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Salary: £63,000 onwards depending on experience
Hours: 37.5 hours a week
Location: 33 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7HY
Contract: Full time, Permanent
What are we looking for?
Cleveland Clinic London are looking to recruit a Senior Clinical Pharmacist – Oncology to join our Pharmacy team, with a salary from £63,000 onwards depending on experience.
While our Oncology Centre is in development, we are looking to bring in a Senior Clinical Pharmacist with experience in Oncology onboard to help us establish the necessary guidelines, policies and protocols ahead of opening.
Whilst we are in this phase of setting up the service, working hours will be mutually agreed between the Lead Pharmacist – Oncology and postholder.
As the oncology service develops, the postholder will transition into a clinical, patient-facing role. Working patterns will evolve in line with service requirements, and the postholder will be expected to adapt to support the expanding oncology pharmacy team, including overtime, on-call, night and weekend working where required.
What makes us different?
Cleveland Clinic London offers a brand-new high-acuity environment with the very latest equipment, where caregivers are encouraged to grow their expertise across multiple specialties, and in collaboration with expert clinicians. Our Mission, ‘Caring for life, researching for health, and educating those who serve’, assures our unwavering commitment to professional development.
Reporting to the Lead Oncology Pharmacist, the Senior Clinical Pharmacist – Oncology will provide a highly specialised, patient-centred clinical pharmacy service to the oncology institute. The post-holder will deliver expert pharmaceutical care across inpatient wards, chemotherapy day units and outpatient clinics, undertaking clinical screening of systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT) prescriptions leading on medicines governance and guideline development within oncology. The role also encompasses a leadership and education function, supporting the development of junior pharmacists and the wider multidisciplinary team.
What will your duties include?
Contribute to the development and implementation of pharmacy service standards, guidelines and care pathways relevant to oncology.
Support the introduction of new medicines, commissioning decisions and treatment protocols in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
Lead the day-to-day clinical pharmacy service to oncology and haematology patients across inpatient wards, the chemotherapy day unit and outpatient clinics.
Act as an authorised pharmacist in the pharmacy aseptic unit, undertaking prescription validation and release of chemotherapy, biological and CIVAS products.
Development and maintenance of up-to-date oncology pharmaceutical guidelines, protocols and Patient Group Directions.
What we need from you?
Completion of a master’s degree in pharmacy (or equivalent) (essential).
Post graduate clinical diploma in clinical pharmacy (hospital) or equivalent experience (essential).
Full registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) (essential).
BOPA passport - level 2c adult solid tumour and haematology modules (desirable).
Significant experience in oncology and/or haematology pharmacy (essential).
Experience of clinical verification of SACT prescriptions (essential).
What We Offer
As a private hospital with no shareholders, we reinvest all profits back into our organisation. This allows us to provide meaningful, tailored support and development opportunities for our caregivers - alongside a range of benefits, including:
25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
Double-matched salary exchange pension – contribute 5% and we’ll contribute 10%
Private Medical & Dental Insurance
Life Assurance
Season Ticket Loan & Cycle to Work schemes
Workplace Nursery Scheme
Wellbeing Hub with mental health, coaching and EAP support
Earned Wage Access - get early access to part of your pay when needed
Access to discounts on food, retail, and more
Who we are?
Cleveland Clinic is one of the leading providers of specialised medical care in the world, providing clinical excellence and superior patient outcomes for almost 6 million patient visits per year across more than 200 locations. We employ over 80,000 caregivers worldwide and continue to drive innovation in healthcare.
With over 100 years of history, our “Patients First” philosophy is at the heart of everything that we do.
If you would like to know more, please email
[email protected].
Applicant shortlisting and interviews may take place whilst the advert is live, so it may close sooner than expected - please submit your application as soon as possible. Due to the volume of applications, we are not always able to provide individual feedback.
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check
This role may be subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order (as amended) and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
“Let’s deliver World Class care together!”
As an equal opportunities employer, we aspire to work together to promote a more inclusive work environment, which represents our commitment to celebrate diversity.
CCL is committed to applying its Equal Employment Opportunity/Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Policy at all stages of recruitment and privileging. Shortlisting, interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to any Protected Characteristics. When aware of the need to do so and when required, CCL will make reasonable adjustments to its arrangements for interviews and to conditions of employment/engagement for disabled applicants to ensure, so far as practicable, that they do not place such applicants at a substantial disadvantage in comparison to non-disabled applicants.
