Specialist Cancer Pharmacist

Band 5 Nurse and Band 2 Healthcare Support Worker recruitment is centralised, meaning when you apply you will be considered for a number of roles across the Trust. If you have any questions please email: .

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington, and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement, and excellence.

Job overview

Would you like to join a forward-thinking team that includes Consultant Pharmacists in Cancer and Palliative Care, Highly Advanced/Advanced Cancer Pharmacists, and the first Advanced Cancer Pharmacy Technicians in the UK? This role offers an opportunity to work with nationally and internationally recognized experts in the field.

Based at Horton General Hospital in Banbury, you will travel to inpatient units in Banbury and Oxford. You will work with one of only two Consultant Palliative Care Pharmacists in the UK and an Advanced Palliative Care Pharmacist, providing innovative and individualized care.

We welcome applications from Band 6 pharmacists completing their clinical pharmacy diplomas/MScs in 2025.

Main duties of the job

Key roles include:

• Providing high-quality pharmaceutical care to adult palliative care patients
• Clinical checking of systemic anticancer treatments and clinical trial prescriptions
• Participating in multidisciplinary ward rounds
• Non-medical prescribing in multidisciplinary clinics
• Verifying outpatient prescriptions
• Conducting incident investigations and reporting
• Performing clinical pharmacy audits
• Contributing to guidelines and policies
• Weekend and bank holiday rota, covering clinical pharmacy

Person specification Qualifications

• Qualified to a degree level (4 year MPharm or equivalent) and Pharmacist registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Diploma / MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
• Membership of British Oncology Pharmacy Association (BOPA)
• Accredited tutor for Cardiff University Clinical Pharmacy Diploma
• Accredited Non-medical prescriber
• Edward Jenner Leadership programme or equivalent

Technical Skills

• Computer literate with experience of working with the Microsoft Office package
• Advanced keyboard skills
• Experience using Electronic prescribing systems

Experience

• Experience of working as a clinical pharmacist
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of teaching and tutoring
• Quality improvement, service evaluation or audit
• Experience of preparing budgetary reports for clinical areas
• Involvement in developing a service

Personal Skills

• Problem identification and solving skills
• Well organised
• Good Time Management
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Ability to prioritise and manage time effectively
• Good interpersonal skills
• Sensitivity and tolerance
• Enthusiastic and self-motivated
• Must demonstrate flexibility in working practices
• Must be assertive
• Capable of working under pressure
• Must show commitment
• Able to make decisions
• Understands national priorities in Palliative care and cancer care

Behavioural Skills

• Acts in accordance with the Trust values
• Conducts themselves in a professional manner at all times
• Positive attitude to all tasks and stakeholders.
• Adaptable and resilient
• Growth mindset and continuing professional development
• Appreciation of the value of equality diversity and inclusion

COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues, and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. While COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.

Vacancy Closures: Please note, this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications are received.

Probation Period: This post is subject to a 6 month probationary period.

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