Oncology Pharmacist

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for a Specialised Pharmacist (Band 7 to 8a progression) to join a dynamic pharmacy service. You will be appointed to the grade according to your knowledge, skills and experience. Where you are recruited to a Band 7 position we will support your progress to an 8a role based on the Advanced Level Framework. The successful candidate will work within a well-established team with an excellent culture of multidisciplinary working, providing opportunities to develop and embed a career in oncology and haematology pharmacy whilst delivering a highly patient focused service.

Main duties of the job

Portsmouth Combined Haematology Oncology Centre (CHOC) is based at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Cosham. It serves the local population of around 850,000 and with part of West Sussex and the Isle of Wight enlarges the Cancer Centre catchment to 1-1.5 million. Oncology has a large footprint within the hospital with combined Oncology/Haematology inpatient unit, acute oncology unit, day case unit, oncology clinic suites & on-site radiotherapy.

Job responsibilities

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust