# Advanced Paediatric Clinical Pharmacist Cross-site > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-paediatric-clinical-pharmacist-cross-site/e14ae7c4-57d6-4c0f-8119-9dc2f7c51538 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-paediatric-clinical-pharmacist-cross-site/e14ae7c4-57d6-4c0f-8119-9dc2f7c51538.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Worthing - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Pharmacist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 Per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (Part time hours considered) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-28T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-14T08:51:25.808Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/East_Sussex/Worthing/University_Hospitals_Sussex_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Pharmacy/Pharmacy-v8063885 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8063885?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Advanced Paediatric Clinical Pharmacist – Oncology (Band 7) 26.25 hours per week | Cross-site role | Base: Worthing Hospital (Potential opportunity to increase to full-time hours and work within aseptics and/or adult cancer services.) An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated pharmacist to join the Women’s and Children’s Pharmacy Team as an Advanced Paediatric Clinical Pharmacist specialising in Paediatric Oncology and Haematology. You will provide clinical pharmacy services and support to children and young people receiving cancer treatment. Working closely with multidisciplinary teams, regional Principal Treatment Centres and oncology networks, you will contribute to safe, effective and patient-centred medicines optimisation. As part of the developing Paediatric Oncology Shared Care Unit (POSCU), you will support specialist oncology pharmacy services across inpatient, outpatient and day-case settings. The role offers specialist development in paediatric oncology and haematology, access to regional and national networks, opportunities for service development, and a supportive multidisciplinary environment focused on innovation and professional growth. University Hospitals Sussex is one of the UK's largest acute NHS trusts, committed to delivering excellent care through its values of compassion, inclusion and respect. This is an excellent opportunity to develop specialist clinical practice while making a meaningful difference to children and young people with cancer. ### Main duties of the job About the Role As an Advanced Paediatric Clinical Pharmacist, you will deliver advanced clinical pharmacy services to paediatric patients, developing specialist expertise in oncology and haematology. Key responsibilities include participating in consultant-led ward rounds and multidisciplinary meetings, providing expert advice on systemic anti-cancer therapies (SACT) and supportive care medicines, clinically screening oncology prescriptions, supporting medicines optimisation and patient counselling, and contributing to service development, audit, quality improvement and clinical governance. You will also support digital prescribing initiatives, chemotherapy safety programmes, and provide education and supervision to pharmacy colleagues and other healthcare professionals. About You You will be a GPhC-registered pharmacist with experience in an acute hospital pharmacy setting, strong clinical and communication skills, and the ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary teams. You should be committed to delivering high-quality care for children and young people and motivated to develop specialist expertise in paediatric oncology. Experience in paediatrics and/or oncology, postgraduate qualifications, and involvement in audit, research or service improvement activities are desirable. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities This role is eligible for visa sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker route however sponsorship can only be provided where applicants meet the specific requirements set by UKVI, including the relevant skill and salary thresholds (£25000), and any role-specific criteria. - You will be responsible for the delivery of expert patient care providing support to the lead pharmacists. This includes development, evaluation and co-ordination of clinical pharmacy services in line with the objectives of the division and the UHSx Pharmacy strategy. - You will contribute to all aspects of clinical governance, including clinical risk and audit. - As a teaching hospital, education and training is an integral component of all roles encompassing practice supervision of undergraduates, pre-registration pharmacists and the line management and educational supervision of band 6 pharmacists as appropriate. - We encourage inter-professional learning and have been recognised for educational initiatives such as joint teaching activities with Foundation Doctors. Please see Job Description and Person Specification for full details. Candidate Information Pack: https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/resources/candidate-information-pack/ ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Applicants must show a willingness for continual professional development - Experience of MDT working - Able to evaluate the clinical appropriateness, safety and legality of prescriptions based on the patients’ disease, co-morbidities and other medication and treatment taken, contacting the prescriber to make agreed changes as appropriate. **Desirable** - Experience of line managing/supervising a team and training team members - Conducting of appraisals and managing team members in accordance with policies and procedures. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Master of Pharmacy degree at a British School of Pharmacy or recognised equivalent - Registered member of the General Pharmaceutical Council - PG Cert/FS1 or equivalent **Desirable** - PG Dip/FS2 in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent - IP qualification ### Knowledge and Experience **Essential** - Previous experience of working in a hospital environment - Specialist and professional knowledge acquired through theory and experience **Desirable** - Experience of working with paediatric patients and/or oncology patients - Membership to professional groups (NPPG, BOPA, CCLG) ### Equality, Diversity & Inclusion **Essential** - Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues - Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role). ## Documents - [all staff networks about us flyer (pdf, 304.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2583) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 416.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10382944) - [guide to completing an application form (pdf, 385.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2915) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.