Cancer Services Pharmacist

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is seeking a Rotational Pharmacist in Cancer to help deliver and develop our cancer medicines service across inpatient and ambulatory settings.

You will gain comprehensive cancer clinical and technical pharmacy experience through a competency-based training programme and work within a supportive, multidisciplinary team dedicated to excellent patient care.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy (or equivalent) and post-registration hospital experience, including working in a cancer speciality.
• Ability to lead and participate in clinical governance, audits and service improvement within cancer care.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Clinical governance

Clinical audit

Practice research

Service improvement

Cancer services

Education

Postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy

Job description

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.

The Main Day To Day Responsibilities Would Include

• 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 team and undertake an active role in the safe provision of medicines to cancer patients

To maintain and further develop the pharmacy service to cancer patients, we are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated pharmacist to join our lively, progressive and dynamic pharmacy team.

Our Ideal Candidate Will Be

• 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

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.

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:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Anish Tailor [e-mail] Job title: Lead Pharmacist – Haematology Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07815654291