Cancer Services Pharmacist

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) invites applicants for a Rotational Pharmacist in Cancer to join our cancer pharmacy team. The post offers exposure to haematology and oncology clinical settings across inpatient wards, day-care, outpatient clinics and ambulatory care.

You will contribute to safe medicine use for cancer patients, work with a multidisciplinary team, and develop competencies through a competency-based training programme in a leading national cancer

Qualifications

• Postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy (or equivalent).
• Post-registration hospital experience, including cancer speciality.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day delivery of clinical pharmacy services to cancer patients.
• Provide safe, clinically effective and cost-efficient use of medicines to cancer patients.
• Work with the multidisciplinary team and undertake safe provision of medicines to cancer patients.

Skills

Clinical governance

Clinical audit

Practice research

Service improvement

Education

Postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy

Hospital experience in cancer service

Job description

Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has presented for a pharmacist to join our cancer pharmacy team. We are looking to recruit to the post of Rotational Pharmacist in Cancer who will play a pivotal role in managing the pharmacy service provided to cancer patients. UCLH, in partnership with University College London, has been designated one of the country's five comprehensive biomedical research centres and there is an on-site early phase cancer clinical trials unit. The UCLH Macmillan Cancer Centre opened in April 2012 and encompasses our busy outpatient clinics and daycare treatment facilities as well as our growing ambulatory chemotherapy practice. The UCLH Grafton Way Building opened 2022 and supports our expanding haematology service including haematopoietic stem cell transplants and CAR-T therapy. Chemotherapy production services are delivered from a state of the art unit situated within the Macmillan Cancer Centre. The pharmacy cancer team is well integrated into the cancer directorate and provides a high-quality and progressive pharmacy service to cancer patients.

Responsibilities

• manage the day-to-day delivery of, and support the development of, clinical pharmacy services to cancer patients
• provide safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of medicines to cancer patients
• work closely with the multi-disciplinary teamand undertake an active role in the safe provision of medicines to cancer patients

Candidate Profile

• interested in helping us develop and deliver our vision for a patient-focussed clinical pharmacy service
• able to drive directorate and departmental clinical governance issues, clinical audit, practice research, service improvement projects and more
• keen to further their career within cancer services

Post Details

The post will provide comprehensive cancer clinical and technical pharmacy experience through a competency based training programme. You will have the opportunity to work in a broad range of clinical haematology and oncology specialties and settings including inpatient wards, day-care, outpatient clinics and ambulatory care.

You will have a Postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy (or equivalent experience) and post registration employment experience in a hospital setting, including working in a cancer speciality.

About UCLH

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research. We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites, We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging and pathology. We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040. Please see attached job description for details Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff.