Overview
Advanced Pharmacist - SACT - Peterborough. Based primarily at Peterborough City Hospital, with potential travel across other sites within the North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust. This full-time role (37.5 hours per week) includes weekend and bank holiday shifts as part of a department-wide rota.
Responsibilities
* Lead and manage a dedicated team of pharmacists, technicians, and support staff, providing clinical services across the haematology/oncology ward and day unit.
* Contribute to integration of the pharmacy cancer team within the cancer division; support development of the pharmacist prescriber role in oncology outpatient clinics.
* Work with clinical trials and aseptics teams; support the Trust’s cancer strategy and service improvements.
* Prioritise quality, communication, and organisational excellence; participate in the clinical and operational delivery of cancer services.
* Progression opportunity: begin at band 7 with potential to progress to band 8a after training (minimum 12 months).
Qualifications and requirements
* Experience as an oncology/haemato-oncology pharmacist; leadership experience desirable.
* Non-medical prescriber qualification would be highly desirable.
* Project management or service improvement experience is advantageous.
* Excellent communication, organisational, and time management skills; attention to detail.
* Willingness to travel within the North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust as required.
Benefits and additional information
For more information or to arrange an informal visit, contact Laura Simon, Principal Pharmacist – SACT, PN & Manufacturing, at laura.simon@nhs.net. We are committed to supporting colleagues through organisational change. Priority will be given to staff at risk within North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust and Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Integrated Care Board. For further details / informal visits contact: Adam Smith, Deputy Chief Pharmacist, adamsmith4@nhs.net.
Job details
* Employment type: Full-time
* Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
* Job function: Health Care Provider
* Industries: Hospitals and Health Care
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