Oncology Pharmacist

Spire Healthcare Ltd

The closing date is 16 April 2025

Job summary

Oncology Pharmacist | Spire Dunedin Reading |Permanent | Full Time or Part Time | Competitive Salary

Spire Dunedin has a new opportunity for an experienced Oncology Pharmacist to join our specialist Oncology Pharmacy Team.

In this role you will lead, manage and deliver our specialist pharmacy service for oncology, ensuring the highest standards and patient care. You will provide expert advice and support to consultants, clinician and patient playing a key role in the safe and effective use of oncology medications.

If you are passionate about delivering exceptional pharmaceutical care in a supportive and dynamic environment, we would love to hear from you.

At Spire Dunedin Hospital we offer tests and scans for cancers includingbreastandbowelto patients inBerkshire, Buckinghamshire and Wiltshire, including Reading and Newbury. We'vebeen awarded The Macmillan Quality Environment Mark (MQEM).

Main duties of the job

Duties and responsibilities:

  • To provide an exemplary pharmacy service in accordance with current legislation, accepted professional and ethical standards and clinical requirements
  • To be responsible for leading, managing and delivering the specialist pharmacy service of oncology
  • To provide advice and support to consultants, other clinicians and patients ensuring the safe, appropriate and cost effective use of medicines
  • To advise the hospital and its departments on the safe management of medicines, ensuring compliance with current legislation and professional standards
  • To promote a multidisciplinary, patient focused approach to the delivery of an efficient, high quality healthcare service
  • Plan, deliver and evaluate pharmaceutical care to meet patients health and well being needs
  • Assess the health and wellbeing of patients whose needs may be complex and changing within the context of their medicines
  • Plan, monitor and evaluate the movement of medicines
  • Establish and maintain effective communication with individuals and groups on complex, sensitive and occasionally contentious issues in a range of situations
  • Lead others in the development of knowledge, ideas and work practice
  • Modify and structure data, information, computer records and stock management documents
  • Plan, monitor and quality assure the application of technology for the provision of chemotherapy treatment
  • Monitor and maintain physical and/or financial resources for a work area

About us

At Spire Healthcare, caring is our passion. We have been putting patients at the heart of everything we do for over 25 years. We're committed to looking after people, both patients and staff. We deliver high standards of care to our insured, self-pay and NHS patients across 39 hospitals and 33 clinics, medical centres and consulting rooms. Our successful business is led by an experienced and stable senior management team, we provide the highest quality of care through the latest medical technology, new facilities, and a focus on inspiring leadership and employee development. We have achieved our market leading position because of our Purpose, which is to 'make a positive difference to people's lives through outstanding personalised care'. Everyone at Spire is aligned to this purpose, which underpins a culture of respect, inclusion, passion and collaboration across our business, enabling us to achieve more than 98% of our hospitals being rated 'Good' or 'Outstanding' by the Regulators; these are sector leading standards.

Date posted

31 March 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

22438

Job locations

16, Bath Road

Reading

RG1 6NS


Job description

Job responsibilities

Who we're looking for:

Essential

  • Degree (BSc/MSc Hons)
  • Be GPHC registered - your registration should not have any restrictions or conditions
  • Previous experience as a pharmacist specialising in the provision of an oncology service
  • Previous experience of working in a hospital pharmacy
  • Experience of applying clinical reasoning skills to a range of complex and varied patient requirements
  • Highly specialist knowledge through a diploma in clinical pharmacy and/or acquired through training and experience, particularly in the field of oncology
  • Competence across a range of pharmaceutical subjects
  • Previous experience as a pharmacist specialising in the provision of an oncology service

Contract Type:Permanent

Working Hours:Full Time - 37.5 hrs per week, 5 days per week, Monday Friday 08:00 16:00

Benefits:

We offer employed colleagues a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

  • 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
  • Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
  • Spire for you reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
  • Free Bupa wellness screening
  • Private medical insurance
  • Life assurance

Our Values

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

  • Driving clinical excellence
  • Doing the right thing
  • Caring is our passion
  • Keeping it simple
  • Delivering on our promises
  • Succeeding and celebrating together

We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Alison Roberts onalison.roberts@spirehealthcare.com

Closing Date: If we have received sufficient applications, we reserve the right to close this vacancy without further notice, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Who we're looking for:

Essential

  • Degree (BSc/MSc Hons)
  • Be GPHC registered - your registration should not have any restrictions or conditions
  • Previous experience as a pharmacist specialising in the provision of an oncology service
  • Previous experience of working in a hospital pharmacy
  • Experience of applying clinical reasoning skills to a range of complex and varied patient requirements
  • Highly specialist knowledge through a diploma in clinical pharmacy and/or acquired through training and experience, particularly in the field of oncology
  • Competence across a range of pharmaceutical subjects
  • Previous experience as a pharmacist specialising in the provision of an oncology service

Contract Type:Permanent

Working Hours:Full Time - 37.5 hrs per week, 5 days per week, Monday Friday 08:00 16:00

Benefits:

We offer employed colleagues a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

  • 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
  • Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
  • Spire for you reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
  • Free Bupa wellness screening
  • Private medical insurance
  • Life assurance

Our Values

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

  • Driving clinical excellence
  • Doing the right thing
  • Caring is our passion
  • Keeping it simple
  • Delivering on our promises
  • Succeeding and celebrating together

We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Alison Roberts onalison.roberts@spirehealthcare.com

Closing Date: If we have received sufficient applications, we reserve the right to close this vacancy without further notice, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Please see above

Experience

Essential

  • Please see above

Desirable

  • Please see above
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Please see above

Experience

Essential

  • Please see above

Desirable

  • Please see above

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.

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.

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

Spire Healthcare Ltd

Address

16, Bath Road

Reading

RG1 6NS


Employer's website

https://www.spirehealthcare.com/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Spire Healthcare Ltd

Address

16, Bath Road

Reading

RG1 6NS


Employer's website

https://www.spirehealthcare.com/ (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Senior Resourcing Partner

Alison

Alison.roberts@spirehealthcare.com

Date posted

31 March 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

22438

Job locations

16, Bath Road

Reading

RG1 6NS


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