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Job requirements
Essential
21 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Extensive hospital pharmacy experience (post registration) & wide knowledge base
- Experience
Experience of training and education of both pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals
- Experience
Experience of leadership and management skills
- Experience
Experience of developing and implementing medicines and service related policies for a specialty
- Physical skills
Good level of computer literacy and word processing /keyboard skills.
- Physical skills
Sound MS Teams, Word, Excel and Power- point skills and be able to retrieve information from the internet.
- Training and Qualifications
B.Pharm/ BSc (Pharmacy) or MPharm
- Training and Qualifications
GPhC registered
- Training and Qualifications
Clinical diploma or equivalent
- Analytical and Judgment skills
Experience of assessing and minimising risk associated with service provision and within medication processes
- Analytical and Judgment skills
Ability to work alone and make decisions within agreed parameters and appropriate referral / escalation as necessary
- Analytical and Judgment skills
Experience in making judgements involving highly complex facts, which require analysis, interpretation and options appraisal
- Analytical and Judgment skills
Able to critically analyse information and evidence and to communicate the findings clearly in simple terms
- Planning and Organisation Skills
Ability to plan and organise existing and new clinical pharmacy services to a specialty. This may include creation and adjustment of plans based on research
- Planning and Organisation Skills
Ability to be flexible and manage change in a complex and changing healthcare environment
- Planning and Organisation Skills
Self-motivated with excellent organisational skills, able to motivate others, to manage time effectively and work to deadlines, even when under pressure
- Planning and Organisation Skills
Positive thinker, problem solver, ability to think laterally to develop new ideas
- Communication and relationship skills
Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills, both verbal and written
- Communication and relationship skills
Empathy with patients, relatives and pharmacy customers
- Communication and relationship skills
Confident and assertive; able to defend opinions in a constructive manner when challenged
- Communication and relationship skills
Experience of multidisciplinary team working at Pharmacy, Trust and regional level
Desirable
8 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience of cancer services and other specialist areas eg burns, urology
- Experience
Experience in undertaking, supervising and reporting/presenting audit / research work at local (Trust) level
- Experience
Experience of leading and delivering a clinical pharmacy service to a specialty
- Experience
Experience of line management
- Physical skills
High level IT skills (eg website or database design)
- Training and Qualifications
Independent prescriber
- Training and Qualifications
Evidence of CPD undertaken
- Analytical and Judgment skills
Able to obtain, interpret, analyse and report on drug expenditure for Trust staff
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:
- 1) To partake in specialist clinical pharmacy duties ensuring core clinical pharmacy activities are undertaken specifically 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
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
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Specialist Clinical Pharmacist - Surgical Cancer and Specialities lead with Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust in Nottingham, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Pharmacist role. The advertised salary is £57,528 - £64,750 per annum (pro rata). The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 21 Sep 2026.
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