Lead Pharmacist - Cancer services

Job overview

As the Lead Clinical Pharmacist, Oncology, Haematology Palliative Care and Technical Services you will Lead the service to providing an oncology and haematology clinical pharmacy service to our chemotherapy day unit and inpatient haematology ward.

The post holder will be the Accountable Pharmacist for the aseptic production unit and provide professional pharmacist support to the aseptic production unit; this will include clinically screening prescriptions for chemotherapy and authorising final release of products for administration to patients. The post holder will provide Quality Assurance advice and support the pharmacy Quality Assurance technician.

As the lead pharmacist you will be a source advice for pharmacists and other healthcare professionals for cancer services, will develop pharmacist skills by offering rotations in cancer services and will participate in multidisciplinary and governance meetings.

Main duties of the job

Key areas of responsibility include:

Adult cancer services - provider person centred care and ensure that drug therapy is safe, effective and cost-effective

Represent the Trust at the Regional Cancer Network

Liaise with commissioners, including NHS England, to ensure correct funding channels for the use of all medication

Paediatric oncology - ensure treatments are safe, effective, peer reviewed, and in the best interests of the patient

Chemotherapy electronic prescribing - act as lead pharmacist to support the team implementing EPR module for electronic chemotherapy

Provide strategic leadership to pharmacy cancer services and the aseptic production unit

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information about this role, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification