Lead Paediatric Oncology Pharmacist: Sponsorship Available

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We have a new and exciting post at the Royal Surrey that will lead and deliver the clinical pharmacy service for the Enhanced Level A Paediatric Oncology Shared Care Unit (POSCU) services across Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust (RS) and Ashford St Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust (ASPH). These Trusts work in a collaborative group model.

The POSCU services operate as part of the North and South Thames Operational Delivery Networks (ODNs), with the Royal Marsden, University College London and Great Ormond Street as Principal Treatment Centres (PTCs).

The successful applicant will join an experienced team of specialist pharmacy staff at Royal Surrey Cancer Centre who provide a comprehensive service to oncology, haemato-oncology and surgical oncology patients.

The post will be primarily based at Royal Surrey, with ad hoc requirements to attend on-site at Ashford and St. Peters.

This post requires a postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification and specialist experience in paediatric oncology. We would endeavour to support any relevant personal/career development training when in post

Main duties of the job

To lead, provide and develop the clinical pharmacy service for the Enhanced Level A Paediatric Oncology Shared Care Unit (POSCU) service across Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust (RS) and Ashford St Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust (ASPH). The service will be supporting the South Thames Children’s Cancer Principal Treatment Centre (PTC).

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Master’s degree in pharmacy or equivalent and 1 year pre- registration training
  • Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (Great Britain) as attained following successful completion of 1 year competency assessment and Examination.
  • Post-graduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent

Desirable

  • MSc in clinical pharmacy
  • Registered supplementary/independent non-medical prescriber

Knowledge

Essential

  • Professional knowledge acquired through vocational Master’s degree in pharmacy (4 years) or equivalent
  • Advanced level core therapeutic knowledge and clinical skills as gained through postgraduate clinical diploma (or equivalent)
  • Demonstrates high level of clinical knowledge, clinical reasoning and judgement; manages difficult and ambiguous problems
  • Understanding of background to and aims of national and local healthcare policy/guidance and appreciate the implications of this on engagement and priorities
  • Specialist clinical knowledge and skills relevant to the area of practice as developed through experience and CPD including conferences, courses etc.
  • Demonstrable experience as a specialist practitioner in hospital clinical pharmacy
  • Experience as an advanced level clinical pharmacist practitioner, able to demonstrate a high level of competency e.g. equivalent to achieving Excellence in the majority of competencies in all clusters within the Advanced Pharmacy Framework, except Management and R&D, which should be at Foundation level (as a minimum).
  • Previous specialist clinical pharmacy experience in paediatric oncology
  • Variety of clinical practice within the paediatric oncology
  • Evidence of working effectively within multidisciplinary groups
  • Previous experience of delivering training and education at post-graduate level
  • Evidence of activity in clinical audit or drug use review to improve practice
  • Current developments in pharmacy
  • Changes occurring in the NHS

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 18 November 2026

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