Highly Specialist Oncology Pharmacist | Barts Health NHS Trust

Barts Health has an opportunity for a dynamic individual within their state of the art oncology pharmacy department. This post offers an individual the opportunity to develop their clinical skills in the area of Oncology and contribute to the highly motivated and innovative cancer pharmacy clinical team. This job presents an exciting opportunity for you to further develop your expertise in all aspects of oncology. You will gain clinical and managerial experience from working within our well-established team of oncology pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. The position is based at St Bartholomew’s Hospital but you will also visit other sites within Barts Health.

This post will allow you to develop your managerial skills and gain in depth experience in clinical trials, commissioning, finance and e-prescribing as well as providing you the opportunity to provide clinical pharmacy services to a wide array of Cancer patients including solid tumour, haemato-oncology and haematopoietic stem cell transplant. The Cancer Pharmacy Clinical Team is well established within Barts Cancer Centre and we provide inpatient, outpatient and daycase SACT services.

In line with the Trust’s goals, we strive to work with our local communities to improve health and well-being, be a provider of excellent and equitable health and care, efficiently and cultivate Barts Health as an outstanding and inclusive place to work.

The primary responsibility of the post holder is to:

• Ensure a safe, efficient oncology pharmacy service that meets the needs of the users
• Optimise medicine use in individual patients
• Work closely with the multidisciplinary and wider pharmacy teams to optimise patient flow
• Draw up and implement formulary guidance, based on available evidence, national guidance and commissioning policies in Cancer
• Oversee the drug budget for Pharmacy Cancer Services; identify and deliver cost improvement plans for medicines expenditure in conjunction with the relevant teams
• Ensure all regulatory guidance is adhered to e.g., GMP and GCP
• Ensure the Cancer Pharmacy Team are achieving their key performance indicator (KPI) targets
• Ensure all members of the Cancer Pharmacy Team are set clear objectives and are competent in their role

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers. Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together. We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.