We are looking for an enthusiastic Senior Clinical Pharmacist to join our well-established Cancer Pharmacy team at NUH, to start or continue your specialist career in cancer pharmacy.
You will provide a specialist clinical pharmacy service to the oncology and clinical haematology specialties, working closely with the Specialist Clinical Pharmacists and other members of the multidisciplinary team to provide excellent patient care. In this exciting post, you will rotate through the cancer service and gain exposure to a wide range of sub-specialties. These include oncology, haematology, palliative care, specialist admissions, bone marrow transplant, and CAR-T. You will support the specialities to ensure the safe and appropriate use of anticancer medicines in-line with national and regional guidelines.
You can expect structured personal development and the opportunity to contribute to high-level clinical and service delivery projects. You will be fully supported by senior members of the Pharmacy team.
This post presents an opportunity to join an established cancer pharmacy team embedded in one of the UK's largest and busiest acute NHS teaching hospital Trusts. Having previous experience of caring for people with cancer would be desirable but is not essential.
What we offer:
1. A supportive and friendly cancer pharmacy team
2. Established collaborative relationships with the wider cancer multidisciplinary teams
3. Opportunities to rotate through the main clinical areas of oncology, haematology, specialist admissions, and palliative care
4. Development of clinical knowledge and decision-making for patients undergoing chemotherapy and other cancer treatments
5. Structured and supported training and development, both personal and professional
6. Involvement in the process for introducing new cancer therapies to the trust
7. Opportunities to contribute to service improvement, with the aim of improving patient experience
8. Opportunity to manage/mentor junior colleagues
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education, and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world-class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
Job Summary
To partake in clinical pharmacy duties, ensuring core clinical pharmacy activities are undertaken in the CAS Division (including Oncology and Clinical Haematology).
Key Job Responsibilities
1. Core clinical pharmacy activities
2. To work in accordance with relevant pharmacy and Trust policies and procedures relating to the management of medicines.
3. To ensure safe, rational and effective prescribing by undertaking medication reconciliation, assessing suitability of prescribed medication (including chemotherapy and associated medicines), enabling use of patient’s own medicines and patient self-administration, counselling (to optimise medicines use), and ensuring continuity of patient care at transitions of care.
4. Providing medicines for individual patients during their stay in hospital, at discharge and during day case and out-patient visits.
5. Interpreting and requesting clinical tests to monitor and make recommendations to improve effectiveness and safety of drug therapy.
6. Proactively liaise with other members of the multidisciplinary team (medical staff, nurses, microbiologists, physiotherapists, dietitians etc) in order to ensure safe and effective use of medicines.
7. Actively make recommendations about medicines to improve patient outcomes and to encourage adherence to hospital formulary and national guidelines.
8. Providing advice and guidance in relation to the prescribing of unlicensed and clinical trial medicines under the direction of the senior pharmacist for clinical trials.
9. To professionally screen prescriptions for Systemic Anticancer Therapy in accordance with local and national guidelines.
10. To support the Pharmacy Production Services when required, predominantly in a checking role.
Other Responsibilities
1. To contribute to, facilitate or conduct clinical audits according to the Pharmacy audit plan.
2. To participate in research, communicate results and if suitable register for a further degree.
3. To act as lead pharmacist for a specified area within the cancer pharmacy team.
4. To undertake and document continuing professional development.
5. To contribute to the teaching and training of undergraduate, postgraduate students and other healthcare professionals.
6. To undertake any other duties that may reasonably be required as agreed by senior staff.
Leadership, management and Divisional/Specialty support roles include supporting the Divisional Lead and specialist clinical pharmacists in delivering clinical pharmacy and medicines management services to the assigned clinical specialties.
This post-holder will be required to provide clinical cover on weekends approximately once every two months. For each weekend worked, a full day will be recompensed in either the week before or after the weekend cover.
In addition to the brief list above, you must familiarise yourself with the full job description and person specification attached to this advert prior to applying.
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