Advanced Specialist Pharmacist – Cancer Services - Haematology

NHS; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK Hospital Trust is looking for an Advanced Specialist Pharmacist focusing on Cancer Services, particularly Haematology. You will join a dedicated team providing clinical services to out-patient clinics. The ideal candidate will have a Master's degree in pharmacy and experience in chemotherapy services. Competitive salary offered for Band 8A, along with opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Inclusive workplace culture

Support for further training

Qualifications

• Experience as a clinical pharmacist practitioner with a broad range in clinical specialties.
• Enthusiasm to develop clinical pharmacy experience within chemotherapy services.
• Evidence of professional updating and continuous professional development.

Responsibilities

• Support cancer patients as part of the Pharmacy Cancer Team.
• Develop clinical services for out-patient clinics.
• Forge links with specialist centres and train other staff.

Skills

Clinical pharmacy experience

Independent prescribing

Experience in chemotherapy services

Computer literate

Education

Master's degree in pharmacy (MPharm)

Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma / MSc

Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Certification

Job description

Go back University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Advanced Specialist Pharmacist – Cancer Services - Haematology

The closing date is 01 October 2025

Advanced Specialist Pharmacist - Cancer Services - Haematology Band 8a

UHNM is a Cancer Centre including Level 3 haematology (providing complex inpatient chemotherapy regimens and autograft transplants) and also a Myeloma UK Centre of Excellence.

The pharmacy directorate has modern, purpose-built pharmacy departments on both the County and Royal Stoke hospital sites and has close links with Keele University School of Pharmacy. The Pharmacy team is enthusiastic, forward thinking and vibrant. We have a proven track record in re-engineering our services to improve the delivery of high quality, patient focused pharmaceutical care and optimisation of medicines use.

The Cancer Centre at the Royal Stoke site consists of a 40 bedded in-patient ward and a dedicated four bedded Emergency Admissions Bay for clinical assessment of toxicities. There is a 27 chaired out-patient area and four linear accelerators. The County Cancer Unit has a nurse led 16 chaired, four bedded out-patient day unit. The clinical trials team based on the Cancer Centre manage a broad portfolio of both commercial and non-commercial trials. Electronic prescribing is well established across both Paediatric and Adult Cancer Services

Main duties of the job

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated, dynamic, innovative and enthusiastic pharmacist to join an established team of Specialist Clinical Pharmacists to support cancer patients.

As Advanced Specialist Pharmacist for Haematology you will work with the Lead Haematology Pharmacist in the development of this service to both in and out-patients. As part of the wider Pharmacy Cancer Team primarily based at the satellite pharmacy on the Cancer Centre at the Royal Stoke site you will provide clinical services to the out-patient clinics. You will work alongside a team of Oncology, Haematology and Paediatric Cancer Senior Pharmacists under the management of the Lead Pharmacist Haematology. There will also be opportunities to work at the County site in Stafford.

About us

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Job responsibilities

You will be supported by the wider team and actively encouraged to undertake further training and studies. You will also be expected to forge links with specialist centres and train other members of staff as you will already have cancer experience

Independent prescribing is actively encouraged with two pharmacists currently having allocated prescribing clinics across both Oncology and Haematology. All specialist pharmacists are encouraged to develop their clinical skills to undertake further training to become non-medical prescribers.

This is an exciting time to join our specialist Cancer Services team to further improve quality and patient experience.

Advanced Special Lead Pharmacist Haematology-Oncology

Person Specification

Essential Qualifications

• Master's degree in pharmacy (MPharm)
• Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Band 8a-Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma / MSc or equivalent Qualification or evidence of equivalent experience or training
• Band 7-Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Certificate and working towards the completion of the Diploma or equivalent qualification or evidence of equivalent experience or training.
• Independent Prescriber with appropriate annotation on GPhC register or willing to undertake appropriate training to become an active independent prescriber
• Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB)
• Member of British Oncology Pharmacy Association (BOPA)
• Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Certification
• Formal management and / or leadership qualification

Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience

• Comprehensive experience as a clinical pharmacist practitioner including a solid grounding in a broad range of clinical specialties
• Clinical pharmacy experience within chemotherapy/Cancer services and an enthusiasm to develop this
• Commitment and evidence of professional updating and formal continuous professional development (CPD)
• Computer literate and able to use Windows applications including Microsoft Word, Excel, Teams and internet
• Experience working with clinical trials and knowledge of the regulations relating to them
• Evidence of involvement in pharmacy practice research and/or audit
• Publication of research in a peer reviewed journal Management of Staff

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.

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Depending on experienceBand 7- £47,810.00-£54,710.00 Band 8a- £55,690.00-£62,682.00