Specialist Clinical Pharmacist

We currently have an opportunity for a highly motivated, enthusiastic specialist clinical pharmacist (band 8a) to join our team. The post holder will be part of the wider clinical pharmacy team providing pharmacy services to patients across all disease groups but will work predominantly within the gynaecological oncology disease group supervising Systemic Anti‑Cancer Therapies for patients with ovarian, endometrial, and cervical cancers.

The post holder will be accountable for the delivery of specialist clinical pharmacy services, supporting the cancer disease group in conjunction with other specialist gynaecological disease group pharmacists, and have an active role in the outpatient clinic setting with regards to prescribing. As such the postholder must ideally possess an independent prescribing qualification or be working towards this qualification.

We have numerous pharmacist‑led SACT clinics, including PARP inhibitor clinics within the gynaecological disease group. The postholder will have an integral role within the MDT team and contribute to service delivery, new initiatives and development / review of drug protocols including new NICE‑approved SACT within the disease group.

• To deliver and evaluate clinical pharmacy services to gynaecological cancer patients.
• To supervise and prescribe Systemic Anti‑Cancer Therapies and supportive treatments for patients being treated for ovarian, endometrial, and cervical cancers.
• To develop and maintain highly specialist knowledge in medicines used within the Trust especially in relation to the designated cancer disease group.
• To promote the safe, efficient, and cost‑effective use of medicine resources to the designated cancer disease group by providing education and training, procedures, policies and guidelines, and medicine usage information.
• To contribute to the wider clinical pharmacy service for patients being treated across all disease groups.

Although the pharmacy service is based at The Christie Hospital main site, postholders may be required to work at any location across the Greater Manchester and Cheshire Cancer Network. The Trust has a flexible working policy and, subject to service commitments, it may also be possible to support an element of working from home.

The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15 % of patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.

We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world‑first breakthroughs for over 100 years.

We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name:
Poly Stergiou

Job title:

Specialist Clinical Pharmacist
Email address:

Sue Stent,
Principal Pharmacist for Clinical Services,

To arrange an informal visit or discuss the role.