Specialist Pharmacist, Children and Young People's Cancer Services

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information please refer to the Job Description & Person Specification

• Identify any systematic or preventable errors associated with medicines used within the Paediatric Unit and facilitate learning
• To proactively develop clinical pharmacy services in the paediatric setting in line with local and national objectives including National Service Specification and NICE Improving Outcomes Guidance
• Facilitate effective communication about relevant pharmacy issues to clinicians and senior managers and the identification of opportunities for the development of pharmacy services to match identified service and care needs
• To monitor and interpret published evidence in order to implement agreed policies aimed at improving treatment outcome.
• To develop and maintain drug protocols and treatment guidelines for disease management within the clinical unit, following drug evaluations and drug utilisation review
• To provide evaluated pharmaceutical information to the Drug and Therapeutics Committee as requested
• To monitor prescribing trends and interpret computer reports of drug usage in order to provide detailed monthly drug expenditure reports for the lead clinicians, the Service Manager for Paediatrics and the Divisional Director, Cancer Services. Provide advice, where appropriate, on containing drug expenditure. This includes monitoring of high cost drugs expenditure.
• Liaising with Service Planning, Service Manager and clinical unit staff to forecast and identify changes in prescribing practices and new prescribing practices that may impact on the drugs budget

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria

• GPhC registration as a Pharmacist
• MSc/Diploma Pharmacy Practice

Desirable criteria

• Independent prescribing qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant NHS Hospital Pharmacy experience.
• Oncology Pharmacy experience and/or Paediatric experience
• DUR and clinical audit experience

Desirable criteria

• Delivering training to multidisciplinary teams
• Experience of budget management and directorate support.
• Experience of working with clinical trials

Skills Abilities/knowledge

Essential criteria

• Ability to work effectively as part of a team
• Ability to work alone without direct supervision when required
• Good time management and organisational skills, ability to prioritise effectively
• Ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to communicate effectively with members of the public and other healthcare professionals
• Ability to train other members of staff
• Ability to use Microsoft Office applications eg Word, Excel, Outlook
• Ability to initiate and implement change

Other Requirements

Essential criteria

• Able to be flexible to meet the needs of the role
• Good leadership qualities: able to take responsibility and to delegate effectively
• Good understanding of own limitations and identification of own learning needs
• Adaptable to change: flexible in accepting new procedures and policies
• Ability to demonstrate initiative: proactive and self motivated
• Progressive and continuing professional development
• Enthusiastic
• Aspirational
• Assertive

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.

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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.

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