Specialist Pharmacist Cancer & Technical Services
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 08/09/2026
- Closes
- 22/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves providing high-quality clinical pharmacy services for cancer patients and parenteral nutrition, working within the technical services team. Key responsibilities include ensuring safe and effective service provision, clinical screening of chemotherapy prescriptions, and verifying intrathecal chemotherapy. The post holder will also promote the safe and cost-effective use of medicines across the care group.
Essential criteria
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Registered with the GPhC
- Evidence of CPD
- Previous experience
- Experience of working in hospital pharmacy
Desirable criteria
- Significant post-registration experience in hospital
- Demonstrable experience in aseptic services and/or clinical pharmacy practice
- Knowledge, skills and ability
- Good communication skills, both written and oral, of specialist clinical information
- Self motivation and ability to motivate others
- Ability to use own initiative and plan own work
- Ability to work effectively under pressure and prioritise workload alone and as part of a team
- Proven computer literacy
- Demonstrate sound clinical knowledge and the ability to apply it in practice
- Influencing and negotiating skills
- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
- Education & Qualifications
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Registered with the GPhC
- Evidence of CPD
- Previous experience
- Experience of working in hospital pharmacy
- Significant post-registration experience in hospital
- Demonstrable experience in aseptic services and/or clinical pharmacy practice
- Knowledge, skills and ability
- Good communication skills, both written and oral, of specialist clinical information
- Self motivation and ability to motivate others
- Ability to use own initiative and plan own work
- Ability to work effectively under pressure and prioritise workload alone and as part of a team
- Proven computer literacy
- Demonstrate sound clinical knowledge and the ability to apply it in practice
- Influencing and negotiating skills
- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Specialist Pharmacist Cancer & Technical Services
The closing date is 22 September 2026
Job summary
To provide a high quality, evidence-based clinical pharmacy service for cancer services and parenteral nutrition.
To work as part of the technical services team ensuring the provision of a responsive, high quality, safe and effective service to the customers of the unit.
To be named on the Trust register of pharmacists accredited to clinically screen chemotherapy prescriptions.
To be named on the Trust intrathecal register for the clinical verification and final check & release of intrathecal chemotherapy.
To promote the safe, rational and cost effective use of medicines across the care group.
Main duties of the job
To provide, as part of a team, an excellent service comprising elements of:
- Cancer & Technical Services
- Clinical Services & Patient Care
- Governance, Information and Data Management
- Staff Management & Training
- Research & Development
- Communication and Relationships
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