Senior Clinical Pharmacist - HSCT and ATMP

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in London is seeking a dedicated registered pharmacist with clinical cancer experience to join its cancer pharmacy team. You will manage the clinical pharmacy services for patients undergoing haematopoietic stem cell transplantation and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams. This permanent role offers a chance to contribute to innovative cancer treatments and enhances patient-centred care.

Qualifications

• Experience in cancer pharmacy, HSCT, and ATMPs.
• Commitment to developing patient-centred clinical pharmacy service.
• Willingness to drive clinical governance and service improvement.

Responsibilities

• Provide evidence-based clinical advice on HSCT and ATMP care.
• Deliver high-quality, cost-effective pharmaceutical care.
• Manage clinical pharmacy services for HSCT and ATMP patients.

Skills

Clinical cancer experience

Person-centred care

Communication with multidisciplinary teams

Clinical governance

Education

Registered pharmacist

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has presented for a pharmacist with clinical cancer experience including haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) to join our cancer pharmacy team. This post is a permanent position within the HSCT team to work closely with the Lead Clinical Pharmacist to manage the growing service.

As a world-leading research facility and Europe's largest HSCT centre, you will collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams to deliver cellular therapies such as chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell treatment, which is licensed or in clinical trials.

As a registered pharmacist, you will provide a person-centred approach to care, and manage specialist pharmacy services to patients undergoing HSCT or cellular advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs) for cancer or non-malignant indications. You will collaborate with the Lead Clinical Pharmacist to improve the pharmacy service for these patients and educate pharmacy and multidisciplinary staff on these innovative treatments.

Responsibilities

• To provide highly specialised and complex evidence-based clinical advice and information to the multidisciplinary team on the care and treatment of HSCT and ATMP patients.
• To deliver and promote high quality, cost effective, patient focused pharmaceutical care.
• To manage the day-to-day delivery of clinical pharmacy services to HSCT and ATMP patients.
• To manage cancer pharmacists delivering clinical pharmacy services to HSCT and ATMP patients.
• To support the training and development of cancer pharmacists in the field of HSCT and ATMPs.
• To support the opening and management of HSCT and ATMP clinical trials.

Qualifications and ideal candidate

• As a registered pharmacist, you will demonstrate a person-centred approach to care and have experience in cancer pharmacy, HSCT, and ATMPs.
• You will be committed to developing and delivering a vision for a patient-centred clinical pharmacy service.
• You will drive clinical governance, clinical audit, practice research, and service improvement projects, and be keen to develop your career within cancer services.

About UCLH and our team

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.