week
- Job ref
- 282-SB1159
- Employer
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Royal Marsden Hospital
- Town
- Sutton
- Salary
- £70,396 - £80,837 pro-rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Lead Pharmacist Oncology
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Job overview
This 0.4 WTE Band 8b Lead Pharmacist: Oncology Sutton role is a one-year backfill (Thursday/Friday) during the current post holder’s secondment to an RM Partners SACT project.
The position leads and supports the Oncology Pharmacy Team at Sutton & Kingston, ensuring high-quality clinical services for OCC & Kingston day units and NMP support to SACT clinics. It also contributes to developing the pharmacy workforce to recruit and retain top staff.
Candidates should be enthusiastic, proactive, independent, decisive, and highly organised.
Main duties of the job
Responsible for the co-ordination, delivery and optimisation of clinical pharmacy Oncology services at the Sutton site. To include working alongside the Head of Clinical services and the other lead pharmacists to ensure process standardisation, pathways are streamlined and clinical pharmacy services are consistent across both sites.
Leading a team of highly skilled pharmacists, technicians and other pharmacy staff working to deliver cutting edge pharmacy services to Oncology patients.
Leading on the delivery of local, regional and national projects to optimise medication, improve services and outcomes for patients. The post holder will be responsible for implementation of these projects, through extensive stakeholder engagement and collaboration.
To lead on pharmaceutical issues relating to medicines optimisation and clinical trials within the existing Oncology Specialist pharmacist role, ensuring adherence to national guidelines and medicines legislation.
To provide highly specialised pharmaceutical advice and support relating to medicines use to senior medical and nursing staff of the designated specialist unit.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.
At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.
At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information please refer to the job description and person specification.
Responsible for the co-ordination, delivery and optimisation of clinical pharmacy oncology services at the Sutton & Kingston site, to include the provision of services 7 days a week (if required) and out of hours.
To be responsible for supporting the Head of Clinical services in the operational delivery of clinical pharmacy oncology services at the Sutton & Kingston site.
To lead the pharmacy team providing a clinical pharmacy oncology service at the Sutton & Kingston site, to include day to day oversight of operations, implementation of clear processes for allocating and managing the workforce and skill mix optimisation.
To contribute to the local delivery of the pharmacy Education and Training strategy. To collaborate with the Pharmacy Education and Training Team to develop a strategy that is appropriate, aspirational and supports the development and delivery of a high quality clinical pharmacy service.
Deputise for senior members of the pharmacy team where appropriate attending Trust meetings, taking responsibility for the Pharmacy Department when required and dealing with any clinical and service issues that arise.
To identify changes in prescribing practices and new prescribing practices that may impact on the drugs budget and / or patient activity and communicate any perceived impact to the relevant teams and clinical business unit.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GPhC registration
- MSc/Diploma Pharmacy Practice
Desirable criteria
- Registered non-medical prescriber
- Postgraduate leadership qualification
- RPS membership
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in oncology pharmacy
- Financial forecasting and managing drug expenditure to include contribution to delivering cost improvement programmes
- Experience of contributing to the delivery of medication governance and medication safety
- Experience delivering education and training, and providing supervision to support the development of multidisciplinary team
- Recent (in last 2 years) evidence of delivering efficiencies in the NHS
Desirable criteria
- Non- Medical prescribing experience
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team
- Ability to work alone without direct supervision when required
- Ability to lead a team effectively
- Good time management and organisational skills, ability to prioritise effectively
- Ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to communicate effectively with members of the public and other healthcare professionals (written & verbal)
- Ability to use Microsoft Office applications e.g. Word, Excel, Outlook and advanced literature searching
- Presentation skills
- Ability to critically reflect on own and teams performance
Other
Essential criteria
- Good leadership qualities: able to take responsibility and to delegate effectively
- Adaptable to change: flexible in accepting new procedures and policies
- Ability to demonstrate initiative: proactive and self-motivated
- Progressive and continuing professional development
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience of leading and managing change projects to improve services
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries and managing complex stakeholder relationships
- Experience of setting and delivering objectives
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Anita McWhirter
- Job title
- Deputy Chief Pharmacist (Clinical)
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
For further information please contact: Anita McWhirter, Deputy Chief Pharmacist on: 0208 642 6011 ext 1253
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