Specialist Haemato-Oncology Pharmacist | The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 05 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £61,631 - £68,623 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 October 2025 |
| Location: | Sutton, SM2 5PT |
| Company: | The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7464185/282-SB821-A |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for two enthusiastic, highly motivated pharmacists to enhance their paediatric or oncology experience and join the Children and Young People’s (CYP) pharmacy team on the Sutton site at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.
The successful candidates will be working collaboratively as part of a friendly and supportive multidisciplinary team to enhance the patient experience and support the Lead Pharmacist in leading the team to deliver outstanding pharmacy services to the CYP Unit. We are looking for individuals who are motivated, dynamic, and flexible.
The Royal Marsden's Oak Centre for CYP is one of the largest comprehensive children and young people’s cancer centres in Europe. We treat a range of paediatric and young adult cancers (leukaemia, lymphomas, solid and brain tumours) in patients from 1 to 24 years of age. The Royal Marsden is one of the largest UK bone marrow transplant units for patients with malignant disease and are accredited by the Joint Accreditation Committee of the International Society for Cellular Therapy and the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (JACIE). You will work to be accredited to manage patients undergoing bone marrow transplantations.
The in-patient wards (McElwain ward and Teenage Cancer Trust Unit) deliver treatment 7 days a week to up to 27 patients. The Children’s Day Unit is open Monday to Friday for outpatient care.
• To work as an integral member of the haemato-oncology pharmacy team jointly providing an expert pharmacy service to the haemato-oncology patients, multidisciplinary team and provide highly specialist support to the wider pharmacy team in this area.
• To lead on pharmaceutical issues relating to medicines management and clinical trials within the Haemato-oncology unit, ensuring adherence to national guidelines and medicines legislation.
• To be a lead within the pharmacy department for education and training and clinical governance issues relating to Haemato-oncology.
• To provide a framework for the safe, efficient and cost effective use of drug resources within the Haemato-oncology unit by the provision of procedures, protocols and drug usage information.
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.
At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.
At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification
• To provide and expert pharmaceutical service to the Haemato-oncology Unit, ensuring that service development is in line with national and international standards.
• To critically evaluate and interpret published data on new drugs affecting the specialty across the Trust, in conjunction with medical staff, to prepare drug evaluations for the clinical unit prior to application to the Drug and Therapeutics Committee.
• To develop, implement maintain and audit drug protocols and treatment guidelines for disease management within the clinical unit, following drug evaluations and drug utilisation review, ensuring all guidance is in line with medicines legislation and best practise.
• To assist in the leadership on antifungal medicine use and stewardship, primarily in the cohort of adult haemato-oncology patients in liaison with the, Lead Antimicrobial Pharmacist, Microbiology Consultants and Director of the Transplantation programme.
This advert closes on Friday 19 Sep 2025
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