Advanced Clinical Pharmacist Women's & Children's and Cancer Services

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Advanced Clinical Pharmacist Haematology, Oncology, Palliative Care & Technical Services Band 8a

Main area Pharmacy Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working
• Compressed hours

37.5 hours per week (Includes on-call, late nights, weekends and Bank Holidays on rotation)

Job ref 426-546-24TAM-B

Site The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Town King's Lynn

Salary £53,755 - £60,504 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 21/02/:59

Job overview

At Queen Elizabeth we are proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

We have an ideal development opportunity in our Cancer Services team for an enthusiastic and experienced pharmacist to provide pharmaceutical care for patients within this specialty.

We have a great oncology and haematology multi-disciplinary team who have a well-established service. The post-holder will be an integrated member of this team providing in-patient provision as well as a clinical service to patients visiting our chemotherapy day unit.

If you are keen to develop your pharmacy career in cancer services and aseptic manufacturing we would welcome an application from you.

We are dedicated to helping you develop your talent and therefore training, and development opportunities tailored to you will be provided in this role.

We welcome applications for flexible working or compressed hours, this post requires a minimum of 60% on site working and the agreement will consider the service need and availability of effective remote working options.

Main duties of the job

As the Advanced Clinical Pharmacist in Women's and Children's and Cancer Services you will support the Lead Pharmacist to provide an oncology and haematology clinical pharmacy service to our chemotherapy day unit and inpatient haematology ward.

You will carry out the release of systemic anticancer treatments (SACT & CIVAS) and clinical trials products prepared by the aseptic production unit and support the development of our pharmacy technicians to undertake this role themselves.

As an advanced pharmacist you will be a source of advice for pharmacists and other healthcare professionals for cancer services and will participate in multidisciplinary and governance meetings.

Working for our organisation

There's never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We're working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we've ever undertaken.

Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.

At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.

We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as 'Good', and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.

We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for the detailed duties assigned to this role.

Person specification Qualifications/training and professional development

• Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy plus a year pre-registration training
• Registered as a Practicing Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Evidence of completion of the Aseptic Preparation and Dispensing of Medicines Course
• Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Practice - Oncology Module
• Evidence of completion of Aseptics for Section Managers or equivalent
• Evidence of completion of Advanced Aseptic Preparation or equivalent

Experience

• Extensive experience as a Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner
• Clinical practice in Cancer Services
• Delivering training and education at post graduate level
• Variety of clinical practice including medicine and surgery as a specialist
• Experience of working in an aseptic unit
• Experience in the management of others

Skills, abilities, and knowledge

• Ability to influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and management
• Ability to identify and prioritise Clinical Pharmacy services
• Enhances the quality of care and the patient experience
• Enthusiasm for the position
• Friendly, empathetic and reliable team worker, able to relate to all grades of staff

Applications are welcome from anyone who meets the criteria specified in the person specification regardless of age, gender, disability, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation or other personal circumstances. Only those applicants who demonstrate in the application form how they meet the criteria in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We not only recruit employees based on their qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who possess and can demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our core values (attached).

Please be aware that if applying via NHS Jobs, your application will be imported into Trac. All subsequent information will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through NHS Jobs & we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent via NHS Jobs. By applying for this post you are agreeing to the transfer of information in the application form to Trac jobs & if you are offered a job your personal information will be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system. Please check your email account regularly for communication regarding this vacancy.

We offer our staff a wide range of benefits and support including:

• Flexible working opportunities
• Free counselling service
• Access to Wagestream - an app-based service that provides instant earned wage access
• Support and advice for staff affected by either Peri-Menopause or Menopause

Opportunity to join our Staff Networks which include: Armed Forces, REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Culture Heritage), Disability and LGBTQ+ networks.

We are committed to being a menopause friendly employer.

Please note due to high volume of applications for some posts, this post may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role asap.

Admin & Clerical staff may be required to act as Loggists for a major incident.

Everyone within the Trust has or will shortly need to have a minimum level of skill for computer literacy for their day-to-day work as we become more digitally mature. Therefore all staff should be computer literate.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.