Chemotherapy Co-ordinator

NHS Jobs; Oxford; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced coordinator to manage chemotherapy prescribing processes. You will work with doctors to ensure accurate prescriptions and with pharmacists to screen and verify those prescriptions, updating all related documentation promptly.

Daily liaison with nursing staff and a proactive approach to ensuring prescriptions are completed in a timely manner, ideally 48 hours in advance, will be essential to maintain smooth patient care

Qualifications

• Coordinate prescribing chemotherapy using electronic software packages (eg ARIA).
• Screen chemotherapy prescriptions by pharmacists and ensure documentation is updated.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with doctors and pharmacists to ensure chemotherapy is prescribed and screened, ideally 48 hours in advance.
• Provide daily status updates to nursing staff on the stage of chemotherapy prescription processing.

Tools

ARIA

Job description

Please see attached document for full details of the role and responsibilities. Summary: Use electronic software packages (eg ARIA) to co-ordinate the prescribing of chemotherapy by Doctors, its screening by pharmacists and receipt of prescriptions by the relevant pharmacy departments and being responsible for updating all relevant documentation. Be proactive in liaising with doctors and pharmacists to ensure that all chemotherapy is prescribed and screened, ideally 48 hours in advance. Liaise daily with nursing staff, providing a status report detailing the stage at which patients chemotherapy prescriptions have reached in the process.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust