Higher Level Pharmacist - Aseptic and Cancer Services | The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust


Company:	Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Salary:	£49,387 - £56,515 pro rata
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Wolverhampton, WV10 0QP
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	28 Aug 2026
Closing date:	27 Sept 2026

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Summary

At the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, we’re passionate about driving innovation and delivering exceptional care for our patients. Our Pharmacy Aseptic Team has just taken handover of a brand new, state of the art aseptic unit and we’re looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated pharmacist to join our rapidly expanding and friendly Aseptic team.

This is an exciting role for a pharmacist with an interest in cancer, nutrition and technical services. There is an opportunity to gain experience in haematology and oncology cancer care, intrathecal chemotherapy, clinical trials, and adult parenteral nutrition, as well as working in a busy aseptic unit.

Training will also include the opportunity and support to complete the independent prescribing qualification.

You will receive excellent support and training from our senior pharmacists. We are passionate about developing our pharmacists into the clinical leaders of the future.

Click the link to see our new facility and the benefits of working for the NHS

https://youtu.be/jKP-Be2VH-E

Act as an authorised pharmacist in the provision of a pharmaceutical aseptic service

To deliver pharmaceutical services to patients requiring parenteral nutrition support and SACT treatments

Provide professional pharmaceutical services, including reviewing prescriptions, and clinical pharmacy services to designated wards/departments

Supervise/provide professional support to junior pharmacists/ pharmacy technicians, students and support staff

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as“Good”by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

We have excellent relationships with our local schools of pharmacy, including Wolverhampton University

To deliver a comprehensive and consistently high quality aseptic and clinical pharmacy service to the oncology/haematology directorate

To act as an authorised pharmacist in the provision of a pharmaceutical aseptic service

To clinically verify and final release aseptic products including treatments for cancer patients, parenteral nutrition bags and other CIVAS products

Participate in nutrition services, to actively provide specialist clinical pharmacy advice to medical staff on the prescribing and formulation of parenteral nutrition.

To be on the local delegation logs for clinical trials supported by the pharmacy aseptic unit.

Provide professional guidance to junior pharmacists, technicians and students working within the area of speciality

Promote optimal and appropriate drug use and high quality prescribing practice through: implementation of the Joint formulary, medicines management and antimicrobial prescribing initiatives; promotion of key prescribing messages; assisting in the development of prescribing guidelines and care pathways; assisting in the development of essential shared care guidelines and participating in multidisciplinary staff training.

To participate in the internal monitoring systems to measure clinical input on the wards and provide such information as may be required. This will include intervention monitoring and antibiotic point prevalence data collection.

To investigate pharmaceutical problems arising from use of medicinal products and participate in and encourage medical staff in adverse drug reaction reporting

Assist other Senior Pharmacists providing pharmaceutical advice at Directorate level.

This advert closes on Sunday 30 Aug 2026

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