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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

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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.

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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

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerWe Work Flexibly

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.

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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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