Lead Clinical Pharmacist — Cancer & Palliative Care

Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust is seeking a pharmacist to join the Cancer and Palliative Care pharmacy team at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in London. You will deliver a specialist clinical service across cancer and palliative care wards, clinics, and day units, while contributing to protocols and prescribing guidelines.

You will supervise rotational pharmacists, contribute to education and training, and support audit, governance, and cost‑effective medicine use.

Qualifications

• GPhC-registered pharmacist with postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy.
• Substantial hospital clinical pharmacy experience.
• Experience in cancer and/or palliative care preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a safe, effective, responsive clinical pharmacy service to cancer and palliative care wards, day units and clinics.
• Provide specialist medicines advice and support chemotherapy prescriptions.
• Lead supervision and development of rotational pharmacists and other staff; contribute to education and training; drive medicines safety and service quality.

Skills

Clinical pharmacy

Leadership

Education & training

Effective communication

Education

GPhC registration

Postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy

Job description

Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust is seeking a pharmacist to join the Cancer and Palliative Care pharmacy team at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in London. You will deliver a specialist clinical service across cancer and palliative care wards, clinics, and day units, while contributing to protocols and prescribing guidelines.

You will supervise rotational pharmacists, contribute to education and training, and support audit, governance, and cost‑effective medicine use.