Senior Cancer Pharmacist & Aseptic Lead

NHS Professionals; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning & Development opportunities

Flexible shifts

NHS Trusts network

Job summary

NHS Professionals is recruiting an Advanced Pharmacist for Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust in Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury. You will verify prescriptions, conduct accuracy checks, and support delivery of cancer and supportive medicines, while collaborating with clinical teams to optimise patient care.

You will contribute to developing a clinical prescribing service for cancer patients and provide medicines counselling, reconciliation, and safe stewardship under clinical supervision.

Qualifications

• Registered Pharmacist with prescribing qualifications and maintained professional registration.
• Experience in cancer and haematology pharmacy services.
• Knowledge of aseptic services, medicines legislation, and GMP.
• Experience in clinical trials, medicines management, and clinical audit.
• Strong communication, mentoring, and multidisciplinary teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee pharmaceutical care across the cancer directorate and related areas, manage medicines-related risks, and ensure medicines policy adherence.
• Support the unlicensed Aseptic Unit to ensure aseptic medicines are prepared and supplied per GMP standards.
• Provide specialist pharmacy input during consultant ward rounds, MDTs, prescribing meetings, and other clinical forums.
• Undertake authorised pharmacist duties within the Aseptic Unit, including final product checks and supervision of aseptic operations.
• Contribute to trials, education, audits, and engagement with local/national/international specialist groups.
• Provide intrathecal chemotherapy services and medicines reconciliation, plus dispense take-home medicines; mentor staff and trainees.

Skills

Strong communication

Mentoring

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Registered Pharmacist

Prescribing qualifications

Job description

NHS Professionals is recruiting an Advanced Pharmacist for Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust in Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury. You will verify prescriptions, conduct accuracy checks, and support delivery of cancer and supportive medicines, while collaborating with clinical teams to optimise patient care.

You will contribute to developing a clinical prescribing service for cancer patients and provide medicines counselling, reconciliation, and safe stewardship under clinical supervision.