Job summary
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 haematology team to work closely with the Lead Clinical Pharmacist to manage the growing service.
As a world-leading research facility and one of the largest haematology tertiary referral centres, you will collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams to deliver cutting edge licensed and clinical trials to malignant and non-malignant haematology patients.
As a registered pharmacist, you will provide a person-centred approach to care, and manage specialist pharmacy services to haematology patients undergoing systemic anti-cancer treatment (SACT) or haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) for malignant and non-malignant 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 is a large team across oncology, haematology and transplantation and works well together. Our ideal candidate will:
1. Help us develop and deliver our vision for a person-centred clinical pharmacy service.
2. Drive directorate and departmental clinical governance issues, clinical audit, practice research, service improvement projects and more.
3. Be keen to further their career within cancer services.
Main duties of the job
The main day to day responsibilities would include:
1. To provide highly specialised and complex evidence-based clinical advice and information to the multidisciplinary team on the care and treatment of haematology patients.
2. To deliver and promote high quality, cost effective, patient focused pharmaceutical care.
3. To manage the day-to-day delivery of clinical pharmacy services to haematology patients.
4. To manage cancer pharmacists delivering clinical pharmacy services to haematology patients.
5. To support the training and development of cancer pharmacists in the field of haematology.
6. To support the opening and management of haematology clinical trials.
About us
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.
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.
Date posted: 25 March 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £61,927 to £68,676 a year Per annum inclusive of HCAS
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 309-UCLH-6114
Job locations:
University College London Hospital
235 Euston Road
London
NW1 2BU
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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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Employer details
Employer name: University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: University College London Hospital
235 Euston Road
London
NW1 2BU
Employer's website: https://www.uclh.nhs.uk
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