Clinical Rotational Oncology Pharmacist

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust; Matlock; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

High-Cost Area Supplement 15% (min £4,

£5,735 max per annum pro rata)

Job summary

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is recruiting a Clinical Rotational Oncology Pharmacist to support cancer patients across clinics, wards and day-case units. You will join a team of oncology pharmacists delivering pharmaceutical care within MVCC and associated hospitals.

The role involves clinical screening, chemotherapy dose banding and collaboration with nursing and medical staff. Experience in oncology is desirable and pre‑registration trainees are welcome to apply.

Qualifications

• Experience in hospital or community pharmacy is desirable.
• Pre-registration trainees are welcome to apply.
• Experience in oncology is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Screen prescriptions clinically to promote rational drug therapy.
• Provide pharmaceutical care to cancer patients on clinic, ward and day-case units.
• Support core MVCC services: screen, dispense and check prescriptions; dose banding chemotherapy; manage controlled drugs; support clinical trials.

Skills

Oncology Pharmacy

Clinical Trials

Hospital Pharmacy

Communication

Education

MPharm degree

Tools

Pharmacy Systems

Job description

We are recruiting for a Clinical Rotational Oncology Pharmacist who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

This role is a challenging and rewarding opportunity for a pharmacist who is looking to develop their hospital pharmacy and oncology knowledge in a wide range of cancer treatments including clinical trials at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre.

Previous experience of working in a hospital or community pharmacy and any previous experience in oncology would be desirable. Pre‑registration trainees are also welcome to apply for this role.

You will be expected to work closely with nursing and medical staff and with patients. You will be supported by a team of oncology pharmacists, to deliver pharmaceutical services to patients on day case units and wards.

In addition, you will receive a High‑Cost Area Supplement of 15% of your basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £4,552 and a maximum payment of £5,735 per annum pro rata.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

The successful candidate will ensure that prescriptions are screened clinically to promote the rational use of drug therapy and evaluation of the appropriateness of the regimen selected.

You will act as a clinic, ward and day‑case unit oncology pharmacist providing pharmaceutical care to cancer patients on a rotational basis

The post holder will provide highly specialised advice concerning the pharmaceutical care of cancer patients as appropriate, to patients, relatives and other health professional colleagues including senior consultant medical staff.

You will support core services at MVCC pharmacy which include clinical screen, dispense and check prescriptions and requisition inpatient requests, dose banding chemotherapy, controlled drugs, clinical trial prescription and TTAs.

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We Run The Following Hospitals

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient‑led Trust where dedicated staff provide high‑quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation, and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Wendy Ng Job title: Lead Oncology Pharmacist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 02038262499