Bank Oncology Pharmacist | Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 31 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £55,690 - £62,682 Per annum, Pro Rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 30 August 2025 |
| Location: | Swindon, SN3 6BB |
| Company: | The Great Western Hospitals NHS FT |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7389222/249-7389222 |
Summary
Bank Oncology Pharmacist – Band 8a
Are you a seasoned Cancer Pharmacist ready to inspire change and elevate patient care across a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team? Passionate about leading service innovation and advancing excellence in Clinical Pharmacy within Haematology and Oncology?
We have an exciting opportunity just for you
Join our forward-thinking Cancer Pharmacy Team as a specialist pharmacist and become a driving force in shaping a high-quality, patient-centred oncology service. You’ll bring advanced clinical expertise in oncology/haematology, a commitment to best practices, and the leadership spark that motivates others.
This is more than a role—it’s a chance to:
• Deliver impactful patient care through expert medicines management
• Support and influence service development and strategic planning
• Collaborate with clinical leaders to ensure safety and excellence in therapeutics
You'll work closely with the Lead Pharmacist for Cancer Services, helping craft a gold-standard pharmacy offering for cancer patients—where innovation meets compassion.
For further details or to arrange an informal visit, please contact:
Tiffany Cham at Tiffany.chan@nhs.net
Our Cancer Pharmacy Team works closely with the multi-disciplinary team providing patient-centred, specialist clinical services to the day therapy unit, in-patient haematology unit, cancer outpatients and paediatric oncology outpatients. The Great Western Hospital is a busy district general hospital that serves a wide population across Swindon and Wiltshire. We are a JACIE accredited centre for haematopoietic stem cell transplant services and we are also part of the Thames Valley Cancer Alliance.
The Pharmacy department is at the heart of the Trust’s programme to move forward and transform itself, using technology and new ways of working, to put Medicines Management at the heart of our clinical pharmacy services. Our department has two robotic storage and dispensing systems, and has implemented electronic prescribing in our out-patient and chemotherapy clinics.
We’re entering an exciting new phase in cancer care, with our radiotherapy unit already running smoothly and a brand-new aseptic unit about to go live. As we begin work on a cutting-edge in-house aseptic services facility—alongside a state-of-the-art radiotherapy treatment centre—we’re building a future-focused cancer strategy that will transform care for the next generation. Join us and be part of something truly impactful.
To deliver a specialised patient focussed clinical pharmacy service to adult and paediatric oncology/haematology patients, contributing to the multi-professional team through ward pharmacy services and key input on appropriate clinician’s ward rounds, clinics and meetings.
Please see attached full job description
This advert closes on Thursday 14 Aug 2025
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