Lead Oncology / Haematology Pharmacist - Clinical Trials

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Ipswich, Colchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS organization in the UK seeks an experienced Lead Oncology/Haematology Clinical Trials Pharmacist to lead a dedicated research team. The role requires extensive hospital and oncology experience, with responsibilities including the management of clinical trial pharmacy services and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to improve patient outcomes. The successful applicant will benefit from flexible working options and various professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

NHS discounts

27 days annual leave

Qualifications

• Extensive hospital experience in Clinical Pharmacy.
• Experience in oncology and haematology.
• Knowledge of clinical trials in hospitals.

Responsibilities

• Lead the oncology/haematology clinical trials pharmacy service.
• Ensure accuracy and compliance in clinical trial prescriptions.
• Act as primary pharmacy contact for research teams.

Skills

Clinical Pharmacy practice

Oncology experience

Haematology experience

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Training and education skills

Budget monitoring

Education

GPhC Registered

Post graduate qualification in Clinical Pharmacy

Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training

Job description

Lead Oncology / Haematology Pharmacist - Clinical Trials

The closing date is 21 December 2025

We are seeking a highly motivated and dynamic Lead Oncology/Haematology Clinical Trials Pharmacist to join the established Research & Development (R&D) team at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT). Working across our Ipswich and Colchester sites, you will lead the oncology and haematology clinical trials pharmacy service, ensuring the delivery of an integrated, high-quality, efficient, and patient‑centred research service.

ESNEFT holds both an MS Licence for the manufacture of Specials and an MIA (IMP) for the manufacture of Investigational Medicinal Products, and supports a wide portfolio of clinical trials. As part of a multidisciplinary team, you will collaborate closely with clinical research colleagues, pharmacy technical services and chemotherapy day unit pharmacists to develop and deliver high‑quality research that improves patient outcomes.

This is an exciting opportunity for a pharmacist with clinical trials and oncology/haematology experience to take on a leadership role in a supportive and innovative environment. You will take ownership of your workload and contribute to service development to deliver high‑quality, patient‑centred care.

Flexible working options are available.

Main duties of the job

• Lead and develop the oncology/haematology clinical trials pharmacy service, ensuring the 150 day target for trial set up is consistently met.
• Build, validate, and maintain clinical trial prescriptions, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Act as the primary pharmacy contact for Principal Investigators, research teams and pharmacy colleagues for oncology/haematology trials.
• Work closely with pharmacy technical services, chemotherapy day units, clinical research teams and the wider DMT to grow the Trust's research portfolio.
• Contribute to the continued delivery of high‑quality, cutting edge research within a Trust committed to innovation and improving patient outcomes.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

• Previous extensive hospital experience inclusive of Clinical Pharmacy practice
• Previous clinical Oncology and Haematology experience
• Knowledge of clinical trials in a hospital setting
• Demonstrated experience of multi-disciplinary working
• Previous experience of educating and training other staff
• Experience of technical as well as clinical aspects of pharmacy
• Previous budgetary management experience and drug expenditure monitoring
• Demonstrated experience of change management
• Previous experience working as a releasing pharmacist in an Aseptics Unit

Qualifications

• GPhC Registered
• Appropriate post graduate qualification (ie Clinical Pharmacy Practice or Pharmaceutical Technology) – candidates working towards this will be considered
• Certificated training in Good Clinical Practice (GCP)

Knowledge

• Excellent clinical pharmacy knowledge
• Awareness of clinical governance systems, including NICE and NRLS
• Research and audit practices
• Clinical trials governance
• Knowledge of the National Tariff and processes involved in the funding of high‑cost medicines
• Local and national priorities in cancer and haematology care

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.