Specialist Haemato-Oncology Pharmacist | The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cancer care institution in the UK is seeking a clinical pharmacist to join its haemato-oncology team. The successful candidate will provide expert pharmaceutical services, develop treatment guidelines, and engage in innovative projects to improve patient care. This role offers comprehensive training and the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment dedicated to excellence in cancer treatment.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Learning and development opportunities

Wide range of staff benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in clinical pharmacy practice.
• Understanding of haemato-oncology therapies.
• Ability to engage in service development.

Responsibilities

• Provide pharmaceutical service to Haemato-oncology Unit.
• Critically evaluate and interpret data on new drugs.
• Develop and audit drug protocols and guidelines.
• Assist in leadership on antifungal medicine stewardship.

Skills

Pharmaceutical expertise

Critical evaluation

Leadership on antifungal medicine use

Education

Pharmacy degree

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a clinical pharmacist with a desire to work within haemato-oncology in one of Europe’s largest centres for treating blood cancers and the largest comprehensive cancer centre in Europe.

This post is well supported by our highly trained specialists and will provide a unique and exciting opportunity to work with haemato-oncology cancers, including transplants. We are also a well-established CAR-T centre for which our pharmacy team play an integral role in the delivery of. Our hospitals offer both NHS, private, inpatient and outpatient care for haemato-oncology cancers, including transplants, chemotherapy and clinical trials and we have one of the largest research portfolios in the country. As a team we dedicated to embedding enhanced roles for pharmacy technicians and maximising our non-medical prescribing workforce.

The role will receive all necessary in-house training to provide specialist pharmacy input into a variety of clinical areas and includes supporting and prioritising non-medical prescribing to further enhance the team.

Our team is well respected both within the Trust and nationally for their expertise. This role will include opportunities to pioneer projects to improve patient care, and to share this on local and national platforms.

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

Responsibilities

• To provide an expert pharmaceutical service to the Haemato-oncology Unit, ensuring that service development is in line with national and international standards.
• To critically evaluate and interpret published data on new drugs affecting the specialty across the Trust, in conjunction with medical staff, to prepare drug evaluations for the clinical unit prior to application to the Drug and Therapeutics Committee.
• To develop, implement maintain and audit drug protocols and treatment guidelines for disease management within the clinical unit, following drug evaluations and drug utilisation review, ensuring all guidance is in line with medicines legislation and best practise.
• To assist in the leadership on antifungal medicine use and stewardship, primarily in the cohort of adult haemato-oncology patients in liaison with the, Lead Antimicrobial Pharmacist, Microbiology Consultants and Director of the Transplantation programme.

This advert closes on Friday 26 Sep 2025