Job summary
Are you an experienced pharmacist looking to specialise in cancer services?
We're excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for an Advanced Pharmacist to join our innovative and growing cancer services pharmacy team. Based primarily at Peterborough City Hospital, with potential travel across other sites within the North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, this full-time role (37.5 hours per week) includes weekend and bank holiday shifts as part of a department-wide rota.
We are seeking a passionate, driven pharmacist with clinical and leadership experience in oncology and haemato-oncology*. In this pivotal role, you will lead and manage a dedicated team of pharmacists, technicians, and support staff, providing exceptional clinical services across the haematology/oncology ward and day unit.
Our pharmacy cancer team is fully integrated within the cancer division, with a state-of-the-art satellite pharmacy at the heart of the haematology/oncology outpatient department. This allows us to deliver high-quality pharmacy services to cancer patients. We are also working towards developing a pharmacist prescriber role within our oncology outpatient clinics, so a non-medical prescriber qualification would be highly desirable.
*This role is also a fantastic development opportunity for candidates without haemato-oncology experience. You will begin at band 7 and, upon successful completion of training (minimum 12 months), have the potential to progress to band 8a based on performance.
Main duties of the job
- Work closely with the clinical trials and aseptics teams at Peterborough City Hospital, directly impacting patient care.
- Contribute to the integration of the pharmacy cancer team within the cancer division, ensuring high-quality pharmacy services for cancer patients.
- Support the development of the pharmacist prescriber role in oncology outpatient clinics.
- Ideally, bring project management or service improvement experience to support the Trust's cancer strategy.
- Demonstrate excellent communication, organisational, and time management skills, with strong attention to detail.
For more information or to arrange an informal visit, please contact Laura Simon, Principal Pharmacist - SACT, PN & Manufacturing at laura.simon@nhs.net.
About us
We are committed to supporting colleagues through organisational change. Priority will be given to staff at risk within North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust and Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Integrated Care Board.
Job description
Job responsibilities
A detailed job description and person specification will provide you with a full breakdown of the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
A detailed job description and person specification will provide you with a full breakdown of the role.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm or equivalent pharmacy degree
- Registered Pharmacist (GPhC)
- Postgraduate qualification relevant to hospital pharmacy practice
Desirable
- Leadership / Management qualification relevant to the NHS or equivalent management qualification or experience
- Registered Pharmacy non-medical prescriber
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in hospital pharmacy services with advanced clinical skills in SACT
- Experience in both clinical and financial management
- Recent experience of both operational and strategic planning
- Familiarity with the Hospital Pharmacy Transformation Programme
- Familiarity with national and local medicine commissioning requirements
- Experience of leading change management processes
Key Skills
Essential
- Communication of highly complex information to senior managers, other professionals and patients.
- Able to demonstrate effective management of staff
- Analytical and judgement skills
- Concentration required frequently interrupted with urgent requests
- Acts appropriately in distressing or emotional circumstances.
- Proven ability to influence and negotiate with relevant senior clinicians, managers and key stakeholders
- Organisational awareness
- Ability to forecast and innovate including long term service planning
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- MPharm or equivalent pharmacy degree
- Registered Pharmacist (GPhC)
- Postgraduate qualification relevant to hospital pharmacy practice
Desirable
- Leadership / Management qualification relevant to the NHS or equivalent management qualification or experience
- Registered Pharmacy non-medical prescriber
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in hospital pharmacy services with advanced clinical skills in SACT
- Experience in both clinical and financial management
- Recent experience of both operational and strategic planning
- Familiarity with the Hospital Pharmacy Transformation Programme
- Familiarity with national and local medicine commissioning requirements
- Experience of leading change management processes
Key Skills
Essential
- Communication of highly complex information to senior managers, other professionals and patients.
- Able to demonstrate effective management of staff
- Analytical and judgement skills
- Concentration required frequently interrupted with urgent requests
- Acts appropriately in distressing or emotional circumstances.
- Proven ability to influence and negotiate with relevant senior clinicians, managers and key stakeholders
- Organisational awareness
- Ability to forecast and innovate including long term service planning
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.
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.
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).
