Haemato-Oncology Clinical Pharmacist

Main area Haemato-Oncology Clinical Pharmacy Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours 37.5 hours per week (Full time - 37.5 hours per week) Job ref 282-SB1144

Employer The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site The Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton Town Sutton Salary £53,751 - £60,651 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 05/02/:59

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a clinical pharmacist with a desire to work within haemato oncology in one of Europe's largest centres for treating blood cancers and the largest comprehensive cancer centre in Europe. This post is well supported by our highly trained specialists and will provide a unique and exciting opportunity to work with haemato oncology cancers, including transplants. We are also a well established CAR T centre for which our pharmacy team play an integral role in the delivery of.

Our hospitals offer both NHS, private, inpatient and outpatient care for haemato oncology cancers, including transplants, chemotherapy and clinical trials and we have one of the largest research portfolios in the country. As a team we dedicated to embedding enhanced roles for pharmacy technicians and maximising our non medical prescribing workforce.

Main duties of the job

The Haemato Oncology Clinical Pharmacist is a position designed to develop pharmacists with a keen interest in haemato oncology by enhancing their knowledge and skills, and providing the depth of experience across all areas of haemato oncology. The role will also provide opportunity to take on further development opportunities, to support skills in professional practice, personal practice and management and organisation.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on going achievements.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities For further information please refer to the job description & person specification.

To provide comprehensive pharmaceutical care, contributing to the multidisciplinary team for the haemato oncology unit.

To support the wider Pharmacy Clinical Services team with the Clinical Governance and Risk Management Strategy within the department and throughout the Trust.

To work flexibly across the day unit, outpatient department, ambulatory unit and clinic areas as required to clinical check the appropriateness of prescribing and promoting medicines optimisation.

To initiate a transplant training passport and to work towards or maintain competence to clinically support the transplant programme within the Trust, in line with JACIE standards.

Person specification Education/Qualifications

• GPhC registered Pharmacist
• Certificate in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent
• Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
• Non-medical prescribing
• Member of RPSGB

Experience

• Hospital Pharmacy experience in an NHS or equivalent setting providing a clinical pharmacy service
• Experience of delivering clinical pharmacy to a broad range of specialities & ability to provide highly specialist advice c) Audit, project management of research experience
• Experience in Oncology Pharmacy practice
• Demonstrated skills/knowledge for preparing injections & working in an aseptic environment
• Audit, project management or research experience

Skills/Abilities/Knowledge

• Good organisational/time management
• Good communication skills (written and verbal)
• Awareness of current developments in clinical pharmacy
• Ability to use Microsoft Office applications eg. Word and Excel.

Other Requirements

• Able to work on any Royal Marsden site as required
• Ability to participate in out of hours service

Personal Qualities

• Commitment to continuous improvement of self and service, including progressive and continuing professional development
• Enthusiastic, approachable and adaptable
• Commitment to providing a high standard of care.

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment. Please ensure your information is accurate to avoid errors with processing your application.

All applicants will be contacted by email to the address supplied on your application. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow our emails.

Flu Vaccination - What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name Fleur Harvey
Job title Lead Pharmacist Haemato Oncology and (ATMP)
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