# Lead Pharmacist – Children’s and Young People Cancer Network > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/lead-pharmacist-childrens-and-young-people-cancer-network/c89ef31f-f25d-41e2-8417-3c1959f005b0 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/lead-pharmacist-childrens-and-young-people-cancer-network/c89ef31f-f25d-41e2-8417-3c1959f005b0.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Birmingham - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Pharmacist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £66,582 - £77,368 per annum / pro rota - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed-term) - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, Compressed hours, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-17T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-02T10:31:25.418Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Birmingham/Birmingham_Womens_Childrens_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Pharmacy/Pharmacy-v8001818 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8001818?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bwc.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated oncology pharmacist to join the West Midlands Children’s and Young People’s Cancer Network as the Network Lead Pharmacist. This new regional role will provide strategic and clinical leadership for Children’s and Teenage & Young Adult (TYA) cancer pharmacy services across the West Midlands, working closely with Principal Treatment Centres, Paediatric Oncology Shared Care Units (POSCUs), TYA Designated Hospitals, the Cancer Alliance and NHS England. The postholder will lead and support key regional workstreams relating to systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT) governance, medicines optimisation, protocol standardisation, ePrescribing/ChemoCare development, workforce development and quality improvement. The role offers the opportunity to shape and influence regional cancer pharmacy practice, improve consistency of care, and support safer and more effective CYP and TYA cancer services across the Network. Applicants should be experienced oncology pharmacists with strong leadership, communication and influencing skills, alongside significant experience in cancer services, SACT governance and multidisciplinary working. This is an ideal opportunity for an ambitious senior pharmacist seeking to develop regional and network-level leadership experience within specialised cancer services. ### Main duties of the job The postholder will provide strategic, professional and clinical pharmacy leadership across the West Midlands Children’s and Young People’s Cancer Network, supporting safe, consistent and evidence-based medicines practice for children, teenagers and young adults receiving cancer treatment. Key responsibilities include leading regional work relating to systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT) governance, protocol standardisation, medicines optimisation, and strengthening ePrescribing across Principal Treatment Centres and Paediatric Oncology Shared Care Units (POSCUs). The role will support the development of regional governance processes, interpretation of SACT data, reduction of unwarranted variation, and implementation of network-wide improvements aligned to national service specifications. The postholder will work closely with pharmacy, medical, nursing and operational teams across multiple organisations, providing expert advice on complex oncology pharmacy issues, supporting workforce development and education, and contributing to service development, quality improvement and business planning across CYP and TYA cancer services. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable). Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment. ## Job Details An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated oncology pharmacist to join the West Midlands Children’s and Young People’s Cancer Network as the Network Lead Pharmacist. This new regional role will provide strategic and clinical leadership for Children’s and Teenage & Young Adult (TYA) cancer pharmacy services across the West Midlands, working closely with Principal Treatment Centres, Paediatric Oncology Shared Care Units (POSCUs), TYA Designated Hospitals, the Cancer Alliance and NHS England. The postholder will lead and support key regional workstreams relating to systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT) governance, medicines optimisation, protocol standardisation, ePrescribing/ChemoCare development, workforce development and quality improvement. The role offers the opportunity to shape and influence regional cancer pharmacy practice, improve consistency of care, and support safer and more effective CYP and TYA cancer services across the Network. Applicants should be experienced oncology pharmacists with strong leadership, communication and influencing skills, alongside significant experience in cancer services, SACT governance and multidisciplinary working. This is an ideal opportunity for an ambitious senior pharmacist seeking to develop regional and network-level leadership experience within specialised cancer services. ## Job Description The postholder will provide strategic, professional and clinical pharmacy leadership across the West Midlands Children’s and Young People’s Cancer Network, supporting safe, consistent and evidence-based medicines practice for children, teenagers and young adults receiving cancer treatment. Key responsibilities include leading regional work relating to systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT) governance, protocol standardisation, medicines optimisation, and strengthening ePrescribing across Principal Treatment Centres and Paediatric Oncology Shared Care Units (POSCUs). The role will support the development of regional governance processes, interpretation of SACT data, reduction of unwarranted variation, and implementation of network-wide improvements aligned to national service specifications. The postholder will work closely with pharmacy, medical, nursing and operational teams across multiple organisations, providing expert advice on complex oncology pharmacy issues, supporting workforce development and education, and contributing to service development, quality improvement and business planning across CYP and TYA cancer services. ## Responsibilities Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable). Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Extensive previous hospital Pharmacy experience - Extensive experience of delivering clinical pharmacy services at a specialist level to adult and/or paediatric oncology/haematology, both on an individual patient and a wider service basis - Demonstrates in-depth pharmaceutical skills and knowledge within the speciality. This will include provision of highly specialist review and advice relating to the safe use of medicines. - Expert knowledge of national policy, strategy, guidance and evidence-base relating to the speciality Broad knowledge base of a wide range of clinical areas - Experience of working with electronic prescribing and administration systems - Experience of developing and implementing medicines and service-related policies for a speciality / directorate and managing risk. - Experience of leading projects and managing change, with evidence of completed outcomes **Desirable** - Publication of audit/research/clinical work at national level - Experience of working actively on national groups - Experience of leading and delivering a clinical pharmacy service to a directorate / cluster of services - Experience of excellent leadership and management skills ### Qualifications **Essential** - MPharm or equivalent or BPharm/BSc Hons for those qualified before 2002 - Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council - Postgraduate Diploma/MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or Independent Prescriber - Demonstrates continued professional development - Member of relevant national specialist pharmacist group and playing an active role in developing specialist pharmacy practice - To be qualified as a pharmacist independent prescriber and actively prescribing in practice **Desirable** - Holds a position of office in a relevant national network / specialist pharmacist group - Leadership and/or management qualifications - MSc in clinical pharmacy or higher research degree (MPhil or PhD) - Postgraduate qualification in relevant clinical speciality - Training undertaken to obtain further clinical skills, e.g. clinical examination - To hold evidence of practice at advanced stage II, as part of the RPS Advanced Pharmacy framework, or to be working towards credentialing - Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society ### OTHER REQUIREMENTS **Essential** - Well-motivated, conscientious, accurate and reliable - Professional, credible, accountable, responsible and confident - Commitment to life-long learning and professional development - Prepared to work flexible hours over 7 day shifted pattern of work - Ability to concentrate for long periods of time ### ANALYTICAL AND JUDGEMENT SKILLS **Essential** - Works with a high level of professional autonomy - Experience of assessing and minimising risk associated with service provision and within medication processes - Experience in making judgements involving highly complex facts, which require critical evaluation, interpretation and options appraisal - Able to critically analyse information and evidence and to communicate the findings clearly in simple terms - Evidence of incorporating innovative and ‘best practice’ into current practice. **Desirable** - Assessing/adjudicating at national level ### PERSONAL SKILLS / ABILITIES AND ATTRIBUTES **Essential** - Competent ICT skills - Good level of computer literacy and word processing /keyboard skills. - Sound Word, Excel and Power-point skills and be able to retrieve information from the internet. ### PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE **Essential** - Ability to be flexible and manage change in a complex and changing healthcare environment. - Motivated by the desire to improve patient outcomes - Excellent organisational skills, able to motivate others, to manage time effectively and work to deadlines, even when under pressure - Positive thinker, problem solver, ability to think laterally to develop new ideas. - Ability to plan and organise new services and the development of existing services - Self-motivated to a high level **Desirable** - Skills to assist in departmental and service level budget planning for resource (e.g. staff, medicines) ## Documents - [cancer network pharmacist jd & ps (pdf, 864.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10286980) ## 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.