Job overview
Lead. Innovate. Transform cancer care.
Velindre Cancer Service is seeking Consultant Pharmacist in Oncology to provide senior clinical leadership in the design, establishment, and delivery of a new CDK4/6 inhibitor clinic for patients receiving long‑term systemic anticancer therapies (SACT) for Breast Cancer.
This senior post represents a strategic opportunity to shape advanced pharmacy practice within oncology, embedding medicines expertise into outpatient care pathways and supporting sustainable service models in a multidisciplinary team. This post is undergoing approval by the Royal College of Pharmacy as a Consultant pharmacist-level post.
As CDK4/6 inhibitor Clinic Lead, you will take clinical, professional and service responsibility for a new oncology service, working in partnership with oncologists, nursing teams and the wider MDT. The role will combine advanced clinical practice with service leadership and transformation.
Main duties of the job
Key responsibilities include:
* Establishing and leading the CDK4/6 inhibitor clinic
* Independent prescribing and advanced toxicity management
* Development of pathways, SOPs, governance and monitoring frameworks
* Leadership in medicines optimisation for SACT
* Using audit, outcomes data and patient experience to drive continuous improvement and demonstration of service value
* Acting as a senior pharmacy voice within tumour site and service‑level MDTs
This role offers a genuine opportunity to redefine how pharmacy contributes to long‑term cancer treatment and survivorship care.
You will be an established oncology or haemato‑oncology pharmacist with the confidence and credibility to operate at senior level, and the ambition to lead service change. You will bring:
· Consultant-level experience and practice in SACT
· Significant experience of independent prescribing
· Experience of service development, advanced & consultant-level practice and clinic‑based care
· Strong leadership, influencing and communication skills
· A commitment to innovation, governance and patient‑centred care
As a pharmacy department, we are committed to supporting the professional growth of our staff and actively encourage all team members to seek a level of credentialization appropriate to their role.
Working for our organisation
Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and our award-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.
Formed in 1999, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to apply the key principles of value based healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.
If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post is offered to a fully qualified candidate who is able to meet the full job description and person specification, or to a candidate who meets the majority of the criteria and will meet an agreed development plan as a condition of appointment under .
Where required, upon appointment to this post, a tailored training plan and period will be established in accordance with to facilitate development towards the full requirements of the job description. Remuneration will be structured in line with to ensure fair and transparent progression.
NOTE : There will be some circumstances where current staff apply for these posts, and their new salary will be below that of their current salary. To aid both the recruitment and development of staff it is recommended that staff across NHS Wales should have continuity of pay for the duration of the training to avoid financial detriment. This should apply when staff take up training posts both within and across NHS Wales organisations. Following this training, the remuneration will be the bottom of Band 8b, again without financial detriment.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac .
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria
* To ensure confidentiality is maintained at all times.
* To be professionally accountable for actions and advice
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Independent prescribing qualification
* Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
* Accredited at consultant level or able to be completed within 18 months of appointment
* Evidence of leadership development
* Membership of relevant professional group e.g. RPS and BOPA
Skills
Essential criteria
* Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels
* Able to demonstrate an intuitive grasp of complex situations based on deep tacit understanding
* Proven budget management or monitoring ability and demonstrable success in achieving savings
* Proven medicines related policy development and implementation
* Proven experience of managing and developing a service with limited resources
* Negotiating and influencing skills
* Presentation skills
Desirable criteria
* Shapes direction of professional group
* Demonstrable experience of change management at a pharmacy leve
Experience
Essential criteria
* Appropriate advanced and current clinical experience in oncology/cancer haematology specialty
* Proven experience of working at a strategic level with senior clinicians and managers and experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
* Proven experience of working at a strategic level across the wider health community
* Recognition as an expert nationally through publications / presentations or officer in a national group
* Formal teaching / training/ mentoring training
* Understanding of NHS finances
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