Cancer Services Advanced Specialist Pharmacist
Band 8a Advanced Specialist Pharmacist - Cancer Services, County
We are looking to recruit a highly motivated, dynamic, innovative and enthusiastic pharmacist to join an established team of Specialist Clinical Pharmacists to support cancer patients. You will be part of the wider Pharmacy Cancer Team and joint Lead at the satellite pharmacy on the Cancer Unit at the County. You will provide clinical services to the out-patient clinics, local hospice and clinical trials.
The County Cancer Unit has a nurse led 16 chaired, four bound out-patient day unit. The Cancer Centre at the Royal Stoke site consists of a 40 bedded in-patient ward, a 27 chaired out-patient area and four linear accelerators. The Acute Oncology Service is across both sites with a dedicated Emergency Admissions Bay at the Royal Stoke. Electronic prescribing has recently been introduced at County and is well established across Adult (ARIA) Cancer Services. UHNM is a Cancer Centre including Level 3 haematology and also a Myeloma UK Centre of Excellence. The clinical trials team based on the Cancer Centre manage a broad portfolio of both commercial and non-commercial trials.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud to serve around three million people and are highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research.
Responsibilities
- Deliver a comprehensive and consistently high-quality clinical pharmacy service and medicines management service to cancer patients.
- Work with the Cancer Pharmacy team at County and Cancer Team Leaders to review clinical pathways and services.
- Be responsible for specific disease sites, develop further specialist knowledge and forge links with specialist centres.
- Clinically screen SACT prescriptions according to locally agreed standards, following a period of competency-based training in line with the British Oncology Pharmacy Association SACT Passport to Level 3.
- Undertake further education to become a Pharmacist Independent Prescriber (PIP) as required.
- Deliver pharmacy elements of cancer clinical trials.
- Involved in the implementation of relevant local, network and national standards.
- Involved in obtaining and assuring the correct funding, including the cancer drugs fund (CDF), individual funding requests (IFRs), early access to medicine schemes (EAMS).
Qualifications & Experience
- Band 8a advanced specialist pharmacist level.
- Experience in oncology pharmacy practice.
- Knowledge of SACT prescription screening and relevant regulations.
- Desire to become a Pharmacist Independent Prescriber.
- Experience with clinical trials pharmacy service delivery.
Employment Details
- Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level.
- Employment type: Contract.
- Job function: Health Care Provider.
- Industries: Retail Health and Personal Care Products.
