Advanced Oncology Pharmacist – Electronic Prescribing

Enherts Tr

Northwood

Remote

GBP 58,000 - 65,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is seeking an Advanced Oncology Pharmacist - Electronic Prescribing to lead and develop the EP system for Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Northwood.

The role focuses on safe, high-quality pharmaceutical care, advanced prescriber responsibilities, and contributing to the cancer centre and trust strategy with strong leadership and change management skills.

Qualifications

Master’s Degree in Pharmacy required.
Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council as a pharmacist.
Post graduate diploma in pharmacy practice or equivalent.
Registered independent prescriber.
BOPA Passport – completion of adult level 2c.
Leadership and/or management qualifications.

Responsibilities

Lead, manage and develop the EP system for Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT).
Maintain the EP system, electronic referrals, and electronic PRO measures for SACT.
Provide leadership for all aspects of SACT EP and delivery of the oncology pharmacy service.
Develop policies and procedures to ensure safe medication practices in relation to electronic prescribing.
Undertake clinical management of patients under a defined plan following diagnosis by a clinician.
Advise on oncology pharmacy issues including clinical, funding and prescribing aspects.
Contribute as a member of the pharmacy management team to the department’s strategic vision.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication skills

Prioritisation

Organisation

Ability to work under pressure

Collaboration

Education

Master’s Degree in Pharmacy

GPhC registration

Postgraduate diploma in pharmacy practice

Registered independent prescriber

BOPA Passport – Level 2c

Leadership qualifications

Tools

Electronic prescribing system

Job description

Advanced Oncology Pharmacist – Electronic Prescribing

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Main area Pharmacy Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 361-CAN-8321522

Site Mount Vernon Cancer Centre Town Northwood Salary £57,528 - £64,750 Per annum + 15% High Cost Area Supplement Salary period Yearly Closing 29/10/2026 23:59

Here at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities

Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service

Our values - We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do. Our values are:

Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.

Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

Job overview

We are recruiting for an Advanced Oncology Pharmacist - Electronic Prescribing who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

As the Advanced Pharmacist - Electronic Prescribing you will lead, manage and develop the operational pharmacy services to ensure that patients receive safe, high quality and clinical effective pharmaceutical care.

You will be supported to develop their leadership and management skills. Candidates who do not meet all the essential and desirable criteria are welcome to apply for this role and a Band 7 to Band 8A developmental role will be offered.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

The role involves leading and managing the strategy, design, and development of the Electronic Prescribing (EP) system for Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT).

It includes maintaining the EP system, electronic referrals, and electronic Patient Reported Outcome Measures for SACT. The postholder provides support and leadership for all aspects of SACT EP. Additionally, they are responsible for facilitating the delivery of the oncology pharmacy service at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, with a particular focus on electronic prescribing.

A key aspect of the role also includes the development of policies and procedures to ensure safe medication practices in relation to electronic prescribing.

Apply specialist knowledge to a designated patient group to develop pharmacist prescribing role, undertaking the clinical management and drug treatment of patients under an agreed clinical management plan following diagnosis by a medical practitioner.

You will promote the safe, clinically effective and cost-effective use of medicines by providing expert advice on oncology pharmacy issues including clinical, funding, and prescribing issues

As a member of pharmacy management team to help deliver a strategic vision for the pharmacy department and business plan in line with cancer centre and trust strategies.

Working for our organisation

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

The Lister Hospital, Stevenage

New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City

Hertford County, Hertford

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients . We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees . This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Master’s Degree in Pharmacy
Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council as a pharmacist
Post graduate diploma in pharmacy practice or equivalent
Registered independent prescriber
BOPA Passport – completion of adult level 2c
Leadership and/or management qualifications

Previous Experience

Extensive previous hospital experience (post-registration)
Experience in providing specialist pharmacist review of people with cancer
Experience of delivering clinical pharmacy service and advice relating to the safe use of medicines
Experience of developing and implementing medicines and service related policies for a specialty
Experience in working experience with electronic prescribing system
Experience as a trainer
Experience in project management (including department-wide roles) and evidence of completed outcomes
Effective liaison with relevant Trust level committees / groups
Experience of protocol building validation with an e-prescribing system
Experience of assessing risk and developing plans to mitigate that risk

Skills