Specialist Oncology Pharmacist

Barts Health NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust is seeking a Highly Specialist Oncology Pharmacist to join their oncology pharmacy department. This full-time role offers an opportunity to develop clinical skills and managerial experience while contributing to a dynamic cancer pharmacy team. Responsibilities include providing clinical services and working closely with a well-established team. The ideal candidate should possess an MPharm, be GPhC registered, and have experience in oncology pharmacy practice.

Qualifications

• Registered pharmacist with GPhC.
• Specialist postgraduate Certificate in Pharmacy Practice.
• Willingness to work towards independent prescribing qualification.

Responsibilities

• Develop clinical skills in oncology.
• Manage and organize staff and projects.
• Provide clinical pharmacy services to cancer patients.

Skills

Ability to work effectively in stressful situations

Attention to detail in documentation

Complex calculations and numeracy skills

Intermediate IT skills

Effective customer service skills

Education

MPharm or equivalent

Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC

Clinical/Technical Modules in oncology

Job description

Highly Specialist Oncology Pharmacist - Band 8a

Barts Health has an opportunity for a dynamic individual within their state of the art oncology pharmacy department. This post offers an individual the opportunity to develop their clinical skills in the area of Oncology and contribute to the highly motivated and innovative cancer pharmacy clinical team.

**Interview date: 11th February 2026**

For further details on this post, kindly contact: Michelle Sullivan, Deputy Head of Pharmacy ~ Email: [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

This job presents an exciting opportunity for you to further develop your expertise in all aspects of oncology. You will gain clinical and managerial experience from working within our well-established team of oncology pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.

The position is based at St Bartholomew's Hospital but you will also visit other sites within Barts Health. This post will allow you to develop your managerial skills and gain in depth experience in clinical trials, commissioning, finance and e-prescribing as well as providing you the opportunity to provide clinical pharmacy services to a wide array of Cancer patients including solid tumour, haemato-oncology and haematopoietic stem cell transplant.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MPharm or equivalent
• Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC
• Specialist postgraduate Certificate in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent Specialist postgraduate certificate in technical services E.g., national course in PTQA, or equivalent knowledge and experience or Specialist postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent knowledge and experience
• Clinical /Technical Modules or equivalent experience: - oncology - aseptic dispensing for NHS patients
• Independent prescribing qualification or willingness to work towards

Other

• Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)

Experience

• nificant post registration in a hospitalbased post
• Previous experience of working within oncology providing a pharmacy service to oncology wards
• Previous experience of working within aseptics, including chemotherapy delivery
• Experience of supervising cytotoxic reconstitution services
• Experience in successfully managing and organising staff and work / projects
• Previous experience of undertaking evaluations or reviews of cancer medicines

Knowledge

• Understanding of GPhC revalidation requirements
• Knowledge of medicines management systems at ward level
• Up to date knowledge of legislation relevant to pharmacy practice, e.g., controlled drugs, Health and Safety at Work
• Understanding of stock control systems
• Knowledge of Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines requirements
• Understanding of the importance of adherence to SOPs and legislation
• Demonstrates a good understanding of patient safety initiatives
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical care needs of oncology patients
• Knowledge of all aspects of GMP, QA and QMS
• Demonstrated knowledge of the principles and practices of aseptics/ parenterals e.g., formulation, stability and administration
• An awareness of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues relevant to oncology patients
• Awareness of new developments in cancer therapy

Skills

• Able to work effectively in stressful situations
• Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail
• Able to accurately follow written procedures under pressure
• Demonstrates ability to perform accurate complex calculations and numeracy skills
• Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self and others
• Able to work unsupervised and under pressure
• Intermediate IT skills including email, word processing, spreadsheets, accurate data entry and use of specialist computer programmes
• Demonstrates effective customer service skills
• Good team worker
• Demonstrates ability to identify, analyse root cause and develop options for complex problems
• Demonstrates ability to manage deviations and develop and review action plans
• Demonstrates basic project management skills
• Demonstrates ability to manage others and delegate as appropriate
• Demonstrates ability to influence others
• Demonstrates ability to deliver staff training

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.