Advanced Specialist Pharmacist - Clinical Cancer Services, Band 8a

Job overview

Advanced Specialist Pharmacist - Clinical Cancer Services, Band 8a (37.5 hours a week)

This newly funded Advanced Specialist Pharmacist for Clinical Cancer Services post will join the growing Cancer Service Pharmacy team.

This clinical post offers the opportunity to provide your cancer services experience and knowledge to a range of roles including screening of complex SACT prescriptions primarily for haematology patients, prescribing weekly in haematology SACT clinics, and training and mentoring junior staff members. Alongside the lead pharmacist for cancer services you will be involved in service delivery projects, writing clinical guidelines and provide clinical pharmacy expertise to high-cost drugs, clinical trials, palliative care as well as clinical haematology.

There could be opportunity for further specialist postgraduate qualifications, if desired.

Pharmacists will provide operational and clinical support to the wider pharmacy department according to the needs of the service. You will participate in weekend pharmacy services, and be involved with the supervision, training and support of junior pharmacists, foundation pharmacists and other pharmacy staff as necessary.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will work within the cancer services team, primarily in haematology

Screen complex prescriptions for SACT medicines and supervise junior staff to do so

Participation in prescribing haematology SACT clinics on a weekly basis

Advising prescribers on funding criteria

Requesting, reviewing and monitoring lab results and other relevant investigations

Prescribing and chart rewrites/transcriptions for day case admissions

Counselling patients on complex medication

Consultation with patients between appointments where required to resolve medication and prescription issues.

Respond to medication related questions from other members of the MDT

Demonstrate excellent communication skills, verbal and written documentation.

Review and write policies and procedures as required

Implement new medicines when they become available/NICE approved (e.g. formulary, pathways, setting up homecare service where applicable)

Participation in pharmacy department late night, weekend and bank holiday rotas will be required. Based on the needs of the service and at the discretion of the Associate Pharmacy Directors, the post holder(s) will be required to work at both the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital and Cheltenham General Hospital sites.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post-holder(s), alongside the lead pharmacist for cancer services and their peers, will be responsible for leading and developing the advanced clinical pharmacy service to the Cancer Services Department. They will provide an expert pharmaceutical service for the management of these patients, deliver high quality pharmaceutical care and improve patient safety.

Additional working pattern details: Plus week-end and bank holiday rota

See job description for more detailed information about the role

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.