Main area: Oncology Pharmacy
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Rotational weekend working)
Job ref: 321-SWR-6572434-B7-PUB
Employer: Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Churchill hospital
Town: Oxford
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rota
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 17/11/2024 23:59
Band 7
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
Job overview
Would you like to work in a forward thinking, large cancer pharmacy team which includes Consultant Pharmacists in Cancer as well as Palliative Care, Highly Advanced and Advanced Cancer pharmacist, as well as the first Advanced Cancer Pharmacy Technicians in the country? This exciting post promises to bring you an opportunity to work with national and internationally recognised expert pharmacists in the cancer and palliative care field.
Our team have a range of oncology and haematology pharmacy non-medical prescribers who work alongside consultants and other members of the MDT to review and prescribe SACT.
OUH is a clinical trials centre and we are involved in early and late phase research. As a teaching hospital, we believe that research should be embedded within pharmacist roles and will support with research opportunities, including PhD.
We welcome applications from band 6 pharmacists who will be completing their clinical pharmacy diplomas/MSc’s shortly.
Main duties of the job
Key roles include:
* Delivery of high quality pharmaceutical care to adult cancer in-patients, day-case, and out-patients.
* Participation in pharmacy services to the Day Treatment Unit to optimise patients’ medication and reduce medicines wastage.
* Clinical checking of systemic anticancer treatment (SACT) and SACT clinical trial prescriptions.
* Participating in multidisciplinary ward rounds.
* Pharmacist led oral anti-cancer treatment education clinics.
* Pharmacist non-medical prescribing in multidisciplinary clinics and day treatment unit.
* Aseptics experience within Pharmacy’s Clinical Trials Aseptic Services Unit (CTASU).
* Participating in the day to day running of the CTASU and developing knowledge in quality control and quality assurance.
* Involvement in cancer phase I, II, and III clinical trials.
* Active participation in Thames Valley Cancer Alliance groups.
The post holder will participate in the band 7 cancer pharmacist rotation which currently includes rotations through:
* Oncology Ward
* Haematology Ward
* SACT prescription clinical screening
* Early phase/Late phase research & SACT clinical trials screening
* Brodey Chemotherapy Day Unit, Horton Hospital, Banbury
* Clinical Trials Aseptics Unit
* Cancer Clinical Trials Set Up
* Palliative Care
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* To provide a ward-based clinical pharmacy service according to Trust agreed standards.
* To provide clinical pharmacy cover to other ward areas within the team on a reciprocal basis.
* To ensure medicines are used appropriately, safely and cost-effectively in accordance with Trust policy, standard operating procedures and medicines legislation.
* To monitor medicines use within the ward area, including recording of significant clinical interventions and risk management.
* To use available information to influence prescribers and ensure the most cost-effective choice of therapy.
* To participate in ward rounds, clinical meetings or out-patient clinics as appropriate in order to provide pharmaceutical advice to prescribers and other health care professionals.
* To liaise with external agencies to ensure safe, timely and appropriate supply to patients.
* To participate in ward-based clinical audits and the development and implementation of treatment protocols and guidelines for use of medicines within the clinical area.
* To tutor rotational clinical pharmacists undertaking the Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy, following formal accreditation as a tutor by Cardiff University, or other university.
* To act as a role model and mentor for clinical pharmacy.
* To develop personal practice research in accordance with the Trust and pharmacy strategy.
* To contribute to local, national and international specialist interest groups and conferences/meetings.
* To become a non-medical prescriber as appropriate.
* To work as a non-medical prescriber in the oncology & haematology directorate.
* To undergo accreditation to write discharge prescriptions for patients, where appropriate.
* To provide teaching for the pharmacy and directorate teams as required.
* To act as knowledge base/resource for the specialist area and to keep up to date with current trends and research in the specialist area.
Person specification
* Qualified to a degree level (4 year MPharm or equivalent) and Pharmacist registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
* Diploma / MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent experience.
* Experience of working as a clinical pharmacist.
* Problem identification and solving skills.
* Well organised.
* Good Time Management.
* Good written and oral communication skills.
* Ability to prioritise and manage time effectively.
* Good interpersonal skills.
* Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team.
* Sensitivity and tolerance.
* Enthusiastic and self-motivated.
* Must demonstrate flexibility in working practices.
* Experience of teaching and tutoring.
* Must be assertive.
* Understands national priorities in cancer care.
* Demonstrable awareness of current cancer issues such as administration of intrathecal chemotherapy.
* Membership of British Oncology Pharmacy Association (BOPA).
* Experience of preparing budgetary reports for clinical areas.
* Demonstrable awareness of financial pressures.
* Accredited tutor for Cardiff University Clinical Pharmacy Diploma.
* Involvement in a pharmacist led outpatient clinic.
* Experience of practice research.
* Publication / conference presentations.
* Accredited Non-medical prescriber.
* Involvement in developing a service.
* Experience of developing drug protocols / contributing to formulary development.
COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. While COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.
Probation Period: This post is subject to a 6 month probationary period. If you currently hold a contract of employment with the Oxford University Hospitals, this will not apply.
Next Steps: Please make sure that you read the job description and person specification, and that your supporting statement reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria.
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