Cancer and Clinical Services Pharmacist

Royal Marsden; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a pharmacist to join the Clinical Pharmacy team. This rotational role focuses on delivering SACT and cancer pharmacy services across oncology, haematology, paediatric-oncology and private care, with opportunities to develop specialist knowledge.

You will support inpatient and outpatient services, collaborate with nursing and medical staff, and contribute to service improvement while advancing a career in oncology pharmacy.

Qualifications

• GPhC registration to practice in the UK.
• Post-registration NHS hospital experience.
• Experience delivering a clinical pharmacy service to wards/day units.
• Oncology/cancer pharmacy experience is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational support to the Clinical Services Pharmacy Team across sites.
• Provide expert advice to MDT for safe, effective delivery of SACT and medicines.
• Screen/review prescriptions to ensure safe and appropriate use of medicines.
• Support development of high-quality clinical pharmacy services and patient outcomes.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Time management

Clinical screening

Education

GPhC Registration

MSc/Diploma Pharmacy Practice

Registered non-medical prescriber

Job description

Employer The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site The Royal Marsden - Chelsea Town Chelsea Salary £58,133 - £65,261 pro rata per annum including Inner London HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 13/11/2026 23:59

Job overview

We are delighted to be recruiting for a pharmacist to work as part of our Clinical Pharmacy team at The Royal Marsden. This is an ideal opportunity for a pharmacist looking to specialise in cancer treatments and to gain experience working in a world-leading cancer centre. This is a rotational post where you will have the opportunity to gain experience in a number of clinical cancer services and specialties, including oncology, haematology, private care, and paediatric-oncology.

This role is key to delivering a high-quality clinical pharmacy service which encompasses the medical day unit and outpatient clinics, along with inpatient wards and out-of-hospital SACT delivery and administration. This post will be supporting the multidisciplinary team working with key stakeholders within pharmacy, nursing and medicine to promote timely delivery of SACT and to continually improve outcomes for our patients.

Our pharmacists are well respected both within the Trust and nationally for their expertise within oncology and cancer services, and we are looking for a high calibre, self-motivated pharmacist with excellent communication skills to further enhance the team. This is fantastic opportunity for a forward thinking and patient focused pharmacist to gain excellent experience at the forefront of oncology practice.

Main duties of the job

a. Provide operational support to the Clinical Services Pharmacy Team across the three hospital sites on a day-to-day basis by actively participating in the clinical pharmacy service.

b. Provide expert advice and support to the multidisciplinary team to ensure safe, effective, and timely delivery of Systemic Anticancer Therapy (SACT) and other medications.

c. Provide a clinical pharmacy service to patients by accurately clinically screening/reviewing prescriptions, ensuring the safe, effective, legal, and appropriate use of SACT and non-SACT medicines within an allocated clinical unit

d. To support the development of high-quality clinical pharmacy services, improvement of patient outcomes and experience within the inpatient and outpatient settings across the Trust.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Clinical and Cancer services pharmacist is a rotational position designed to develop pharmacists by enhancing their knowledge and skills, and providing the depth of experience required to progress towards more senior specialised posts in Cancer Pharmacy.

Pharmacists will work within the clinical pharmacy and multidisciplinary teams to ensure the safe and clinically effective use of medicines for inpatients, day care units, and clinics within the Trust.

Pharmacists will be expected to act as professional role models and mentors for our more junior pharmacist team, ensuring their clinical practice, values an behaviours meet the high standards of our department and the wider organisation.

Rotations can include:

• Oncology


• Haemato-oncology


• Paediatric oncology/Teenagers and Young Adult (TYA) services

This role will also be supported to develop focused clinical knowledge and skills within sub-specialties, such as:

• Haemato-oncology (Myeloma, Lymphoma and Leukaemia)


• Urology and Gynaecological cancers


• Skin and Sarcoma

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

• GPhC Registration


• MSc/ Diploma Pharmacy Practice or equivalent


• Registered non-medical prescriber or willing to work towards this qualification

Experience

• Post registration NHS hospital experience


• Experience in delivering a clinical pharmacy service to wards / day units


• Clinical audit and quality/service improvement projects


• Experience of delivering education & training to staff and students

Skills Abilities/knowledge

• Ability to work effectively as part of a team


• Ability to work alone without direct supervision when required


• Excellent time management and organisational skills, ability to prioritise effectively & meet deadlines


• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment whilst maintaining attention to detail and accuracy at all times


• Ability to safely clinically screen prescriptions/drug charts


• Ability to train other members of staff


• Recognises limitations of own professional competence.


• Awareness of current developments in clinical pharmacy


• Ability to use an electronic prescribing system and supporting software to complete clinical pharmacist tasks on a daily basis.

Other Requirements

• Adaptable to change: flexible to meet the needs of the role


• Professional, act as a role model and uphold GPhC standards for pharmacy professionals


• Good leadership qualities: able to take responsibility & delegate effectively


• Acts upon feedback for both own practice and the pharmacy serviceEnthusiastic and approachable


• Upholds the RM Trust core values


• Able to work at all Royal Marsden sites


• Ability to participate in out of hours service and 7 day working

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment. Please ensure your information is accurate to avoid errors with processing your application

All applicants will be contacted by email to the address supplied on your application. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow our emails.

Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Elilta Samuel Job title Lead Pharmacist – Haemato-Oncology and (ATMP) Email address [e-mail]