Advanced Clinical Pharmacist – Cancer Services: Sponsorship Available

Swansea Bay University Health Board

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our dynamic and compassionate team at Singleton Hospital, which hosts the South West Wales Cancer Centre. Our leading Cancer Centre specialises in providing comprehensive, patient-centred inpatient and outpatient Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT), radiotherapy services, and autologous stem cell transplant as part of the South Wales Blood and Marrow Transplant Programme.

Successful candidates will be appointed to an Advanced Pharmacist – Band 8a.

Main duties of the job

Our Pharmacy Cancer Team are well integrated into the multidisciplinary team and operate a wide range of non-medical prescriber clinics and organisation of homecare services. As a Specialist Cancer Services Pharmacist, this role will be pivotal to the provision and development of an advanced pharmaceutical care service for haematology and oncology patients.

This is an ideal role for a pharmacist wanting experience of providing care to cancer patients and who is keen to step up in a supportive, innovative working environment. Specific cancer experience is desirable but not essential.

Your experience will be gained working in a patient focussed environment using your knowledge and skills to improve patient care and promote optimal outcomes from medicines, including experience of undertaking research and/or audit.

In addition, the role will require the ongoing completion of core directorate activities such as reporting and analysis of medicines expenditure, clinical governance and risk management.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Knowledge

Essential

  • Post Graduate MSc/ Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent experience.
  • Member of the GPhC.
  • Independent Prescriber (or complete within agreed timeframe upon employment).

Experience

Essential

  • Experience as clinical pharmacist in specialist area.
  • Experience of contributing into the pharmaceutical care in specialist area.
  • Ability to work in a highly specialist area.

Desirable

  • Proven track record of competence. Evidence of clinical audit, practise research, implementation of procedures, protocols.

Aptitude & Abilities

Essential

  • Innovative and well organised.
  • Good communicator, motivated, able to work as part of a team.
  • Ability to concentrate when frequently under pressure and subject to interruptions.

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: 9 September 2026

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