Lead Pharmacist: Oncology – Sutton (WTE 0.4, Band 8b, One‑Year Backfill)
This role leads and supports the Oncology Pharmacy Team at Sutton & Kingston, ensuring high‑quality clinical services for OCC & Kingston day units and NMP support to SACT clinics. It also contributes to developing the pharmacy workforce to recruit and retain top staff.
Candidates should be enthusiastic, proactive, independent, decisive, and highly organised.
Responsibilities
* Co‑ordination, delivery and optimisation of clinical pharmacy oncology services at the Sutton & Kingston site, including provision of services 7 days a week and out of hours.
* Lead a team of highly skilled pharmacists, technicians and other pharmacy staff to deliver cutting‑edge pharmacy services to oncology patients.
* Implement pharmacy projects to optimise medication, improve services and outcomes for patients, through extensive stakeholder engagement and collaboration.
* Lead on pharmaceutical issues relating to medicines optimisation and clinical trials within the existing oncology specialist pharmacist role, ensuring adherence to national guidelines and medicines legislation.
* Provide highly specialised pharmaceutical advice and support relating to medicines use to senior medical and nursing staff of the designated specialist unit.
* Support the Head of Clinical services in the operational delivery of clinical pharmacy oncology services at the Sutton & Kingston site.
* Oversee day‑to‑day operations, implement clear processes for allocating and managing the workforce and optimise skill mix.
* Contribute to the local delivery of the pharmacy education and training strategy, collaborating with the Pharmacy Education and Training Team.
* Deputise for senior members of the pharmacy team where appropriate, attending Trust meetings, taking responsibility for the Pharmacy Department when required and dealing with any clinical and service issues that arise.
* Identify changes in prescribing practices and new prescribing practices that may impact on the drugs budget and / or patient activity and communicate any perceived impact to the relevant teams and clinical business unit.
Qualifications
PharmD (registration required). Clinical pharmacy experience, preferably oncology, with demonstrated leadership and project management skills.
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