Clinical Pharmacist - Oncology & Haematology

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust; Radford Semele; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in Radford Semele seeks a specialist pharmacist to deliver exceptional clinical pharmacy services. You will verify chemotherapy prescriptions and support healthcare staff in various specialty areas, contributing to service development and management. The ideal candidate is a registered pharmacist with strong clinical capabilities and a commitment to high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Ability to provide high-level specialist pharmacy services.
• Work closely with pharmacists, medical/nursing staff, and technicians.
• Exceptional candidates may qualify for a structured development plan.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical pharmacy care to patients on allocated wards.
• Assist lead pharmacist in service management and delivery.
• Contribute to strategic development and business planning.
• Involvement in training and service development tasks.
• Perform clinical verification of chemotherapy prescriptions.
• Provide clinical ward service on a rota basis.

Skills

Clinical pharmacy care

Management and delivery of specialty pharmacy service

Training and change implementation

Clinical verification of chemotherapy prescriptions

Education

Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Job description

Overview

Following the 'Cancer and Aseptics' element of the Job Description, you will join a committed, professional team in the delivery of excellent clinical pharmacy service. You will experience Oncology, Haematology, Clinical Trials and PN and work with high cost drugs and quality risk management systems. The Cancer and Aseptics team support two busy treatment suites and external hospitals through our licensed aseptic unit. As a specialist pharmacist you will be directly involved in the clinical verification of chemotherapy prescriptions, the final check and release of products made under license and section 10 exemption. You will be involved in service development tasks such as training and change implementation in our expanding service. You will help provide a clinical ward service on a rota basis.

Responsibilities

• Provide a high level of clinical pharmacy care to patients on allocated wards, to support the medical, nursing and other healthcare staff providing clinical care in the specialty areas.
• Assist the lead or Principal pharmacist in the management and delivery of their specialist pharmacy service and/or to manage the delivery of an element of service in a specialist area of practice.
• Contribute to the strategic development and business plan of pharmacy services for the specialist area.
• Involvement in service development tasks such as training and change implementation in an expanding service.
• Clinical verification of chemotherapy prescriptions, and the final check and release of products made under license and section 10 exemption.
• Provide a clinical ward service on a rota basis.

Rotations and Specialties

Staff development may include year-long rotations across the following areas:

• Acute Medical Admissions
• Cancer & Aseptics Team
• Family Health
• Frailty Assessment Unit / Frailty
• Medicine (Respiratory, Diabetes, Stroke, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Dermatology and Rheumatology)
• Surgery (Elective Orthopaedics, General Surgery, Short Stay Surgery and Day Surgery and ITU), Palliative care

Qualifications

• Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Ability to provide a high level of specialist pharmacy services to one or more of the specialist service areas listed above, working closely with other pharmacists, medical/nursing staff and senior technicians/ward technicians.
• Exceptional candidates who do not meet the full criteria in the Person Specification may be considered for a comprehensive band 6 to 7 STEP programme with a structured development plan.

Organisation and Values

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond, ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on-Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. Our values can be summed up in one sentence: we are "Trusted to provide safe, effective and compassionate care". Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.