Specialist Clinical Pharmacist - Surgical Cancer and Specialities lead

Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) is the biggest employer in Nottingham with over 19,000 staff

Specialist Clinical Pharmacist
- Surgical Cancer and Specialities lead Band 8a

Main area Pharmacy Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job  

Site City Hospital Campus Town Nottingham Salary £57,528 - £64,750 per annum (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 21/09/2026 23:59

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for a talented individual to join the surgical pharmacy team as a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist for cancer surgery and surgical specialities.

In this post you will lead the pharmacy service provision to patients undergoing specialist surgery at NUH, including our tertiary referral centres for thoracics, burns, urology, breast & sarcoma surgery. You will work as part of the pharmacy team delivering clinical care to these patients, many of whom are undergoing surgery as part of their cancer treatment.

The job will be based at the City Hospital campus where you will work as part of the MDT providing high quality medicines reconciliation and pharmaceutical knowledge. The post holder will work with the other members of the MDT to perform medicines optimisation, including deprescribing and prevention of harm from inappropriate polypharmacy. You would also be involved in improving prescribing and reducing risks within the wider healthcare team , attending governance meetings and MDT meetings in your given area.

In addition the post holder will also work within the wider pharmacy surgical team, receiving and giving support to the other team members and trainees.

Main duties of the job

For full duties please refer to the attached job description. Key duties are:

• To partake in specialist clinical pharmacy duties ensuring core clinical pharmacy activities are undertaken specifically
• Leadership, management and directorate/service support roles
• To line manage and support more junior pharmacists in the listed directorates
• To take full part in the 7-day shifted rota and bank holidays duties

Working for our organisation

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team  are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification.

1) To partake in specialist clinical pharmacy duties ensuring core clinical pharmacy activities are undertaken specifically a. To lead, deliver and develop clinical pharmacy services to the Cancer surgical wards and specialities within NUH. To implement medicines management policies and ensure the safe, clinically effective and cost-efficient use of medicines in this service/speciality in accordance with national priorities and local objectives.

b. To provide patients and members of the multidisciplinary team with information about new drugs and developments to facilitate their safe and effective use. c. To provide a clinical pharmacy service to inpatient ward areas
2) Leadership, management and directorate/service support roles
3) To line manage and support more junior pharmacists in the listed directorates
4) To take full part in the 7-day shifted rota and bank holidays duties Person specification Training and Qualifications

• B.Pharm/ BSc (Pharmacy) or MPharm
• GPhC registered
• Clinical diploma or equivalent
• Independent prescriber
• Evidence of CPD undertaken

Experience

• Extensive hospital pharmacy experience (post registration) & wide knowledge base
• Experience of training and education of both pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals
• Experience of leadership and management skills
• Experience of developing and implementing medicines and service related policies for a specialty
• Experience of cancer services and other specialist areas eg burns, urology
• Experience in undertaking, supervising and reporting/presenting audit / research work at local (Trust) level
• Experience of leading and delivering a clinical…