Overview
This exciting role has been created to support pharmacist-led clinics for oncology patients at Wexham Park Hospital. You will be joining a respected team of pharmacists and technicians delivering services to our patients at Wexham Park Hospital. You will be participating in clinics for SACT prescribing, confirming treatments, managing side effects and counselling patients to transform our service to oncology patients. This will include writing the defined outpatient clinic protocols for NMPs to support activity within the tumour group. You will also spend time training your colleagues to ensure there is shared learning, screening SACT prescriptions and providing directorate support. You will work closely with the team of oncologists and clinical nurse specialists.
The post holder should have completed the clinical diploma or equivalent, and must be an Independent Prescriber.
For more information please contact Ruk Parkar on rparkar@nhs.net, 07467 356924 to arrange an informal visit. Surrey and Sussex Cancer Alliance have funded this service development for a total of 2 years to establish the clinics and improve our patients\' experience of SACT.
Responsibilities
* To work with other senior pharmacists to develop the clinical pharmacy service to patients within the specialist areas being covered.
* The provision of a clinical pharmacy service to patients within the specialist areas.
* To support the training and development of pharmacist independent prescribers.
* To act as a role model in the field of clinical pharmacy practice and provide a consistently high standard of clinical service in line with the pharmacy objectives.
* The recruitment, management, and development of staff under the post-holder.
* To partake in Oncology clinical pharmacy duties ensuring core clinical pharmacy activities are undertaken.
* To manage a caseload of patients as part of the Oncology Clinical Team within defined specialist areas.
* To develop the provision of Oncology advanced clinical practice – promoting safe and evidenced-based practice and contributing to improved clinical outcomes and services to patients.
* To provide leadership, management and directorate/service support roles to Oncology.
Commitment and Benefits
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Notes
For full details, please refer to the Senior Oncology Pharmacist Job Description and Person Specification. This advert closes on Sunday 5 Oct 2025.
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