Cancer and Clinical Services Pharmacist

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wide range of staff benefits

Learning and development opportunities

Clear career pathways

Flexible working requests welcomed

Inner London HCAS included in pay

Job summary

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is offering a 20-month rotational clinical pharmacist post within the Clinical Pharmacy team. The role covers oncology, haematology, private care and paediatric oncology, with duties across inpatient wards, day units, outpatient clinics and out-of-hospital SACT services.

You will clinically screen prescriptions, provide expert advice to multidisciplinary teams, mentor junior pharmacists, and rotate through sub-specialties while supporting seven-day cover

Qualifications

• MSc or Diploma in Pharmacy Practice, or equivalent.
• GPhC registration.
• Post-registration NHS hospital experience.
• Experience delivering a clinical pharmacy service to wards or day units.
• Clinical audit and quality or service improvement projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day operational support to the Clinical Services Pharmacy Team across hospital sites.
• Clinically screen and review prescriptions for safe, effective use of SACT and non-SACT medicines.
• Give expert advice to the multidisciplinary team to deliver SACT safely and on time.
• Support out-of-hospital SACT delivery and administration.
• Work with clinical pharmacy and multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe medicine use in wards, day units and clinics.
• Support development of high-quality clinical pharmacy services and improve patient outcomes.
• Mentor junior pharmacists and rotate through sub-specialties including oncology/haematology.
• Available for out-of-hours and seven-day working across Royal Marsden sites.

Skills

Teamwork

Time management

Communication

Attention to detail

Clinical screening

Adaptability

Working under pressure

Education

MSc or Diploma in Pharmacy Practice

Job description

This rotational clinical pharmacist post sits in the Clinical Pharmacy team at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and runs for 20 months. The work is clinical screening of prescriptions and advice to multidisciplinary teams on SACT and other medicines, across inpatient wards, day units, outpatient clinics and out-of-hospital SACT services. The rotation covers oncology, haematology, private care and paediatric oncology, and the post-holder mentors junior pharmacists and works across Trust sites, including out-of-hours and seven-day cover. Applicants need GPhC registration and post-registration NHS hospital experience.

What the job involves

• Provide day-to-day operational support to the Clinical Services Pharmacy Team across hospital sites, actively taking part in the clinical pharmacy service
• Clinically screen and review prescriptions for safe, effective, legal and appropriate use of SACT and non-SACT medicines within an allocated clinical unit
• Give expert advice to the multidisciplinary team, working with pharmacy, nursing and medicine to deliver SACT and other medicines safely and on time
• Support out-of-hospital SACT delivery and administration
• Work within clinical pharmacy and multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe, clinically effective use of medicines on inpatient wards, day units and clinics
• Support the development of high-quality clinical pharmacy services and improve patient outcomes and experience across inpatient and outpatient settings
• Act as a professional role model and mentor for junior pharmacists, meeting department and organisational standards
• Rotate through oncology, haemato-oncology, private care and paediatric oncology/TYA services, with development in sub-specialties

Qualifications

• MSc or Diploma in Pharmacy Practice, or equivalent

Registration & licences

• GPhC registration

Experience

• Post-registration NHS hospital experience
• Experience delivering a clinical pharmacy service to wards or day units
• Clinical audit and quality or service improvement projects

Skills & knowledge

• Works effectively in a team and alone without direct supervision when required
• Excellent time management, prioritising and meeting deadlines
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Works under pressure in a fast-paced setting with attention to detail and accuracy
• Safe clinical screening of prescriptions and drug charts
• Uses an electronic prescribing system daily and keeps up to date with clinical pharmacy developments

Other

• Trains other members of staff and acts as a role model under GPhC standards
• Recognises the limits of own professional competence and acts on feedback
• Good leadership: takes responsibility, delegates effectively and adapts to change
• Enthusiastic and approachable, upholding Trust core values
• Available for out-of-hours and seven-day working and to work at all Royal Marsden sites

Nice to have

• Registered non-medical prescriber, or willing to work towards this
• Oncology or haematology pharmacy experience
• Experience delivering education and training to staff and students

What’s offered

• Wide range of staff benefits
• Learning and development opportunities
• Clear career pathways
• Flexible working requests welcomed from point of hire
• Inner London HCAS included in pay