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We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated pharmacist to join our team on an 12-month fixed-term contract.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our specialist Cancer Services team and support high-quality pharmacy services across the Trust. You will work alongside pharmacists, technicians, doctors, nurses and the wider multidisciplinary team to optimise medicines and ensure patients receive safe, effective and timely treatment.
You will provide specialist clinical pharmacy support to patients receiving chemotherapy and other systemic anti-cancer therapies, including clinical screening and final checking of chemotherapy prescriptions, supporting oral/parenteral chemotherapy services and providing specialist pharmaceutical advice.
The role offers excellent opportunities to develop your expertise in haemato-oncology, chemotherapy, medicines optimisation, clinical governance, education, service development and research. You will contribute to MDT meetings, treatment protocols, clinical trials, audit and quality improvement, while supporting the education and development of colleagues.
You will also work closely with the Lead Pharmacist to develop Cancer Services pharmacy and identify opportunities for improvement.
If you have strong clinical skills, a passion for cancer care and the ambition to make a positive difference, we would love to hear from you. Join us and help shape the future of Pharmacy Cancer Services .
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Providing specialist clinical pharmacy support to haematology day units, outpatient clinics and wards.
- Undertaking clinical screening and final checking of chemotherapy prescriptions, including oral and parenteral chemotherapy.
- Working with the multidisciplinary team to optimise the safe and effective use of chemotherapy and systemic anti-cancer therapies.
- Supporting chemotherapy and biological agent ordering and timely delivery.
- Contributing to haematology MDT meetings and providing specialist pharmaceutical advice.
- Supporting chemotherapy protocols, treatment guidelines and clinical pathways.
- Supporting pharmacy staff training and chemotherapy competency.
- Contributing to haemato-oncology education, Cancer Clinical Trials, audit, research, quality improvement and service development.
- Supporting SACT data submission and monitoring cancer drug expenditure.
- Supporting NICE recommendations, formularies and prescribing policies.
- Identifying and helping to mitigate medicines-related risks.
- Deputising for the Principal Pharmacist, Cancer Services when required.
- Helping to develop a patient-centred, evidence-based Cancer Services pharmacy across both sites.
This varied role offers the opportunity to develop specialist expertise, influence service improvement and make a meaningful difference to patients receiving complex cancer treatment.
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.
We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.
The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.
The full job description provides a clear overview of the range of duties and responsibilities associated with this role. You will work as an integral member of the Pharmacy team, collaborating closely with clinicians, nursing colleagues and ward-based teams to deliver safe, effective and patient-focused care to our patients across Epsom and St Helier.
The role offers the opportunity to work collaboratively across professional teams, contribute to the development of pharmacy services and make a meaningful difference to the experience and outcomes of patients receiving cancer treatment.
Please take the time to read the full job description and person specification carefully. In your application, tell us how your experience, knowledge and skills meet the essential and desirable criteria outlined in the person specification, and what you would bring to this role and to our Cancer Services team.
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