Job summary
Are you an enthusiastic pharmacist ready to take the next step in your career? Join one of the UK's largest and most progressive Cancer Services teams and play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care.

We are seeking a motivated pharmacist with an interest in cancer services to join our Rotational Band 7 Programme. This is a unique opportunity offering structured development and the chance to gain advanced clinical and aseptic experience across oncology, haematology and technical services.

UHB is a tertiary referral Cancer Centre with 5 outpatient day units, 4 inpatient wards, a specialist BMT and CAR-T service, and dedicated outpatient clinics. Pharmacists are fully integrated across ward services, day units, aseptic units, and pharmacist-led clinics.

You will join a large, supportive, multidisciplinary team with strong collaboration at its core. Previous cancer experience is desirable but not essential, as full training will be provided.

Applicants with 12 months' post-registration hospital experience may be appointed under AfC Annex 21 (75% pay), progressing to full Band 7 on completion of a clinical diploma or NHSE/RPS pathway.

Cross-site working across UHB is expected.

For further information, an informal chat or to arrange a visit, please contact Lynn Do on 01213718745 or email Lynnnguyen.do@uhb.nhs.uk, Interview date 22nd October 2026

Main duties of the job
Work as part of our pharmacy cancer services team to:

• Clinically verify haem/onc prescriptions
• Provide inpatient clinical pharmacy service to the haem/onc wards when at QE
• Ensure oral SACT patients receive appropriate counselling and support with their medication
• Support aseptic services with final release of chemotherapy products
• Support the introduction of new medicines into the services, this may include preparing prescriptions for inclusion on the electronic prescribing system
• Support service development initiatives
• Contribute to audit programmes as needed.
• Support the on-call rota

Skills and qualities required:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Broad clinical knowledge
• Commitment to CPD
• Self-motivated
• Team worker
• Flexibility to work across sites

About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• *Master's degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
• *Completion of first year of clinical diploma or NHSE/RPS Newly Qualified Pharmacist Pathway or equivalent, as evidenced by dated communication from HEI or signed-off NQPP documentation.
• *Current professional registration as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• *Evidence of continued Professional Development in Pharmacy related matters

Desirable

• *Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• *Member of UKCPA
• *In-house training and accreditation for formulation of PN and final check of aseptics
• *Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy
• *To be willing to work towards a non-medical prescribing qualification

Experience
Essential

• *Experience working within an NHS/ Healthcare environment with clinicians and other health care professionals at all levels of the organisation.
• *Post-registration experience working in hospital pharmacy at point of application.
• *Previous participation in multi- disciplinary team.
• *Experience of managing/ supervising staff/ students and the delivery of training on a range of subjects.
• *Evidence of risk management and service improvements.
• *Demonstrates commitment for providing high quality pharmaceutical care.
• *Possesses relevant clinical knowledge in hospital pharmacy.
• *Knowledge of national initiatives and guidelines, e.g. NICE, NSF.
• *Possesses knowledge of available resources to answer Medicines Information queries.
• *Demonstrates good knowledge of hospital clinical pharmacy and current issues.

Desirable

• *Previous experience in cancer services

Additional Criteria
Essential

• *Good presentation skills
• *Team worker
• *Good interpersonal skills
• *Good oral, written communication & presentation skills
• *Good computer skills
• *Demonstrates problem solving skills
• *Demonstrates empathy towards patients and carers
• *Able to work under pressure, prioritise work and meet deadlines
• *Ability to manage budgets and deliver on cost improvement programmes
• *Able to use initiative and work without supervision when necessary
• *Demonstrates teaching/mentoring skills & ability to motivate other staff
• *Able to interact with clinical and managerial staff
• *Demonstrates good critical appraisal skills
• *Able to work with drug budget information]
• *Ability to delegate work effectively to others
• *Analytical Ability -- ability to make decision on meeting business targets, highlighting performance information including complex facts and/or situations which requires analysis and interpretation
• *Ability to persuade, influence, negotiate and motivate. Material may sometimes be contentious
• *Ability to propose changes to practice and lead on service development for specialist area, developing and implementing policy for that area. Propose changes in conjunction with service groups which have wider implications/development of service wide performance policies
• *To work proactively and on own initiative within broad occupational policies
• *Able to work with all grades of staff
• *Capacity to work calmly under pressure
• *Well motivated and reliable
• *Demonstrates commitment for providing high quality pharmaceutical care
• *Flexible to the demands of the post, the needs of the pharmacy service and other staff
• *Participation in 7 day week rota including bank holidays and weekends
• *Ability to travel across all service sites as required by the job role

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.
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).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).