University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has presented for a pharmacist to join our cancer pharmacy team. We are looking to recruit to the post of Rotational Pharmacist in Cancer who will play a pivotal role in managing the pharmacy service provided to cancer patients.
The pharmacy cancer team is well integrated into the cancer directorate and provides a high-quality and progressive pharmacy service to cancer patients.
Main duties of the job
The main day-to-day responsibilities would include:
1. Manage the day-to-day delivery of, and support the development of, clinical pharmacy services to cancer patients.
2. Provide safe, clinically effective, and cost-efficient use of medicines to cancer patients.
3. Work closely with the multi-disciplinary team and undertake an active role in the safe provision of medicines to cancer patients.
To maintain and further develop the pharmacy service to cancer patients, we are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated pharmacist to join our lively, progressive and dynamic pharmacy team.
Our ideal candidate will be:
1. Interested in helping us develop and deliver our vision for a patient-focused clinical pharmacy service.
2. Able to drive directorate and departmental clinical governance issues, clinical audit, practice research, service improvement projects, and more.
3. Keen to further their career within cancer services.
The post will provide comprehensive cancer clinical and technical pharmacy experience through a competency-based training programme. You will have the opportunity to work in a broad range of clinical haematology and oncology specialties and settings including inpatient wards, day-care, outpatient clinics, and ambulatory care.
You will have a Postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy (or equivalent experience) and post-registration employment experience in a hospital setting, including working in a cancer speciality.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
* Master's degree in Pharmacy, or equivalent.
* Pharmacist Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
* Undertaking or completed a Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent experience and expertise.
* Evidence of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training.
* Independent prescriber, or willingness to undertake an independent prescribing qualification.
Experience
* Minimum two years post-registration experience as a clinical pharmacist in hospital.
* Broad knowledge of clinical pharmacy practice.
* Experience of pharmacy clinical practice in the hospital inpatient setting.
* Experience of verifying prescriptions for systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT).
* Experience in oncology and/or haematology clinical practice.
Skills and Abilities
* Effective time management and demonstrates the ability to meet deadlines.
* Excellent ability to prioritise workload and work accurately under pressure without direct supervision.
* Able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
* IT literate, including use of spreadsheets to capture and manipulate data, search for evidence-based practice, and present complex information.
* Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the principles of clinical governance.
Communication
* Demonstrates clinical knowledge, reasoning, and judgment, manages difficult and ambiguous problems.
* Able to communicate complex, contentious, and sensitive information effectively when using clear written and spoken English.
* Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues at all levels both within and beyond pharmacy and the trust.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Salary: £54,320 to £60,981 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS.
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