Senior Pharmacist Cancer Services | London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

London North West Healthcare NHS Trust; Greenhill; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in the UK is seeking a Senior Specialist Pharmacist for Cancer and Haematology to lead the Clinical Chemotherapy Services. The role involves providing specialist clinical pharmacy services, managing pharmacy staff, and leading education and training for healthcare professionals. The successful candidate will play a critical role within a multidisciplinary team dedicated to patient care throughout cancer treatment.

Qualifications

• Experience in clinical pharmacy services, particularly in hematology and cancer.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to manage pharmacy services.
• Clinical training experience for pharmacy and healthcare professionals.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Clinical Chemotherapy Services and manage pharmacy services.
• Provide specialist clinical pharmacy services in haematology and cancer chemotherapy.
• Educate pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals.

Job description

The post of Senior Specialist Pharmacistfor Cancer and Haematology is a vital role in the safe, effective, and evidence-based use of medicines in cancer and haematology. The post holder also is an integral part of the multidisciplinary cancer and haematology team, supporting patients throughout their cancer treatment journey. The post holder works closely with haematology and cancer clinicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals to provide clinical chemotherapy governance in the Trust.

Responsibilities

• Be the nominated lead pharmacist for the Trust's Clinical Chemotherapy Services to provide professionalleadership, development, supervision andmanagement of Pharmacy Clinical Chemotherapy, Haematology & Cancer Services
• Participate in the provision of a safe and effective specialist clinical pharmacy service to designated clinical areas in particular specialist haematology and cancer chemotherapy services for adults and paediatric.
• Lead the education and training of pharmacy and other healthcare professionals in all aspects of chemotherapy
• Liaise with all relevant local networks and national working groups particularly London wide network with respect to local and national audits and collaborative work
• Be the Lead Trainer for Intrathecal Chemotherapy
• Be a key member of the senior pharmacy management team supporting the Medicines Management Strategy and the management of the pharmacy department
• To support the trust to comply with relevant regulations, local and national policies and guidelines

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond. Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people. We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.