Specialist Clinical Pharmacist

Manchester

£55,690 to £62,682 a year, per annum, pro rata

Job summary

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 at least 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.

Main duties of the job

• 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 the provision of 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.

Deadline for applications: 5 March 2026

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