Pharmacist Team Leader - Cancer Services

Integrated Care System; Wales; On-site; GBP 63,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the North Wales Cancer Treatment Centre as an Interim Lead Clinical & Patient Safety Pharmacist. This leadership role focuses on integrating pharmacy services within a multidisciplinary clinical team, fostering innovative practices while managing a dedicated team. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in oncology pharmacy and a passion for enhancing patient care within a supportive healthcare environment.

Benefits

Funded places on leadership and clinical specialist courses

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Significant post registration experience in hospital pharmacy in oncology and haematology required.
• Experience leading a team is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of pharmacy services to mental health and community services.

Responsibilities

• Lead and promote role expansion and wider clinical integration.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and support networks.
• Participate in on-call and extended hour pharmacy services.

Skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Capacity to think strategically

Ability to motivate and manage staff effectively

Ability to dispense medicines accurately

Education

Registered pharmacist with GPhC

Masters Degree in pharmacy

Post-graduate diploma/MSc in relevant pharmacy area

Independent/supplementary prescriber qualification

Job description

The North Wales Cancer Treatment Centre (NWCTC) is part of Glan Clwyd Hospital on the North Wales coast close to Snowdonia with excellent access to Chester, Liverpool and Manchester. The NWCTC provides a wide range of cancer services for adult oncology and haematology patients including complex chemotherapy, chemo-radiotherapy, radiotherapy, clinical trials and immunotherapy treatments in both the day case and inpatient setting.

We are looking for a dynamic and forward thinking individual to lead an established dedicated team of clinical pharmacists and technicians in the NWCTC Pharmacy. The services provided by the pharmacy team in the cancer centre are expanding and signifcant investment has allowed expansion of the team across all grades of staff. The focus has been to increase integration in to the Multidisciplinary Clinical Team with innovative technican led services and increased pharmacist prescribing within ward rounds and clinics.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will lead, promote and continue the focus of role expansion and wider clinical integration.This will be achieved through team leadership, multidisciplinary and collaborative working, alongside a support network with other Cancer and Pharmacy Production Services pharmacists across the Health Ward.

Research and development opportunities will be available and we actively encourage career progression by offering funded places on leadership, management and or clinical specialist courses including consultant pharmacist credentialling.

You should have a significant amount of post registration experience in hospital pharmacy in oncology and haematology and experience of leading a team is highly desirable.

This is a full-time permanent post (37.5 hours) although part-time hours (30 hours or more) would be considered.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and 'Proud to Lead' competence framework.

Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the "Disability Confident Employer" scheme.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered pharmacist with GPhC Masters Degree or equivalent in pharmacy
• Post-graduate diploma/MSc in relevant pharmacy area or equiv documented experience in relevant area
• Practicing member of RPS
• Teaching/assessing qualification Independent/supplementary prescriber

Experience

• A substantive level of post qualification experience in primary care/secondary care.
• Responsibility for performance management within pharmacy
• Experience of writing and implementing business plans
• Experience of success in service development
• Knowledge of pharmacy services to mental health and community services
• Experience with IT systems
• Experience of managing prescribing databases

Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Capacity to think strategically and have ability to analyse and solve complex problems
• Ability to motivate and manage staff effectively
• Ability to dispense and manipulate (e.g. prepare injections) medicines accurately

Knowledge

• Advanced knowledge of clinical pharmacy and evidenced based therapeutics in area of responsibility
• Knowledge of drug expenditure control
• Awareness of statutory and professional standards that apply to prescribing and pharmacy services.
• Knowledge of health service developments that will impact on general practice and community pharmacy

Personal Attributes

• Good communicator, motivated and able to work as part of a team
• Innovative and well organised
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Enthusiasm for training
• Commitment to personal CPD

Other

• Participate in the provision of on-call as appropriate to the individual or the service
• Participate in the provision of extended hours, weekend and public holiday Pharmacy services
• Ability to travel
• Ability to speak Welsh or a willingness to achieve an appropriate level of oral competence within an agreed timescale

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.

Interim Lead Clinical & Patient Safety Pharmacist

£63,150 to £73,379 a yearper annum, pro rata