• Job Description

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  Job summary

  Advanced Cancer Pharmacist - Band 8a

  £53,755 - £60,504 per annum pro rata

  12 Months Fixed Term (Maternity Cover)

  Are you a skilled and experienced Cancer Pharmacist ready to lead change and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team? Do you have the ambition to drive service improvements and develop a high-quality clinical pharmacy service within Haematology and Oncology?

  An exciting opportunity has arisen at the Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for a highly skilled, experienced, and enthusiastic specialist pharmacist to join our Cancer Pharmacy Team. This role offers a unique chance to make a meaningful impact by combining advanced clinical oncology and haematology expertise with leadership and service development.

  We are looking for someone with strong clinical knowledge, exceptional interpersonal skills, and a passion for excellence. In this challenging but rewarding role, you will work closely with the Lead Pharmacist for Cancer Services to deliver a comprehensive and high-quality clinical pharmacy service. Your efforts will play a key role in ensuring patient safety, optimising medicines use, and driving clinical effectiveness within our cancer services.

  If you're ready to take the next step in your career and make a real difference, we want to hear from you!

  Main duties of the job

  • Specialised Clinical Pharmacy Service: Deliver a specialised, patient-focused clinical pharmacy service to adult and paediatric oncology and haematology patients. Actively contribute to the multidisciplinary team by providing ward-based pharmacy services and key input during clinician ward rounds, clinics, and meetings.

  • Expert Clinical Advice: Serve as a clinical role model, offering highly complex expert advice on the safe, effective, and cost-efficient use of oncology and haematology medicines, in line with Trust and National Guidelines.

  • Service Development and Prescribing: Expand the role of the Cancer Pharmacy Team to meet directorate requirements, practicing as a pharmacist non-medical prescriber to support chemotherapy and associated medications within the Day Therapy Unit.

  • Service Improvement: Lead and support changes in work practices within Cancer Services, fostering good working relationships and implementing innovative solutions to enhance safety and quality in the service.

  • Clinical Governance and Medicines Management: Participate in the planning, implementation, communication, and delivery of clinical governance and medicines management objectives for the Trust. Effectively communicate highly complex and sensitive information with tact and diplomacy.

  • Team Leadership and Supervision: Provide day-to-day clinical supervision and management of Cancer Pharmacists, ensuring the delivery of high-quality services.

  About us

  The Pharmacy Department is integral to the Trust's transformation programme, which focuses on enhancing patient experience through innovative technology and modernised practices. Our department is equipped with two robotic storage and dispensing systems and has implemented electronic prescribing for outpatient and chemotherapy clinics, supporting efficiency and safety in medicines management.

  As we prepare for the launch of a brand-new Aseptic Services Unit and a state-of-the-art radiotherapy treatment centre, we are excited to be at the forefront of a comprehensive cancer strategy that will shape the future of cancer care at our Trust.

  We are seeking a dedicated candidate who can work effectively within a multidisciplinary team, demonstrate staff supervisory experience, and oversee the day-to-day operations of the Cancer Pharmacy Service. This includes liaising closely with the Pharmacy Aseptic Services Unit to ensure seamless service delivery. This post is an excellent opportunity for a specialist cancer pharmacist ready to take the next step into a senior management role.

  Join us and be a part of an innovative, forward-thinking team transforming cancer care for the future.

  For further information or to arrange an an informal discussion, please contact:

  Tiffany Chan, Lead Pharmacist in Cancer Services on 01793 605341 (tiffany.chan@nhs.net)

  Details

  Date posted

  03 June 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 8a

  Salary

  £53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum pro rata

  Contract

  Fixed term

  Duration

  12 months

  Working pattern

  Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

  Reference number

  249-6830991-5

  Job locations

  Great Western Hospital

  Marlborough Road

  Swindon

  SN3 6BB

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  To deputise and support the Lead Pharmacist in Cancer Services in developing, monitoring and delivering a highly specialist and comprehensive clinical pharmacy service to Oncology and Haematology.

  To act as an Advanced Practitioner Clinical Pharmacist to Oncology and Haematology.

  For a detailed overview of the job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the Advanced Cancer Pharmacist Job Description.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  To deputise and support the Lead Pharmacist in Cancer Services in developing, monitoring and delivering a highly specialist and comprehensive clinical pharmacy service to Oncology and Haematology.

  To act as an Advanced Practitioner Clinical Pharmacist to Oncology and Haematology.

  For a detailed overview of the job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the Advanced Cancer Pharmacist Job Description.

  Person Specification

  Education, Qualifications and Training

  Essential

  • Masters Degree in Pharmacy
  • Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
  • CPD in line with GPhC recommendations
  • Post-graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent experience
  • Non-medical prescribing qualification (or ability to complete within 6 months of starting post)

  Desirable

  • Cancer qualification, diploma or Msc

  Experience

  Essential

  • Considerable experience in a clinical oncology/haematology pharmacy position
  • Staff supervisory experience
  • Evidence of implementing change

  Desirable

  • Experience within Aseptic Services and Good Manufacturing Practice
  • Experience within clinical trials and Good Clinical Practice
  • Staff line management experience
  • Experience of delivering training to a multidisciplinary team
  • Evidence of managing a changing situation

  Knowledge and Skills

  Essential

  • Advanced cancer clinical knowledge
  • Able to prioritise on workload, delegate appropriately and manage time effectively
  • Able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
  • Ability to communicate highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, including in distressing or emotional situations

  Desirable

  • Experience of producing Trust/network wide guidelines and/or policy documents
  • Experience of delivering projects and working to deadlines
  • Ability to analysis and interpret complex drug usage and expenditure
  • Good negotiation and presentation skills

  Person Specification

  Education, Qualifications and Training

  Essential

  • Masters Degree in Pharmacy
  • Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
  • CPD in line with GPhC recommendations
  • Post-graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent experience
  • Non-medical prescribing qualification (or ability to complete within 6 months of starting post)

  Desirable

  • Cancer qualification, diploma or Msc

  Experience

  Essential

  • Considerable experience in a clinical oncology/haematology pharmacy position
  • Staff supervisory experience
  • Evidence of implementing change

  Desirable

  • Experience within Aseptic Services and Good Manufacturing Practice
  • Experience within clinical trials and Good Clinical Practice
  • Staff line management experience
  • Experience of delivering training to a multidisciplinary team
  • Evidence of managing a changing situation

  Knowledge and Skills

  Essential

  • Advanced cancer clinical knowledge
  • Able to prioritise on workload, delegate appropriately and manage time effectively
  • Able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
  • Ability to communicate highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, including in distressing or emotional situations

  Desirable

  • Experience of producing Trust/network wide guidelines and/or policy documents
  • Experience of delivering projects and working to deadlines
  • Ability to analysis and interpret complex drug usage and expenditure
  • Good negotiation and presentation skills

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Great Western Hospital

  Marlborough Road

  Swindon

  SN3 6BB

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.gwh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Great Western Hospital

  Marlborough Road

  Swindon

  SN3 6BB

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.gwh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

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