This 12-month rotational post sits in the cancer pharmacy team at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, where pharmacy is integrated into the cancer directorate. The job centres on running and developing clinical pharmacy services for cancer patients, with safe, effective and cost-efficient use of medicines and close work with the multidisciplinary team. The rotation covers haematology and oncology across inpatient wards, day-care, outpatient clinics and ambulatory care. Candidates need at least two years' post-registration hospital pharmacy experience and a postgraduate pharmacy qualification or equivalent experience.
What the job involves
- Manage the day-to-day delivery of clinical pharmacy services to cancer patients
- Support the development of clinical pharmacy services for cancer patients
- Provide safe, clinically effective and cost-efficient use of medicines to cancer patients
- Work closely with the multidisciplinary team on the safe provision of medicines
- Drive directorate and departmental clinical governance issues
- Drive clinical audit, practice research and service improvement projects
- Help develop and deliver the vision for a patient-focused clinical pharmacy service
What’s required
Qualifications
- Master's degree in pharmacy or equivalent
- Diploma in Pharmacy Practice, undertaken or completed, or equivalent experience and expertise
- Evidence of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training
Registration & licences
- Pharmacist registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Experience
- Minimum two years post-registration experience as a clinical pharmacist in hospital
- Broad knowledge of clinical pharmacy practice, including hospital inpatient practice
- Experience delivering education and training programmes for pharmacy and multidisciplinary staff
Skills & knowledge
- Time management, meeting deadlines and prioritising workload under pressure without direct supervision
- Working as part of a multidisciplinary team and communicating with colleagues at all levels
- IT literacy, including spreadsheets, searching evidence-based practice and presenting complex information
- Awareness of clinical governance and research evidence in practice
- Clinical reasoning and judgement with difficult and ambiguous problems
Other
- Communicating complex, contentious and sensitive information clearly in written and spoken English
- Adherence to Trust infection prevention and control policy, training and personal responsibility
- Commitment to continuing development and maintaining a portfolio of practice
- Actively seeks to improve ward and clinical services to enhance patient care
Nice to have
- Independent prescriber, or willingness to undertake an independent prescribing qualification
- Experience of verifying prescriptions for systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT)
- Experience in oncology and/or haematology clinical practice
- Participation in multidisciplinary health services research
- Ability to identify risks and develop risk management procedures
- Ability to delegate authority appropriately
What’s offered
- Competency-based training programme across cancer and haematology settings
- Experience across inpatient wards, day-care, outpatient clinics and ambulatory care
- Support for flexible working
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