Band 8a Specialist Pharmacist - Cancer Services

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; Sur place; GBP 54 000 - 66 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

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Résumé du poste

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Band 8a Specialist Pharmacist in Cancer Services. The role delivers high-level pharmaceutical care in oncology, leads pharmacy services, and supports junior staff, education and research within a busy cancer services environment.

The post offers opportunities to develop specialist areas in oncology, participate in audits and trials, and contribute to cost improvement programmes while travelling across sites within

Qualifications

• Four-year Master of Pharmacy degree (or equivalent) is required.
• Post-graduate clinical pharmacy qualification or equivalent experience.
• GPhC registration is required.
• Willingness to work towards non medical prescribing qualification.
• Working towards Level I Faculty Membership with the RPS.

Responsabilités

• Ensure safe and effective clinical pharmacy services for cancer patients on day units and wards.
• Lead and develop oncology clinical pharmacy services.
• Supervise Cancer Services pharmacists, overseeing performance and training.
• Provide medicines financial oversight to a directorate.
• Contribute to audits, research trials and service evaluations.
• Support education and training of pharmacy staff and healthcare professionals.
• Work independently in oncology clinics.

Connaissances

Strong communication

IT proficiency

Presentation skills

Organisational skills

Team coordination

Deadline management

Formation

MPharm or equivalent

Post-graduate clinical pharmacy qualification

GPhC registration

Non-medical prescribing (training)

RPS Faculty Level I (in progress)

Description du poste

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Band 8a Specialist Pharmacist - Cancer Services

The closing date is 15 November 2026

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is a tertiary referral Cancer Centre with five outpatient day case units, four inpatient wards and many outpatient clinics. The cancer pharmacists at UHB are well integrated into all aspects of this service, including ward pharmacy activities, day unit responsibilities and several different pharmacist-led clinics. We have close links with the School of Pharmacy at University of Birmingham and have a strong track record in delivering and supporting educational and research activities.

We are looking for a Specialist Pharmacist for Cancer Services to join our large and enthusiastic team, to provide a high level of specialist pharmaceutical care to our patients in oncology. We already have several pharmacists working independently within clinics and we are keen to further develop these roles and give our team the opportunity to become specialists in particular areas of oncology.

In addition, we hope you have a passion for education and training to support the growing number of junior pharmacists within the cancer pharmacy team. We will also support and encourage you to develop your own research interests and to develop yourself as a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist.

Main duties of the job

Ensure safe and effective provision of clinical pharmacy services to cancer patients on the day unit and wards.

Lead and develop clinical pharmacy services in oncology

Manage and supervise Cancer Services pharmacists, overseeing performance, education and training and their professional development

Provide medicines financial oversight to a directorate

Contribute to clinical audits, research trials, and service evaluations.

Support education and training of pharmacy staff and healthcare professionals

Work independently as a pharmacist in oncology clinics

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Qualifications

• 4 year vocational Masters degree in pharmacy (or equivalent)
• * Post-graduate clinical pharmacy qualification or equivalent experience
• * Membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council
• * Willingness to work towards non medical prescribing qualification
• Working towards Level I Faculty Membership with the RPS

Experience

• Significant post-registration hospital pharmacy experience in oncology
• * Possesses relevant clinical knowledge in oncology
• * Demonstrates good knowledge of oncology and current issues
• * Previous participation in multi-disciplinary team
• * Demonstrates commitment and enthusiasm for providing high quality pharmaceutical care
• * Demonstrates good critical appraisal skills
• * Knowledge of national initiatives and guidelines, e.g. NICE, NSF
• * Possesses knowledge of available resources to answer Medicines Information queries
• * Able to work with drug budget information
• Experience of teaching/presenting to other healthcare professionals/patients
• * Ability to manage budgets and deliver on cost improvement programmes
• * Previous involvement in clinical trials

Additional Criteria

• Able to use initiative and work without supervision when necessary
• * Good communication skills, written and verbal, with ability to demonstrate fluency, clarity and effectiveness at all levels.
• * IT and presentation skills and report writing
• * Organisational skills
• * Co-ordination of duties of staff
• * Can prioritise local and own workload and that of others
• * Can remain composed and effective in demanding situations (students in difficulties, delivering unfavourable feedback, as advocate for students in negotiating with senior staff, staff and patients in department, on wards and on call)
• * Can reflect and critically analyse own performance
• * Can critically and objectively analyse performance of others
• * Able to identify, prioritise and solve problems
• * Identifies and manages risk
• * Numerate and literate
• * Able to work effectively with all members of the multidisciplinary team
• * Committed to developing and extending pharmacy services
• * Able to critically evaluate evidence.
• * Able to implement change
• * Proven ability to work to deadlines and time management without supervision.
• * Well motivated and reliable
• * Able to work with all grades of staff clinical and managerial
• * Professional manner
• Willingness to travel across all sites within the Trust as required by the job role.
• * Commitment to own Continuing Professional Development
• Good teaching and presentation skills (variety of methods, individual and small & large groups)
• * Experience as a trainer
• * Experience of supervision, developing and appraising staff as well as giving feedback

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 Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust