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Role description
Job summary
We are looking for a motivated and patient-centred
pharmacist to join our Cancer and Palliative Care pharmacy team at Queen
Elizabeth Hospital. This role offers the opportunity to provide specialist
clinical care while supporting the day-to-day leadership and development of the
service.
Main duties of the job
Key duties include delivering a safe, effective and responsive clinical pharmacy service to patients across cancer and palliative care wards, day units and clinics. Working closely with the multidisciplinary team, you will provide specialist advice on medicines, support the clinical verification of chemotherapy prescriptions and contribute to treatment protocols and prescribing guidelines. You will also help ensure continuity of medicines-related care between hospital and community services.
You will support the supervision and development of rotational pharmacists and other pharmacy staff, contribute to education and training, and help drive improvements in medicines safety and service quality. The role also includes supporting audit, clinical governance and the cost-effective use of medicines.
You will be a GPhC-registered pharmacist with a postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent, substantial hospital clinical pharmacy experience and demonstrable experience in cancer and/or palliative care. You will have the BOPA Passport at 2b/2c haematology and 2b/2c oncology. Strong clinical judgement, effective communication skills and experience of supervising and developing others are essential, alongside the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
About us
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS
Trust is a community focused provider of local and acute care, providing high
quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs
of Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley.
With a turnover of around
£700 million, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich,
University Hospital Lewisham and a range of community settings in Lewisham. We
also provide some services at Queen Marys Hospital in Sidcup.
The Trust has 7,500 staff and
we have recently invested in our workforce to grow our establishment across a
number of key services. In 2020 we won a London NHS Parliamentary Award
in recognition of a wide range of initiatives to make the organisation a great
place to work. We are accredited as a flexible working employer offering a
number of flexible working options for staff. We are also accredited as a
London Living Wage employer for our substantive, bank and contractors
Details
Date posted
02 November 2026
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£32.50 an hour
Contract
Bank
Working pattern
Flexible working
Reference number
C9197-26-0986
Job locations
Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust
Stadium Road
London
SE18 4QH
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. To be responsible for the day to day
leadership and management of Cancer Services at QEH.
2. To be responsible for the coordination
and delivery of a responsive, proactive, patient-focused clinical pharmacy
service to the Surgery and Cancer division as well as Allied Clinical
Services/Medicine division across the Trust.
This will include the promotion of safe, effective and cost effective
drug use to facilitate patient admission and enhance continuity of care across
the primary and secondary care interface.
1.
To
support the Lead Pharmacist Technical Services (UHL) and the Technical Services
Manager in the implementation of technical service developments at QEH.
2.
To support
the division in managing their drugs budget and act as the point of liaison for
any service developments that involves medicines or pharmacy services in
Oncology and Palliative Care.
3. To act as a role model and provide a
consistently high standard of pharmaceutical service to patients in line with
the Trust and Departmental objectives.
4. To provide operational and clinical
support to pharmacy developments as dictated by trust, departmental and service
objectives. This includes
supervision, training and support to
junior pharmacists, pre-registration pharmacists and other pharmacy staff as necessary.
5. To deputise for the Principal Pharmacist
for Cancer Services & Palliative Care as required.1.
To participate in the front-line provision of Pharmacy Services
as appropriate and when required. To
act as a clinical pharmacist in an appropriate area and participate in
consultant ward rounds as required.
2.
To
be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a pharmacist
independent prescriber.
3.
To
practice as a pharmacist independent prescriber, where appropriate to improve
patient care and safety, and to continue to develop the role of pharmacist
independent prescriber within the specialty.
4.
To
act as a clinical role model for other pharmacists within the team and
demonstrate the ability to provide service that ensures the safe, clinically
effective and cost efficient use of drugs and the ability to check clinically screened dispensed prescriptions.
5.
To
provide a safe and patient-focused clinical pharmacy service to wards, day
units and clinics across the Trust. This includes undertaking medicines
reconciliation, assessing pharmaceutical needs, assessing and facilitating the
use of Patients Own Drugs, ensuring appropriate drug supply, maintaining both
the One Stop Dispensing system and ward based dispensing service by pharmacy
staff.
6.
To
demonstrate an intuitive grasp of situations based on knowledge, expertise and
understanding and to make decisions about drug therapy with limited
information.
7.
To
lead the training programme within Cancer and Palliative Care for pharmacists
providing service to wards and day units across the Trust to ensure efficient
and safe provision of clinical pharmacy service.
8.
To lead
on the development and maintenance of chemotherapy proformas for Cancer and
Palliative Care as pre-printed prescriptions or on the Mosaiq e-prescribing
system.
9.
To
support clinical verification of chemotherapy prescriptions and participate in
peer review of cancer services and implementing changes in line with national standards.
10. To be responsible for intrathecal chemotherapy
training for pharmacy staff.
11. To support the duties within pharmacy
technical services.
12. To support the investigation of
medication related incidents and formulation/delivery of action plans across
the Trust to address any problems identified within Cancer and Palliative Care.
13. To contribute to the
development and implementation of strategies to improve safe medicines use
across the Trust.
14. To liaise with primary care colleagues
to gather and disseminate patient medication issues to other healthcare staff.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
B. Pharm / M. Pharm / BSc (Pharmacy) or equivalent.
Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
Postgraduate Diploma in either Clinical Pharmacy or General Pharmacy Practice (or equivalent).
Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice.
BOPA Passport at 2b/2c haematology and 2b/2c oncology.
Desirable
Other postgraduate qualifications relevant to pharmacy practice, such as management or education & training qualifications.
Postgraduate Certificate in Independent Prescribing
Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council as an Independent Prescriber
Experience
Essential
Substantial post registration experience in hospital clinical pharmacy practice with demonstrable experience of working within cancer/ palliative care.
Demonstrable experience in supervising others.
Demonstrable experience of managing staff/ teams.
Demonstrable experience in the delivery of formal education and training at postgraduate level.
Demonstrable experience of co-ordinating and leading on clinical audit.
Demonstrable experience of protocol/ guideline development.
Desirable
Demonstrable clinical experience within the specialism of acute medicine.
Experience of disciplinary matters and be able to impart results from them to staff in an appropriate and considered manner.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
Knowledge of relevant local and national standards and regulations associated with the provision of clinical pharmacy services especially cancer palliative care.
Ability to work on own initiative and effectively as part of a team both within pharmacy and a multidisciplinary environment.
Ability to prioritise and plan work effectively alone and for a team including the ability to delegate appropriately.
Ability to think strategically.
Demonstrated ability to communicate complex information effectively using clear written and spoken English and overcome barriers to understanding.
Self-motivation and the ability to motivate others.
Sound clinical reasoning and judgement and ability to influence clinicians, nursing and other colleagues.
Applies sound professional judgement to legal and ethical issues.
Ability to work positively and calmly under pressure.
Previous service and clinical audit
Proficient in all Microsoft Office software with proven computer literacy and IT skills including
Email
Word processing
Spreadsheets
Databases
Use of search engines medical databases to retrieve information
Demonstrated accurate numeric skills
Desirable
Ability to manage difficult and complex issues or refer appropriately.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
