Specialist Clinical Pharmacist Cancer and Aseptics

NHS Professionals Limited; High Wycombe, Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist to join the Pharmacy team, providing essential services in oncology and aseptic areas. The successful candidate will manage clinical pharmacy tasks, support multidisciplinary teams, and ensure safe use of medicines. Applicants must be GPhC-registered pharmacists with experience in oncology/haematology. This role offers opportunities for professional development and flexible working arrangements across multiple NHS Trust locations.

Benefits

Flexible shifts

Learning & Development opportunities

Wellbeing resources

Paid annual leave

Qualifications

• Experience in oncology/haematology pharmacy.
• Competent in chemotherapy/aseptic preparation.
• Able to provide patient counselling and education.

Responsibilities

• Develop and provide clinical pharmacy services across the cancer directorate.
• Provide specialised professional education and support to pharmacy staff.
• Support the aseptic unit manager in running the pharmacy aseptic unit.
• Deliver tailored medicines advice and guidance to patients and carers.
• Maintain detailed records of interventions and monitor trends.

Skills

Oncology pharmacy experience

Chemotherapy preparation

Patient counselling

Team leadership

Education

GPhC-registered pharmacist

Job description

Specialist Clinical Pharmacist Cancer and Aseptics

We havean exciting opportunity for a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist in Cancer andAseptics to join the Pharmacy team at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. Youwill be based across Wycombe and Stoke Mandeville Hospitals. You will beresponsible for delivering a high-quality clinical pharmacy service to oncologyand haematology wards and cancer day units. You will also provide pharmacistsupport to the aseptic services unit and be involved in the provision ofclinical trials for cancer patients, ensuring the safe, effective, andevidence-based use of medicines.

Main duties of the job

As a SpecialistPharmacist, you will be responsible for managing medicines-related risks andensuring full compliance with the Trusts Medicines Policy and all relevantmedicines legislation. You will clinically verify prescriptions in a timely andaccurate manner, carry out accuracy checking of dispensed medicines, andsupport medicines logistics to ensure cancer treatments and supportivetherapies are supplied safely, correctly, and on schedule. You will workclosely with multidisciplinary clinical teams at the point of care to reviewpatients medication histories, assess clinical needs, and provide expertmedicines advice to support safe and effective treatment pathways.

About us

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

Career Progression

access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges

Work-life Balance

flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

Opportunity & Access

over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

Job responsibilities

• To develop and provide clinical pharmacy services across the cancerdirectorate, including specialist haematology wards, adult oncology andhaematology day units, cancer outpatients, community-based paediatric oncology,and Florence Nightingale Hospice (FNH).
• To provide specialised professional education and support to pharmacy andclinical staff in relevant areas, enhancing standards and quality of patientcare.
• To support the aseptic unit manager on a rotational basis in theday-to-day running of the pharmacy aseptic unit.
• To support and deputise for the Advanced Pharmacist for Cancer andAseptics as required.
• To deliver tailored medicines advice and guidance directly to patients andcarers, including explaining treatment regimens, providing practical tips foradherence, and addressing any queries to enhance patient understanding andconfidence.
• To maintain detailed records of interventions, monitor trends in medicineuse, and achieve competence in specialised IT systems such as BOPA and Aria tosupport safe and efficient chemotherapy preparation and management.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• GPhC-registered pharmacist
• Experience in oncology/haematology pharmacy
• Competent in chemotherapy/aseptic preparation
• Able to provide patient counselling and education
• Experience supporting or leading pharmacy teams

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.