Job summary
- Main area
- Senior Oncology Pharmacist
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Fixed term: 1 year (for 12 months)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 151-NM185
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wexham Park Hospital
- Town
- Wexham
- Salary
- £57,888 - £64,880 per annum incl HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Senior Oncology Pharmacist
Band 8a
Job overview
This exciting role has been created to support pharmacist-led clinics for oncology patients at Wexham Park Hospital. You will be joining a respected team of pharmacists and technicians delivering services to our patients at Wexham Park Hospital.
You will be participating in clinics for SACT prescribing, confirming treatments, managing side effects and counselling patients to transform our service to oncology patients. This will include writing the defined outpatient clinic protocols for NMP’s to support activity within the tumour group.
You will also spend time training your colleagues to ensure there is shared learning, screening SACT prescriptions and providing directorate support. You will work closely with the team of oncologists and clinical nurse specialists.
The post holder should have completed the clinical diploma or equivalent, and must be an Independent Prescriber.
For more information please contact Ruk Parkar on [email protected], 07467 356924 to arrange an informal visit.
Surrey and Sussex Cancer Alliance have funded this service development for a total of 2 years to establish the clinics and improve our patients' experience of SACT.
Main duties of the job
General:
- To work with other senior pharmacists to develop the clinical pharmacy service to patients within the specialist areas being covered.
- The provision of a clinical pharmacy service to patients within the specialist areas.
- To support the training and development of pharmacist independent prescribers.
- To act as a role model in the field of clinical pharmacy practice and provide a consistently high standard of clinical service in line with the pharmacy objectives.
- The recruitment, management, and development of staff under the post-holder.
Oncology roles:
- To partake in Oncology clinical pharmacy duties ensuring core clinical pharmacy activities are undertaken.
- To manage a caseload of patients as part of the Oncology Clinical Team within defined specialist areas.
- To develop the provision of Oncology advanced clinical practice – promoting safe and evidenced-based practice and contributing to improved clinical outcomes and services to patients.
- To provide leadership, management and directorate/service support roles to Oncology.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details, please refer to the Senior Oncology Pharmacist Job Description and Person Specification
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Pharmacy degree
- GPhC registered
- Postgraduate clinical diploma
- Independent Prescribing qualification
Desirable criteria
- BOPA membership
- Management qualification
- UKCPA membership
- RPS qualification
Specialist Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience as a specialist cancer pharmacist
- Experience of producing guidelines
- Teaching / Tutoring experience
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience in a pharmacist led clinic role
- Experience of managing staff
- Clinical audit experience
- Experience of producing drug appraisals
Competencies
Essential criteria
- Good influencing and negotiating skills
- Relevant clinical knowledge
- Excellent organisational skills
- Excellent written communication
- Ability to adapt and cope with challenges
Desirable criteria
- Interest in research
- Use of EPMA systems and Electronic SACT system
- Excellent IT Skills
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
- Ruk Parkar
- Job title
- Principal Oncology Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07467 356924
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