Senior Clinical Pharmacist – Oncology

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 oncology team to work closely with the Lead Clinical Pharmacist to manage the growing service. 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 is a large team across oncology, haematology and transplantation and works well together.

• 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

• To provide highly specialised and complex evidence-based clinical advice and information to the multidisciplinary team on the care and treatment of oncology patients.
• To deliver and promote high quality, cost effective, patient focused pharmaceutical care.
• To manage the day-to-day delivery of clinical pharmacy services to oncology patients.
• To manage cancer pharmacists delivering clinical pharmacy services to oncology patients.
• To support the training and development cancer pharmacists in the field of oncology.
• To support the opening and management of oncology clinical trials.

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 Hospital so University College Hospital Grafton Way Buildingo Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicineo University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centreo The Hospital for Tropical Diseaseso University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street.

Date posted 14 August 2026

Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 8a Salary 66,274 to 73,496 a year Per annum inclusive of HCAS Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time

University College London Hospitals 235 Euston Road London NW1 2BU
United Kingdom

Knowledge and Qualifications

• Master degree in Pharmacy, or equivalent.
• Pharmacist Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent experience and expertise.
• Evidence of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training.
• Independent prescriber, or willingness to undertake an independent prescribing qualification.
• Advanced practitioner as defined by the Faculty of Cancer Pharmacy Advanced and Consultant Level Framework (ACLF).
• Evidence of formal management training.

Experience

• Minimum five years post-registration.
• Minimum of three years' experience as a clinical pharmacist in a cancer specialty including oncology.
• Experience of verifying prescriptions for systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT).
• Actively seeks to improve the ward and clinical services provided to enhance quality of care to cancer patients.
• Experience as a clinical pharmacist in managing haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) patients including verification of conditioning prescriptions.
• Experience in reviewing and setting up cancer clinical trials including validation of electronic protocols.
• Experience of managing change and driving service improvements.
• Evidence of evaluating own and pharmacy staff's work to drive and…