Job overview

We are looking to recruit a senior pharmacist to lead the clinical pharmacy team at The Royal Marsden. These are really exciting times for the pharmacy team, with clinical developments across the Trust with pharmacy at the heart of many of them. A key part of the role will be to support the integration of prescribing pharmacists, and technicians with extended roles, across both our in patient and out patient services. We are seeking a pharmacist who can demonstrate great communication and leadership skills with the vision to enable The Royal Marsden to have a Clinical Pharmacy service that optimally uses all the pharmacy team.

Main duties of the job

•    Lead the operational & strategic delivery of clinical pharmacy services across RM to ensure effective, safe and evidence based care.
•    Oversee the coordination, optimisation and standardisation of clinical pharmacy services to deliver consistent pathways across all sites.
•    Provide leadership to a team of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and other pharmacy staff, ensuring high quality, innovative clinical pharmacy practice.
•    Contribute as a member of the senior pharmacy leadership team to drive cost efficiencies and service improvements across departments and systems.
•    Deputise for the Deputy Chief Pharmacist on clinical and staff management matters, representing Pharmacy at key internal and external clinical forums.
•    Lead the delivery of local, regional and national medicines optimisation projects, ensuring successful implementation through strong stakeholder engagement and collaboration.
•    Develop and support new models of care, including expanded roles for pharmacy staff.
•    Contribute to the development and delivery of the pharmacy research strategy. 

Working for our organisation

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.