Advanced Cancer Pharmacist

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Swindon; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits a skilled Cancer Pharmacist to join a forward-thinking team dedicated to transforming cancer care. In this pivotal role, you will lead the delivery of specialized clinical pharmacy services, working closely with a multidisciplinary team to ensure the highest standards of patient care. Your expertise in oncology and haematology will be crucial in driving service improvements and optimizing medication use. With a focus on innovation and excellence, this position offers a unique chance to make a meaningful impact in the lives of patients. If you're ready to elevate your career and contribute to a comprehensive cancer strategy, this is the role for you!

Qualifications

• Significant experience in clinical oncology/haematology pharmacy.
• Strong supervisory experience and ability to implement change.

Responsibilities

• Deliver specialized clinical pharmacy services to oncology and haematology patients.
• Lead service improvements and ensure patient safety.

Skills

Advanced cancer clinical knowledge

Interpersonal skills

Clinical governance

Time management

Negotiation skills

Education

Masters Degree in Pharmacy

Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

Post-graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy

Non-medical prescribing qualification

Tools

Electronic prescribing systems

Robotic storage and dispensing systems

Job description

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Are you a skilled and experienced Cancer Pharmacist ready to lead change and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team? Do you have the ambition to drive service improvements and develop a high-quality clinical pharmacy service within Haematology and Oncology?

An exciting opportunity has arisen at the Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for a highly skilled, experienced, and enthusiastic specialist pharmacist to join our Cancer Pharmacy Team. This role offers a unique chance to make a meaningful impact by combining advanced clinical oncology and haematology expertise with leadership and service development.

We are looking for someone with strong clinical knowledge, exceptional interpersonal skills, and a passion for excellence. In this challenging but rewarding role, you will work closely with the Lead Pharmacist for Cancer Services to deliver a comprehensive and high-quality clinical pharmacy service. Your efforts will play a key role in ensuring patient safety, optimising medicines use, and driving clinical effectiveness within our cancer services.

If you're ready to take the next step in your career and make a real difference, we want to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

1. Specialised Clinical Pharmacy Service: Deliver a specialised, patient-focused clinical pharmacy service to adult and paediatric oncology and haematology patients. Actively contribute to the multidisciplinary team by providing ward-based pharmacy services and key input during clinician ward rounds, clinics, and meetings.
2. Expert Clinical Advice: Serve as a clinical role model, offering highly complex expert advice on the safe, effective, and cost-efficient use of oncology and haematology medicines, in line with Trust and National Guidelines.
3. Service Development and Prescribing: Expand the role of the Cancer Pharmacy Team to meet directorate requirements, practicing as a pharmacist non-medical prescriber to support chemotherapy and associated medications within the Day Therapy Unit.
4. Service Improvement: Lead and support changes in work practices within Cancer Services, fostering good working relationships and implementing innovative solutions to enhance safety and quality in the service.
5. Clinical Governance and Medicines Management: Participate in the planning, implementation, communication, and delivery of clinical governance and medicines management objectives for the Trust. Effectively communicate highly complex and sensitive information with tact and diplomacy.
6. Team Leadership and Supervision: Provide day-to-day clinical supervision and management of Cancer Pharmacists, ensuring the delivery of high-quality services.

About us

The Pharmacy Department is integral to the Trust's transformation programme, which focuses on enhancing patient experience through innovative technology and modernised practices. Our department is equipped with two robotic storage and dispensing systems and has implemented electronic prescribing for outpatient and chemotherapy clinics, supporting efficiency and safety in medicines management.

As we prepare for the launch of a brand-new Aseptic Services Unit and a state-of-the-art radiotherapy treatment centre, we are excited to be at the forefront of a comprehensive cancer strategy that will shape the future of cancer care at our Trust.

We are seeking a dedicated candidate who can work effectively within a multidisciplinary team, demonstrate staff supervisory experience, and oversee the day-to-day operations of the Cancer Pharmacy Service. This includes liaising closely with the Pharmacy Aseptic Services Unit to ensure seamless service delivery. This post is an excellent opportunity for a specialist cancer pharmacist ready to take the next step into a senior management role.

Join us and be a part of an innovative, forward-thinking team transforming cancer care for the future.

Job responsibilities

1. To deputise and support the Lead Pharmacist in Cancer Services in developing, monitoring and delivering a highly specialist and comprehensive clinical pharmacy service to Oncology and Haematology.
2. To act as an Advanced Practitioner Clinical Pharmacist to Oncology and Haematology.
3. For a detailed overview of the job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the Advanced Cancer Pharmacist Job Description.

Person Specification

Education, Qualifications and Training

• Masters Degree in Pharmacy
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• CPD in line with GPhC recommendations
• Post-graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent experience
• Non-medical prescribing qualification (or ability to complete within 6 months of starting post)

Experience

• Considerable experience in a clinical oncology/haematology pharmacy position
• Staff supervisory experience
• Evidence of implementing change
• Experience within Aseptic Services and Good Manufacturing Practice
• Experience within clinical trials and Good Clinical Practice
• Experience of delivering training to a multidisciplinary team
• Evidence of managing a changing situation

Knowledge and Skills

• Advanced cancer clinical knowledge
• Able to prioritise on workload, delegate appropriately and manage time effectively
• Able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to communicate highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, including in distressing or emotional situations
• Experience of producing Trust/network wide guidelines and/or policy documents
• Experience of delivering projects and working to deadlines
• Ability to analyse and interpret complex drug usage and expenditure
• Good negotiation and presentation skills

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.

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum pro rata