Lead Pharmacist for Cancer Services - Special Interest in Haematology

TN United Kingdom; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits as a Lead Pharmacist for Cancer Services with a special interest in Haematology. This role involves leading the infection prevention and control team at a renowned healthcare trust, ensuring the delivery of exceptional patient care. You'll play a pivotal role in managing infection control initiatives, providing expert guidance to healthcare professionals, and implementing strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections. Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to outstanding patient care and be part of a team that values excellence, learning, and improvement.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years’ experience in infection control or a relevant area.
• Teaching qualification and strong communication skills required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the infection control team to ensure high-quality patient care.
• Investigate and monitor healthcare-associated infections.

Skills

Infection Control Expertise

Communication Skills

IT Skills

Education

First Level Registered Nurse

Specialist Practitioner Qualification in Infection Control

Teaching Qualification

Tools

Excel

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24.04.2025

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08.06.2025

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Job overview

An exciting position has become available in the Infection Prevention and Control Team. We are looking for an enthusiastic Band 8a Matron to join the team.

Acting as an expert nurse, the post holder will clinically lead and manage the infection control nursing and administrative team, ensuring the delivery of high-quality patient care and providing specialist advice and guidance for all healthcare professionals and support staff across the Trust.

Working closely with the DIPC, DDIPC, and Consultant Microbiologists, the post holder will play a major role across the Trust to provide operational leadership of infection prevention and control and service delivery, implementing and delivering the infection prevention and control annual plan.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible with other members of the infection prevention and control (IP&C) team in preventing and controlling infection in an acute hospital setting. This includes investigating, monitoring, and raising awareness in the prevention, surveillance, investigation, management, and control of healthcare-associated infections.

Acting as an expert nurse, the post holder will clinically lead and manage the infection control nursing and administrative team, ensuring the delivery of high-quality patient care and the provision of specialist advice and guidance for all healthcare professionals and support staff across the Trust.

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester, and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement, and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represents the interests of their constituencies and influences the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details, please see the attached job description and personal specifications for the role.

This job will be across all sites at HHFT.

Person specification

Training and qualifications

• First Level Registered Nurse; Specialist Practitioner qualification in infection control, including skills and competency gained through a minimum of five years’ experience working in infection control or a relevant area
• Teaching qualification

Experience and Knowledge

• Understanding of national guidance and reports related to infection control
• Experience in infection control or a related area for a minimum of five years in a senior capacity

Skills and Ability

• Good IT skills, including Excel and development of software packages to facilitate management and prevention of infection
• Strong communication skills, both oral and written