Clinical Pharmacist - Oncology & Haematology

This is a post within the Cancer Team following the Aseptic Element of the rotational job description. You will experience Oncology, Haematology, Clinical Trials and Parenteral Nutrition and work with high cost drugs and quality risk management systems.
The Cancer and Aseptics team support two busy treatment suites and external hospitals through our licensed aseptic unit. As a specialist pharmacist you will be directly involved in the clinical verification of chemotherapy prescriptions, the final check and release of products made under license and section 10 exemption. You will be involved in service development tasks such as training and change implementation in our expanding service. You will help provide a clinical ward service on a rota basis.
As an organisation, we recognise that our staff are our most valuable resource and we acknowledge the importance and benefits of a healthy workplace and workforce. With a dedicated Health and Wellbeing Team, we are able to offer a range of wellbeing support initiatives including 1-2-1 confidential psychological staff support and a dedicated health and wellbeing information pack, which signposts staff to a vast amount of resources across the region.
For exceptional candidates that do not meet the all of the person specification a step Band 6 to Band 7 may be considered.
Applicants must be a registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
To provide a high level of specialist pharmacy services to the oncology service, working closely with other pharmacists, medical/ nursing staff and senior technicians.
as a Cancer Services role, this will be speciality based as per the advertised role therefore general aspects and appropriate specialty aspects will apply.
To provide a high level of clinical pharmacy care to patients on allocated wards, to support the medical, nursing and other healthcare staff providing clinical care in the specialty areas, and to assist in the clinical and cost-effective use of drugs.
To assist the lead or Principal pharmacist in the management and delivery of their specialist pharmacy service and/or to manage the delivery of an element of service in a specialist area of practice.
To contribute to the strategic development and business plan of pharmacy
services for the specialist area.
Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ann Hutton Job title: Deputy Head of Pharmacy Email address: ann.hutton@swft.nhs.uk
01926 495321 ext. 4958