Advanced Pharmacist - SACT - Peterborough
Band 7 - Band 8a
Job overview
Are you an experienced pharmacist looking to specialise in cancer services?
We’re excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for an Advanced Pharmacist to join our innovative and growing cancer services pharmacy team. 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.
We are seeking a passionate, driven pharmacist with clinical and leadership experience in oncology and haemato-oncology. In this pivotal role, you will lead and manage a dedicated team of pharmacists, technicians, and support staff, providing exceptional clinical services across the haematology/oncology ward and day unit.
Our pharmacy cancer team is fully integrated within the cancer division, with a state-of-the-art satellite pharmacy at the heart of the haematology/oncology outpatient department. This allows us to deliver high-quality pharmacy services to cancer patients. We are also working towards developing a pharmacist prescriber role within our oncology outpatient clinics, so a non-medical prescriber qualification would be highly desirable.
*This role is also a fantastic development opportunity for candidates without haemato-oncology experience. You will begin at band 7 and, upon successful completion of training (minimum 12 months), have the potential to progress to band 8a based on performance.
Main duties of the job
* Work closely with the clinical trials and aseptics teams at Peterborough City Hospital, directly impacting patient care.
* Contribute to the integration of the pharmacy cancer team within the cancer division, ensuring high-quality pharmacy services for cancer patients.
* Support the development of the pharmacist prescriber role in oncology outpatient clinics.
* Ideally, bring project management or service improvement experience to support the Trust’s cancer strategy.
* Demonstrate excellent communication, organisational, and time management skills, with strong attention to detail.
For more information or to arrange an informal visit, please contact Laura Simon, Principal Pharmacist – SACT, PN & Manufacturing at [emailprotected].
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
A detailed job description and person specification will provide you with a full breakdown of the role.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
* MPharm or equivalent pharmacy degree
* Registered Pharmacist (GPhC)
* Postgraduate qualification relevant to hospital pharmacy practice
* Leadership / Management qualification relevant to the NHS or equivalent management qualification or experience
* Registered Pharmacy non-medical prescriber
Experience
* Significant experience in hospital pharmacy services with advanced clinical skills in SACT
* Experience in both clinical and financial management
* Recent experience of both operational and strategic planning
* Familiarity with the Hospital Pharmacy Transformation Programme
* Familiarity with national and local medicine commissioning requirements
* Experience of leading change management processes
Key Skills
* Communication of highly complex information to senior managers, other professionals and patients.
* Able to demonstrate effective management of staff
* Analytical and judgement skills
* Concentration required frequently interrupted with urgent requests
* Acts appropriately in distressing or emotional circumstances.
* Proven ability to influence and negotiate with relevant senior clinicians, managers and key stakeholders
* Organisational awareness
* Ability to forecast and innovate including long term service planning
Disclosure & Barring Check Fee
Where your role requires a DBS check, the Trust will pay the fee upfront and reclaim the cost (including a £5 admin fee) from your first month’s salary. Volunteers are exempt.
Our Values – At the heart of all we do
We recruit not just for skills but for behaviours aligned with our core values: dedication, care, courage, and innovation. Show us how you live these values in your application and interview.
Early closure notice
We may close this advert early if we receive enough applications—please apply without delay.
International Applicants & Sponsorship
We welcome applications from those needing UK sponsorship. From 2021, most non-UK/Republic of Ireland nationals need a visa to work in the UK.
Important: Salary thresholds and visa rules changed in 2024 — check your eligibility here: www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.
If applying from overseas, you may also need to provide criminal record certificates for countries lived in for 12+ months in the past 10 years.
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.
Application numbers
This vacancy may close earlier if it received a high number of applications and therefore we recommend that you complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.
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