Advanced Oncology Pharmacist – Electronic Prescribing

This advanced pharmacist post sits within the oncology pharmacy service at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, part of East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust. The postholder leads the strategy, design and maintenance of the electronic prescribing system for systemic anti-cancer therapy, alongside electronic referrals and patient-reported outcome measures. The role also builds a pharmacist prescribing practice for a designated patient group and sits on the pharmacy management team. Candidates who do not meet every essential and desirable criterion can still apply for a developmental Band 7 to 8A role.

What the job involves

• Lead, manage and develop operational pharmacy services to deliver safe, high-quality, clinically effective care
• Lead the strategy, design and development of the electronic prescribing system for systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT)
• Maintain the SACT electronic prescribing system, electronic referrals and electronic patient-reported outcome measures
• Provide support and leadership across all aspects of SACT electronic prescribing
• Facilitate delivery of the oncology pharmacy service at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, with a focus on electronic prescribing
• Develop policies and procedures for safe medication practice in electronic prescribing
• Apply specialist knowledge to a designated patient group to develop pharmacist prescribing, managing clinical care and drug treatment under agreed clinical management plans following medical diagnosis
• Promote safe, clinically effective and cost-effective medicines use by advising on clinical, funding and prescribing issues
• Contribute to the pharmacy management team's strategic vision and business plan, in line with cancer centre and Trust strategies

What’s required

Qualifications

• Master's degree in pharmacy
• Postgraduate diploma in pharmacy practice or equivalent

Registration & licences

• Registered pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Registered independent prescriber
• BOPA Passport, adult level 2c completed

Experience

• Extensive post-registration hospital experience
• Specialist pharmacist review of people with cancer
• Delivering clinical pharmacy service and advice on safe medicines use
• Developing and implementing medicines and service policies for a specialty
• Working with an electronic prescribing system

Skills & knowledge

• Team player who manages and supervises staff, meeting time, cost, quality and performance targets
• Prioritising workload under pressure, with initiative, self-motivation and attention to detail
• Competence with spreadsheets and large databases, maintaining medicines expenditure and activity data

Other

• Good oral and written communication, with computer and IT literacy
• Writing and maintaining SOPs, reports and audits
• Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, and role-modelling Trust values

Nice to have

• Leadership and/or management qualifications
• Experience as a trainer
• Project management experience, including department-wide roles, with evidence of completed outcomes
• Effective liaison with Trust-level committees and groups
• Experience building and validating protocols in an e-prescribing system
• Assessing risk and developing plans to mitigate it
• High-level IT skills, such as Crystal Reports

What’s offered

• Support to develop leadership and management skills
• Right to request flexible working, with requests considered formally

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