Chemotherapy Co-ordinator

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Oxford; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a motivated Chemotherapy Co-ordinator to join the Day Treatment Unit at Churchill Hospital. The role focuses on ensuring chemotherapy drugs are available on time and coordinating between pharmacists, clinicians and suppliers.

You will use electronic systems (ARIA) to coordinate prescribing, manage documentation, and support patients with compassionate communication.

Qualifications

• GCSEs including Maths and English or equivalent.
• EPR/ARIA trained and proficient in Microsoft Office.
• Experience in the NHS/public sector is essential.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate chemotherapy prescribing with doctors and screening by pharmacists.
• Liaise with doctors, pharmacists and drug suppliers to ensure timely delivery.
• Provide daily status updates to nursing staff on prescription progression.

Skills

Communication skills

NHS experience

Education

GCSEs/BTEC (5 GCSEs or equivalent)

Tools

Microsoft Office

ARIA/EPR training

Job description

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Chemotherapy Co-ordinator

The closing date is 17 November 2026

Are you looking for a career where you can really make a difference and at the same time learn valuable new skills? Our administrative staff provide essential support to the clinical teams striving to ensure the patients' experience is what we would expect for our own family and friends. Because we understand and value the contribution of administrative staff in our teams we invest in training and development to make sure our staff are equipped with the right skills and knowledge.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our administrative team within the Day Treatment Unit. This pivotal role is key to ensuring that the correct chemotherapy drugs are available in time for the patient to receive chemotherapy treatment. You will need to possess good communication and interpersonal skills as an important element to this role is the liaison between pharmacists, clinicians and the drug suppliers. This busy role will require you to be highly organised, have attention to detail and possess the ability to work individually as well as part of a larger team. If you would like to make a positive contribution to a patient's care experience, then we would like to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

To be a member of the Day Treatment unit (DTU) and provide a comprehensive administrative support to the DTU nurses and service based at the Churchill Hospital and is efficiently managing the processes underpinning: management of our databases (EPR, ARIA) chemotherapy delivery across day services, helping with patient query's and booking transport.

Be able to have sensitive and compassionate manner with patients and relatives who are in relative states of emotional distress in view of delicate nature of the disease.

To participate in cover arrangements of any member of the team, for training, annual leave or sick leave, as required and potentially on another site.

To have a clear understanding of our policies and procedures and to participate in the implementation of unit polices and service development.

About us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call thisDelivering Compassionate Excellenceand its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached document for full details of the role and responsibilities.

Summary:

• Use electronic software packages (eg ARIA) to co-ordinate the prescribing of chemotherapy by Doctors, its screening by pharmacists and receipt of prescriptions by the relevant pharmacy departments and being responsible for updating all relevant documentation.
• Be proactive in liaising with doctors and pharmacists to ensure that all chemotherapy is prescribed and screened, ideally 48 hours in advance.
• Liaise daily with nursing staff, providing a status report detailing the stage at which patients chemotherapy prescriptions have reached in the process.

Person Specification

Education

• Good general level of education (e.g. 5 GCSEs/BTEC grade C or above or equivalent) including Maths & English
• EPR/Aria trained
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Experience of working within the NHS/Public sector

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.

Employer name

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£25,760 to £27,476 a yearper annum / pro rata