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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
361-6471287
Employer
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Lister Hospital
Town
Stevenage
Salary
£50,952 - £57,349 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/08/2024 23:59
Interview date
28/08/2024

Employer heading

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust logo

Pharmacist Advanced Aseptics and Cancer Services

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Here at  East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust,

Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities

Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service

 

Job overview

We are recruiting for a Oncology and Aseptics Pharmacist who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

You will work alongside a fantastic multidisciplinary team to provide an excellent level of service to Cancer patients in the Lister Macmillan Cancer Centre.

The successful candidate will utilise their clinical knowledge to deliver an excellent level of pharmaceutical care to these patients.

Being driven and adaptable are essential characteristics for this role as there is a unique opportunity to work with the MDT, local networks to develop an innovative and sustainable care model.

You will use your non-medical prescribing qualification to optimise individual patient’s drug therapies.

The successful candidate will be supported to develop their leadership and management skills.

Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond! 

Main duties of the job

Provide specialist and patient focused pharmacy service to the Lister Macmillan Cancer Centre (LMCC) whilst based across PMU and LMCC on a rotational basis.

Be an active member of both the PMU team and the LMCC team to help meet the overall strategic objectives of the teams in the provision of pharmaceutical care for cancer patients.

Provide expert advice on oncology pharmacy issues including clinical, funding, and prescribing issues.

Support Lister Pharmacy Manufacturing Unit in order to provide an efficient service to LMCC and other clients.

Working for our organisation

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

 We run the following hospitals:

  • The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
  • New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
  • Hertford County, Hertford
  • Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients.  We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision.  If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees.  Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role. 

Person specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential criteria
  • Masters Degree MPharm
  • Registered with the GPhC as a pharmacist
  • Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent (completed both year 1 and year 2)
Desirable criteria
  • Qualified and registered as a non-medical prescriber (or working towards completion of NMP qualification)
  • Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Previous Experience

Essential criteria
  • Relevant post registration experience in hospital pharmacy and Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice
  • Supervision of staff
  • Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
  • Experience in documenting in medical notes
  • Training of pre-reg pharmacists and junior staff
  • Proven experience of audit
Desirable criteria
  • Project management and report writing
  • Experience in writing policies/guidelines/PGDs
  • Management of staff
  • Tutoring of post graduate trainee pharmacists or pre-reg pharmacists
  • Ability to take initiative and lead on projects including change management

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Good communication skills
  • Able to negotiate with staff at all levels
  • Good organisational skills
  • Able to work with minimal supervision
  • Ability to manage own time
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to remain calm and work effectively under pressure and to deadlines
  • Proven ability to teach a range of staff groups

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Excellent general medicine clinical knowledge
  • Able to use clinical knowledge at senior level
  • Specialised knowledge of drugs used and therapeutic trends within specialised area
  • Knowledge of healthcare systems, guidance and NHS change
  • Able to critically appraise research data
  • Knowledge of post graduate education for pharmacists
  • Confident user of Excel, Microsoft Word and Powerpoint

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardNHS Employers Diversity and Inclusion PartnersVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyDisability confident employerStep into healthHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Gold

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Fiona Clarke
Job title
Principal Pharmacist Technical Services
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01438 284032
Additional information

Fiona Clarke, Principal Pharmacist, Technical Services, [email protected] / 01438 284032

Deepika Shah, Deputy Chief Pharmacist, [email protected]

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