Lead Pharmacist

Icon UK Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 25 days + bank holidays

Pension auto-enrolment 5% employee / 4

Employer contribution 4%

Job summary

Icon UK Limited is seeking an experienced Lead Pharmacist to oversee oncology pharmacy services, providing clinical leadership, governance, and operational oversight within a major cancer care setting in Greater London. The role emphasizes service development, protocol implementation, and cross-disciplinary collaboration with consultants, nurses, and senior leaders.

The successful candidate will drive medicines governance, contribute to audits and quality improvement, and balance clinical and

Qualifications

• Oncology pharmacy experience, ideally in cancer centre or hospital oncology department.
• Experience leading governance, audits, and policy development in oncology.
• Comfortable with electronic prescribing systems and implementing new treatment protocols.

Responsibilities

• Lead safe oncology pharmacy practice and develop/ improve clinical services.
• Support growth of oncology services and governance, including SACT oversight.
• Oversee medicines management, audits, and strategic planning for oncology prescribing.

Skills

Oncology pharmacy

Clinical leadership

Quality improvement

Governance

Audit

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Protocol development

Education

BSc Pharmacy

GPhC-registered Pharmacist

Tools

Mosaiq

Job description

Contract Type: Permanent

Role Overview

The Lead Pharmacist is responsible for ensuring the safe, effective, and patient-centred delivery of oncology pharmacy services. The role supports high-quality cancer care by providing clinical pharmacy leadership, driving medicines management initiatives, and ensuring services meet regulatory, governance, and national oncology standards.

This Lead Pharmacist role would be best suited to an experienced Oncology Pharmacist who is looking to combine clinical leadership, service development, governance, and operational oversight rather than focusing solely on frontline dispensing or clinical practice. The successful candidate would likely be:

• A GPhC-registered Pharmacist with a BSc Pharmacy (or equivalent).
• An experienced practitioner with significant oncology pharmacy experience, ideally within a cancer centre, specialist oncology service, or hospital oncology department.
• Comfortable working with electronic prescribing systems, particularly supporting implementation, optimisation, training, and governance activities.
• A pharmacist who enjoys improving services and processes, including protocol development, audit, quality improvement, and medicines governance.
• Confident working across multidisciplinary teams, building relationships with consultants, nurses, operational teams, and senior leaders.
• Highly organised, detail-oriented, and able to balance clinical, strategic, and operational priorities.
  

Key Responsibilities:

• Leading safe oncology pharmacy practice, ensuring patients receive optimal pharmaceutical care and that clinical pharmacy services are continuously developed and improved.
• Supporting the growth of oncology services, including the development and optimisation of electronic prescribing systems (Mosaiq), implementation of new treatment protocols, and oversight of governance processes for systemic anti-cancer therapies (SACT).
• Contributing to medicines management and clinical governance, including audits, reporting, policy development, strategic planning, and ensuring best practice in oncology prescribing and medication use
• Leading the day-to-day operation of the Oncology Pharmacy, maintaining high standards of patient care and ensuring cancer and palliative care services are aligned, evidence-based, and continuously improved
  

To learnmore about this role please see the linked Job Description Private sector experience preferred

Annual Leave: We offer 25 days + bank holidays (increasing to 27 days after 3 years' service)

Salary Sacrifice Pension: We offer an auto-enrolment pension from day 1 with a standard contribution of 5% employee, and 4% employer. You can also opt to enhance your contribution to 6%, to which the employer will also contribute 6%.

Life Assurance: We offer a life assurance scheme equivalent to 3 x your annual salary.

Wellbeing: The wellbeing of our people is extremely important to us, and we therefore offer an enhanced Employee Assistance Programme which offers holistic wellbeing support from fully accredited counsellors and psychotherapists, in the form of on-demand advice and counselling for our people and their immediate family. This service covers mental health concerns, financial worries and physical health anxieties.

Reward & Recognition: All staff have access to our 'Ignite' benefits platform where you will have instant access to savings, cashback and reloadable vouchers for hundreds of leading retailers and brands.

Company Introduction

Icon is a leading integrated healthcare provider with global reach across Australia, New Zealand, ASEAN, the United Kingdom and Germany.

The Group is built on a strong but simple mission – to deliver the best care possible, to as many people as possible, as close to home as possible.

We bring together all aspects of comprehensive cancer care, including medical oncology, radiation oncology, haematology, pharmacy, chemotherapy and sterile compounding, research and theranostics to deliver a true end-to-end seamless service for cancer patients internationally.

Icon Group was established in 2015 and the businesses that form Icon have been pillars of the Australian and ASEAN healthcare community for decades. In 2024, Icon expanded into the UK by bringing Pharmaxo Group into the Icon family, alongside a strategic partnership with Nuffield Health and it’s first cancer centre in Wimbledon, Icon Cancer Centre London. In 2025, we announced our strategic partnership with Evidia in Germany.

With our operations expanding across the globe, this role offers a valuable opportunity to join the team and make an impact.

At the heart of Icon, there is a clear set of values that guide how work, make decision and support one another every day. We are committed to creating an inclusive, respectful and collaborative environment where everyone can thrive and contribute their best. When you join our team, you’ll be a part of a culture that not only talks about its values, but brings them to life in a meaningful way.

We want everyone to have an equal opportunity to apply for this role. If you require any adjustments, or would prefer to apply in an alternative format, please contact [e-mail] and we will be happy to support you through the process.

An experienced practitioner with significant oncology pharmacy experience, ideally within a cancer centre, specialist oncology service, or hospital oncology department.