Lead and deliver a highly specialist pharmacist role to adult Haematology team patients at WRH. Function as an Independent Prescriber within an allocated clinical area or to a defined cohort of patients. This will be in line with GPhc registration requirements and be formally agreed with all appropriate and relevant Clinicians, as well as being within the departmental scope and funding for IP practice. As an IP pharmacist the post holder will, practice within the scope of GPhC registration and own competence, adhere to the Medicines Policy and the Trust NMP policy, in relation to scope and responsibilities of role, comply with the Trust Medicines formulary, be responsible for providing on-going evidence of competency in relation to their prescribing role Provide a highly specialist clinical pharmacy service to patients and undertake pharmaceutical risk management for any allocated wards/clinics. Ensure compliance with medicines legislation, the Trust Medicines Policy, and medicines related national and local guidelines within the Haematology directorate. Produce appropriate technical and professional SOPs and associated policies to ensure that the Haematology directorates medicines management systems are safe, robust, guided by national directives, standards, guidelines, and the post-holders own specialist knowledge, and are quality assured Evaluate prescribing practices and amend according to evidence-based practice, national/regional directives and clinical governance targets daily, during consultant ward-rounds, and at the weekly multidisciplinary team meeting. Construct specialist pharmaceutical care plans for patients, assess and monitor clinical progress and outcome regarding their medication and actively intervene to ensure that patients receive optimal care with minimal side effects. Provide expert advice to health care professionals on all pharmaceutical issues arising within the post holders specialist clinical area. This will include the extrapolation of clinical and complex medicines information and clinical trials where data may be lacking and analysing, interpreting and comparing differing opinion or facts to determine the best prescribing strategy for an individual patient or patient group. Be responsible for the therapeutic blood monitoring of identified drugs within the post-holders clinical area. Ensure that information and patient counselling systems are implemented within their specialist area according to patient need to ensure that patients obtain the most benefit from their medicines. Set standards and manage the counselling of patients on their medicines within the Haematology directorate to improve concordance and knowledge of their therapy. Ensure all newly admitted patients are interviewed to construct an accurate medication history and assess compliance/concordance issues. Review the medication history against the admission details and prescription chart. Pro-actively identify to medical staff any potential or actual medicines-related hospital admissions or associated issues and outline any required action to resolve identified discrepancies Assess patients discharge medicines information requirements as early as possible in the admission stay to be able to prepare information on medicines for patients based on individual need. Counsel patients with highly complex needs such as a physical disability which may affect information requirements (sight or hearing), language difficulties, those with life-threatening or terminal diagnoses and highly distressed patients. Helping to provide a cost effective and quality assured aseptic service at WRH that is risk managed and meets the clinical and business strategies of the Trust. Undertake pharmaceutical risk management for the aseptic services provided and ensure medicines legislation is complied with in those areas. Providing a specialist aseptic pharmacy service to Haematology and Oncology patients and ensuring the chemotherapy regimens prescribed for patients by haematologists and oncologists at WRH are safe and appropriate for administration to individual patients given their diagnosis and health status, are in line with standard protocols or approved clinical trials, and are prepared accurately and safely in a timely manner. Support in the provision of a specialist aseptic pharmacy service to Paediatric patients and ensuring the chemotherapy regimens prescribed for patients by paediatricians at WRH are safe and appropriate for administration to individual patients given their diagnosis and health status, are in line with standard protocols or approved clinical trials, and are prepared accurately and safely in a timely manner. Ensuring individual patients entered into clinical trials are treated according to the trial protocol, that their medicines are prepared as specified in the protocol, that any randomisation codes are allocate appropriately, and that all records are maintained correctly and stored suitably. Substantiating clinical pharmacy recommendations at the highest level and against challenge from Consultants, where necessary, and effectively communicate any required actions to other medical and nursing staff. Providing specialist clinical advice to other health care professionals on all pharmaceutical issues arising within the specialist area of Aseptics. This will include the extrapolation of clinical and complex medicines information where data may be lacking and analysing, interpreting and comparing differing opinion or facts to determine the best prescribing strategy for an individual patient or patient group. Managing the accurate and timely dispensing and supply of medicines to haematology, oncology and paediatric patients. Adherence to NHS England standard operating procedures in relation to drugs supply through the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) and other commissioning arrangements. Supervise and train junior pharmacists, Foundation Year Pharmacists and other pharmacy students in the provision of a safe and risk managed aseptic service. Assisting in the production of SOPs to support the use of the chemotherapy prescribing and administration system. Providing support and advice for prescribers and nursing staff when needed in the use of the chemotherapy electronic prescribing and administration system. Manage pharmacists as allocated including delivery of PDR and management of sickness based around trust policies. Advise and guide Consultants on proposed new medicines for use within the post-holders clinical area and assist with compiling new product assessments and evidence-based reviews for submission to the Area Prescribing Committee for formulary and funding approval. Participate in the weekend, Bank Holiday and on call rotas as allocated. Please refer to the supporting information attachments for full job description. Improving Diversity and Inclusive Recruitment: As part of the Trust's aim to improve diversity across the Trust, positive action is being taken and all applications for this post from BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ candidates can request to be considered under an expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum criteria as specified in the person specification for this role. Applicants will be prompted in the application form to declare if they wish to be considered under this expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme, and their response would be visible to the Shortlisting Panel. If you have any queries about expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please contact Rob Saunders (HR Manager - Recruitment) in confidence via email robert.saunders1@nhs.net.