University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Clinical Pharmacist – Oncology
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Exciting Opportunity for a Pharmacist with Clinical Cancer Experience
An exciting opportunity has presented for a pharmacist with clinical cancer experience to join our cancer pharmacy team. This post is a permanent position within the oncology team to work closely with the Lead Clinical Pharmacist to manage the growing service.
About the Role
We are looking to recruit to the post of Senior Clinical Pharmacist in Oncology who will play a pivotal role in managing the pharmacy service provided to oncology patients.
As a world-leading research facility and a large oncology tertiary referral centre, you will collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams to deliver cutting-edge licensed and clinical trials to oncology patients.
As a registered pharmacist, you will provide a person-centred approach to care, and manage specialist pharmacy services to oncology patients undergoing systemic anti-cancer treatment (SACT) for all oncology indications. You will collaborate with the Lead Clinical Pharmacist to improve the pharmacy service for these patients and educate pharmacy and multidisciplinary staff on these innovative treatments.
The UCLH Cancer Pharmacy Team
The UCLH Cancer Pharmacy Team is a large team across oncology, haematology, and transplantation and works well together. Our ideal candidate will:
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- Help us develop and deliver our vision for a person-centred clinical pharmacy service.
- Drive directorate and departmental clinical governance issues, clinical audit, practice research, service improvement projects, and more.
- Be keen to further their career within cancer services.
Main Day-to-Day Responsibilities
- Provide highly specialised and complex evidence-based clinical advice and information to the multidisciplinary team on the care and treatment of oncology patients.
- Deliver and promote high-quality, cost-effective, patient-focused pharmaceutical care.
- Manage the day-to-day delivery of clinical pharmacy services to oncology patients.
- Manage cancer pharmacists delivering clinical pharmacy services to oncology patients.
- Support the training and development of cancer pharmacists in the field of oncology.
- Support the opening and management of oncology clinical trials.
About UCLH
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
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We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
- University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
- National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
- Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
- University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
- Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
- University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
- The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
- University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal, and oral disease. It has world-class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine, and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
Contact Information
For further details/informal visits, contact:
- Name: Shumi Tattersfield
- Job Title: Lead Pharmacist - Oncology
- Email Address: shumi.tattersfield@nhs.net
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