Specialist Clinical Pharmacist (XR07)

NHS; Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks a dedicated Specialist Clinical Pharmacist to join the oncology team, supporting cancer patients with expert pharmacy care. The role involves managing diverse clinical tasks, providing drug-related advice, and ensuring adherence to safety standards. Ideal candidates will have substantial experience, a professional pharmacy degree, and strong communication skills to thrive in a multi-disciplinary environment.

Qualifications

• Registered Pharmacist with GPhC.
• Non-medical prescriber status required.
• Substantial post registration experience as a clinical pharmacist.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist clinical pharmacy service to oncology patients.
• Monitor individual patient care plans and manage difficult problems.
• Provide training and supervision to junior pharmacy staff.

Skills

Team player

Excellent communication

Problem solver

Motivated

Education

MPharm or equivalent

Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy

Job description

Anopportunity has arisen for a dedicated and motivated pharmacist to join theCancer Services Pharmacy Team at Leeds Teaching Hospitals as a SpecialistClinical Pharmacist in cancer services.

Asa tertiary specialist centre we support the care of patients with a widevariety of oncological malignancies in both Leeds and the wider Yorkshirearea. We are a vital part of the multi-disciplinary team looking afterspecialist groups of patients at all stages of their treatment.

Weare looking for someone who can manage a dynamic and changing workload todevelop and manage cancer service core duties as well as learning andsupporting disease specific tumour sites; to ensure a safe, efficient,effective and positive service for our oncology patients.

Fulltraining would be provided to the new post holder as well as support toattain a competency in the validation of oncology related systemicanti-cancer therapy (SACT) utilising our comprehensive and structured SACTtraining programme.

Expected ShortlistingDate

13/06/2025

Planned InterviewDate

01/07/2025

Main duties of the job

-Provide a specialist clinical pharmacy service to our oncology inpatientwards

-Develop the knowledge and skill set for validation and supply of SystemicAnti Cancer Therapy (SACT) for patient's attending the Leeds Cancer Centre

-Work closely with band 8a disease group specific pharmacist colleagues todevelop clinical oncology knowledge and the skills to learn how to reviewprospective clinical trials for suitability prior to implementation in theoncology trial portfolio

-Undertake patient counselling for oncology patients to ensure maximum benefitfrom medicines supplied

-Liaise with drug & therapeutics, medicines safety, informatics andprocurement teams to facilitate the implementation of new products to theoncology portfolio (including free of charge/compassionate use schemes)

-Develop the skillset to utilise the ChemoCare prescribing system to createtemplates and protocols for new drugs in oncology

-Undertake required audits and reviews to ensure the clinical pharmacy serviceis operating within the required specification and adhering to nationalstandards

-Provide training/supervision/line management to other colleagues in thecancer team

About us

Theoncology pharmacy team work together on a daily basis to ensure that some ofour most complex and challenging treatments within Leeds Teaching Hospitalsare delivered safely, efficiently and in a patient centred manner. Our teamis made up of some highly experienced pharmacists who have strong workingrelationships with the wider multi-disciplinary team. Any new starter to theteam receives a thorough induction drawing on the years of experiencepossessed by our pharmacists and technicians within various specialistfields.

Wehave a strong ethos of workforce development. We strive to ensure that allmembers of the team are able to access development opportunities not solelylimited to clinical work as well as the facilitation of regular team basedclinical education sessions.

Weeklyhuddles ensure that all team members are supported and workloads areappropriately managed whilst giving the opportunity to share best practice.

LeedsTeaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job advertsare subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or removeadverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in theshortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while thisprocess is completed, and contact the named contact if you have anyquestions.

Job responsibilities

Clinical

Provide specialist clinicalpharmacy service to patients and the multidisciplinary team within cancerservices, as part of a team of pharmacists being professionally accountablefor their actions; within a given clinical speciality.

Demonstrate the ability to providesafe, clinically effective and cost-effective use of medicines in accordancewith Trust policy, standard operating procedures and medicine legislation.This will include individual prescription review to optimise therapy,advising on dosage and side effects and on safe administration of medicines.The post holder is expected to determine how the outcomes are best achieve inspecific circumstances.

Provide drug-related advice andinformation to patients, consultants and other health-care professionalswithin the cancer service team.

Supports the Trust's PrescribingStandards and challenges practice where prescribers have not adhered to theMedicines Code.

Plan, manage, monitor and reviewindividual patient care plans.

Manage difficult and ambiguousproblems, often when information is limited.

Reporting prescribing andadministration near misses, and risk management issues.

Pharmacists who are registered asprescribers will, with the agreement of the clinical director of thespeciality, prescribe within their level of competence, to support patientcare.

Alongside the specialist band 8a inthe given disease group, the post holder will be expected to develop tomanage the introduction of new drugs, including unlicensed drugs, into theclinical speciality with input to Drug and Therapeutics committee.

Manage the clinical pharmacistdisease group portfolio input into clinical trials.

Support the Lead Pharmacist for thearea with the production and implementation of drug related policies andprocedures, with the production of financial reports and with horizonscanning activities.

Develop and update policies for thesafe, effective and economic use of medicines through discussion with medicaland nursing staff.

Researchand Education

Occasionally participates inresearch and development within clinical speciality

Undertakes own research/auditwithin clinical speciality

Supervise, teach, and assess juniorpharmacy staff completing training modules within the clinical area.

The post holder is also expected toparticipate in the training of other clinical professionals within theirspecialist area as requested.

Other

Provide a service commitment,typically a four hour session to a specific area within the pharmacydepartment e.g. dispensary, aseptics

Perform other duties as directed bymanager

Participate in the weekend serviceand where contracted, the emergency duty service

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Pharmacist Registrant of GPhC
• MPharm or equivalent
• Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent)
• Member of a relevant Professional Development Body e.g. RPSGB, BOPA
• Non-medical prescriber status

Other Criteria

• Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments if necessary),

Skills and Behaviours

• Team player
• Ability to work alone and under pressure
• Motivated
• Lateral thinker
• Excellent communication oral/written/listening
• Good problem solver and time management skills
• Computer literate (eg word processing, PowerPoint and Excel)

Experience

• Substantial post registration experience as a practising clinical pharmacist.
• Broad clinical pharmacy knowledge which require the pharmacist to analyse information from a range of sources
• Knowledge & experience of clinical area/department which demonstrates ability to manage a caseload
• Understanding and appreciation of local and national pharmaceutical and clinical strategies
• Be professionally accountable for action and advice.
• Aseptic services experience
• Experience of dealing with a wide variety and grade of hospital staff (including senior medical and managerial staff) on a regular and ongoing basis

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.