Lead Paediatric Oncology Pharmacist

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust; Guildford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust in Guildford is recruiting a Lead Paediatric Oncology Pharmacist at AFC Band 8a to lead the POSCU service across RS and ASPH.

The post requires a postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification with extensive paediatric oncology experience and eligibility for independent prescribing. The role is based mainly at Royal Surrey Cancer Centre with occasional ASPH site attendance.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification required.
• Experience in paediatric oncology essential.
• Clinical governance and medicines management expertise.

Responsibilities

• Lead, provide and develop specialist clinical pharmacy services across RS and ASPH.
• Liaise between Trusts, wards and pharmacy to tailor POSCU services.
• Act as a pharmacist independent prescriber to optimise patient care.
• Participate in multidisciplinary rounds and education.
• Develop local medicines policies and ePrescribing systems.
• Supervise pharmacy staff and manage budgets and reporting.
• Contribute to research and audits.

Skills

Clinical pharmacy

Paediatric oncology

Independent prescriber

Education & training

Budget management

Education

Master’s degree in pharmacy

Post-graduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy

MSc in clinical pharmacy

Non-medical prescriber (independent)

GPhC registration

Tools

ePrescribing systems

Job description

Employer Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Town Guildford Salary £59,798 - £67,020 per annum pro rata including High Cost Area Supplement Salary period Yearly Closing 21/10/2026 23:59

Lead Paediatric Oncology Pharmacist

AFC Band 8a

Job overview

This new post will lead and deliver the clinical pharmacy service for the Enhanced Level A Paediatric Oncology Shared Care Unit (POSCU) services across Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust (RS) and Ashford St Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust (ASPH). These Trusts work in a collaborative group model.
The POSCU services operate as part of the North and South Thames Operational Delivery Networks (ODNs), with the Royal Marsden, University College London and Great Ormond Street as Principal Treatment Centres (PTCs).

The successful applicant will join an experienced team of specialist pharmacy staff at Royal Surrey Cancer Centre who provide a comprehensive service to oncology, haemato-oncology and surgical oncology patients.
The post will be primarily based at RS, with ad hoc requirements to attend on-site at ASPH.

This post requires a postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification and specialist experience in paediatric oncology. We would endeavour to support any relevant personal/career development training when in post.

Main duties of the job

To lead, provide and develop the clinical pharmacy service for the Enhanced Level A Paediatric Oncology Shared Care Unit (POSCU) service across Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust (RS) and Ashford St Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust (ASPH). The service will be supporting the South Thames Children’s Cancer Principal Treatment Centre (PTC).

Working for our organisation

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5,000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing programme alongside a strong commitment to developing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family ensures you feel valued from your initial interview and throughout your time with us.

We are clinically led and provide joined-up care by bridging hospital and community services, alongside delivering regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford, with community sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh, and services delivered in patients’ homes across Guildford and Waverly.

We work in partnership with Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust through a collaborative Group Model, supporting joined-up services, workforce flexibility and development opportunities.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated us as Outstanding. We are proud of our achievements and continue to invest in our people and infrastructure.

To learn more about life at Royal Surrey, please watch our short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will work as part of the pharmacy team to lead, provide and develop specialist clinical pharmacy services to paediatric oncology across RS and ASPH.

• Liaise between Trusts, wards, departments and pharmacy to ensure that pharmacy services are tailored to meet the POSCU service needs wherever possible.
• Act as a specialist role model and an expert in medicines management within paediatric oncology.
• Participate in outpatient clinics to deliver and promote high quality, cost-effective and patient-focused pharmaceutical care according to the needs of the service.
• Act as a pharmacist independent prescriber to optimise the care of patients.
• Ensure a high level of clinical pharmacy input to the care of patients within paediatric oncology, providing interface and discharge liaison and support.
• Actively participate in multidisciplinary ward rounds, delivering and promoting high quality, cost-effective, patient-focused pharmaceutical care.
• Provide patient and carer education and close liaison across the interface.
• Promote safe medicines use within the paediatric oncology.
• Develop and implement local medicines policies, guidelines and ePrescribing systems.
• Provide internal and external education and training of healthcare professionals.
• Supervision of pharmacy staff.
• Provide regular financial reporting, medicines usage and expenditure forecasting, and medicines budget management.
• Contribute and participate in research and audit.
• Work with the Pharmacy Senior Leadership Team (SLT) to extend the boundaries of professional practice within the paediatric oncology.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in pharmacy or equivalent and 1 year pre- registration training
• Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (Great Britain) as attained following successful completion of 1 year competency assessment and Examination.
• Post-graduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
• MSc in clinical pharmacy
• Registered supplementary/independent non-medical prescriber

Knowledge

• Professional knowledge acquired through vocational Master’s degree in pharmacy (4 years) or equivalent
• Advanced level core therapeutic knowledge and clinical skills as gained through postgraduate clinical diploma (or equivalent)
• Demonstrates high level of clinical knowledge, clinical reasoning and judgement; manages difficult and ambiguous problems
• Understanding of background to and aims of national and local healthcare policy/guidance and appreciate the implications of this on engagement and priorities
• Specialist clinical knowledge and skills relevant to the area of practice as developed through experience and CPD including conferences, courses etc.
• Demonstrable experience as a specialist practitioner in hospital clinical pharmacy
• Experience as an advanced level clinical pharmacist practitioner, able to demonstrate a high level of competency e.g. equivalent to achieving Excellence in the majority of competencies in all clusters within the Advanced Pharmacy Framework, except Management and R&D, which should be at Foundation level (as a minimum).
• Previous specialist clinical pharmacy experience in paediatric oncology
• Variety of clinical practice within the paediatric oncology
• Evidence of working effectively within multidisciplinary groups
• Previous experience of delivering training and education at post-graduate level
• Evidence of activity in clinical audit or drug use review to improve practice
• Changes occurring in the NHS

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

For further information, please contact:
Sally Seymour (Deputy Chief Pharmacist Cancer, Aseptic & Research Services) [emailprotected] or Helen Kimber (Oncology Pharmacy Operations Manager) [emailprotected]