Clinical & Medical
Specialist Oncology Pharmacist
Specialist Oncology Pharmacist
Tunbridge Wells Hospital | Pharmacy | Permanent | Full Time |
Up to £56,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience
37.5 hours per week
Our Pharmacy team at Nuffield Health Hospital Tunbridge Wells currently have an exciting opportunity for a pharmacist with a specialist interest in oncology and haematology.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated pharmacist with oncology experience to integrate with the Pharmacy team and oncology multi-disciplinary team to deliver an outstanding level of service to our oncology and haemato-oncology patients.
Approx. 0.8WTE of the role will be dedicated to the oncology pharmacy service, with patients currently being treated across 4 days per week. There is some flexibility in how the hours are worked across each day, but we are looking for a pharmacist who can be primarily site-based. Remote working is not suitable for this role. Our ambition is for the successful candidate to additionally support their Pharmacy colleagues through further training and competency assessments to create a multi-skilled Pharmacy workforce within the oncology service offering.
The remaining 0.2WTE of the role will be spent:
- Planning and preparing for upcoming oncology patient treatments
- Providing ward-based clinical pharmacy services to our elective surgical patients
- Assisting our pharmacy dispensary colleagues with the dispensing and checking of discharge and outpatient prescriptions.
This is an ideal role for a pharmacist with oncology / haemato-oncology experience who is ready for the next step in their career within a small and supportive Pharmacy team. If you aspire to provide an excellent level of clinical care, and consider time spent face-to-face with your patients a key component of that, then please get in touch with the team that provides that time and encourages and promotes that approach.
As a Specialist Oncology Pharmacist, you will:
Deliver a high-quality clinical pharmacy service within Nuffield Health Hospital Tunbridge Wells to oncology, haemato-oncology and elective surgical patients, in line with current government, NICE and BOPA guidelines
Undertake medicines reconciliation, organise discharge medications, provide of drug information and undertake clinical counselling of patients
Maintain pharmaceutical care plans for all oncology and haemato-oncology patients
Verify and screen SACT treatment prescriptions, inpatient prescription charts, discharge and outpatient prescriptions
Support and advise our clinicians on safe prescribing within oncology, haemato-oncology and peri-operative medicine
Coordinate the administration and delivery of SACT treatments to patients, maintaining effective communication with (and support to) the Pharmacy dispensary
Develop protocols and guidelines for SACT treatment
Order SACT in readiness for patient treatment
Educate and train colleagues in support of their development with oncology competencies
Act as lead oncology pharmacist for the Nuffield Tunbridge Wells Hospital site
Liaise with other Nuffield Hospital oncology sites to share knowledge and expertise
Work closely with the Pharmacy Quality Lead (Oncology) for Nuffield Health
Attend meetings with pharmacy and other oncology leads within the Nuffield Health group on a regular basis, implementing changes to policy and procedure locally
Skills & Experience
UK Registered Pharmacist with General Pharmaceutical Council - applications will be rejected without this
At least 3-4 years of post-qualification experience
Experience of supervising and training other staff
Post-qualification experience within oncology and haemato-oncology and the ability to screen and verify oncology and haemato-oncology regimes and prescriptions
BOPA passport completion to a minimum of Level 2a
Post-qualification experience in the provision of a ward-based clinical pharmacy service is desirable but not essential, as full training will be provided
Knowledge of relevant NICE guidance, hospital policies and procedures
Excellent communication and people skills. This is essential as you will be working very closely with patients as well as a variety of clinical staff
Oncology pharmacy experience is essential for this role, and further training within this clinical speciality will be encouraged and supported.
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Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital
Our small, dynamic Pharmacy team at Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital provide a high standard of pharmaceutical care to our oncology/haematology patients, our peri-operative surgical patients, and our surgical and medical outpatients. Strong working relationships are in place with all of our hospital departments to ensure that the right medication is available when it is required. Our Pharmacy team are ready to support the successful candidate in their role.
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If you'd like to discuss the role in more detail or arrange an informal visit to site, please contact Andrew Turton, Pharmacy Manager on andrew.turton@nuffieldhealth.com
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