Specialist Pharmacist Cancer Services | London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

London North West Healthcare NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Specialist Pharmacist for its cancer pharmacy team. This role involves managing the pharmacy service for cancer patients, providing safe and effective medication use, and working closely with a dedicated multi-disciplinary team. The ideal candidate should be motivated to enhance patient-focused care and participate in various clinical governance initiatives. Offers a dynamic work environment within a progressive healthcare team.

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and self-motivated pharmacist with experience in cancer services.
• Ability to manage clinical pharmacy services and work in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Keen to develop and deliver a vision for patient-focused clinical pharmacy service.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support the delivery of clinical pharmacy services to cancer patients.
• Provide safe and effective use of medicines to cancer patients.
• Work closely with the multi-disciplinary team in clinical specialties.

Skills

Clinical governance

Service improvement projects

Patient-focused care

Education

Pharmacy degree

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has presented for a pharmacist to join our cancer pharmacy team. We are looking to recruit to the post of Specialist Pharmacist Cancer Services who will play a pivotal role in managing the pharmacy service provided to cancer patients.

The pharmacy cancer team is well integrated into the cancer directorate and provides a high-quality and progressive pharmacy service to cancer patients. You will have opportunities to develop your general and specialist skills in providing multi-disciplinary Cancer Services.

Responsibilities

• manage the day-to-day delivery of, and support the development of, clinical pharmacy services to cancer patients
• provide safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of medicines to cancer patients
• work closely with the multi-disciplinary team and undertake an active role in the safe provision of medicines to cancer patients

To maintain and further develop the pharmacy service to cancer patients, we are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated pharmacist to join our lively, progressive and dynamic pharmacy team.

Ideal candidate

• interested in helping us develop and deliver our vision for a patient-focussed clinical pharmacy service
• able to drive directorate and departmental clinical governance issues, clinical audit, practice research, service improvement projects and more
• keen to further their career within cancer services

The post will provide comprehensive cancer clinical and technical pharmacy experience through a competency based training. As a member of a multi-disciplinary team, you will be working closely with the Haematologists, Oncologists, Clinical Nurse Specialists, and Chemotherapy Nurses, in a broad range of clinical haematology and oncology specialties and settings including inpatient wards, day-care and outpatient clinics.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

This advert closes on Friday 7 Nov 2025