Specialist Pharmacist - Aseptic Services (Accountable Pharmacist)

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Main area Pharmacy Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 213-Division-A-

Employer King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Town London Salary £64,156 - £71,148 per annum, including high cost allowance Salary period Yearly Closing 12/11/:59

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.

We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Aseptic Services Pharmacy department at King's College Hospital. King's College Hospital is one of the UK's largest teaching hospitals delivering world class care, it is vital the medicines we treat our patients with are safe and effective. The post holder will strive to ensure the pharmaceutical quality systems are robust, procedures are controlled and the medicines we deliver to our patients are of high quality.

The post holder will be the Accountable Pharmacist for the Aseptic units at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - Denmark Hill site, a large and progressive teaching hospital. They will be responsible for managing the aseptic production units and will have responsibility for the day-to-day manufacture of chemotherapy, immunotherapy and clinical trials doses within the Aseptic Services department.

Main duties of the job

To be accountable for all aspects of the service including approval of all systems of work and documentation. To ensure the smooth and safe running of the production units, minimising risk to patients and staff and providing high quality doses.

The post holder is responsible for delivery and development of Aseptic Services provided at Kings College Hospital NHS Trust. This includes cytotoxic chemotherapy, parenteral nutrition (PN), centralised intravenous additives (CIVAS) and aseptic manufacturing services on all Trust sites.

The post holder will provide professional leadership and advice on all matters of Aseptic Services.

Working for our organisation

The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide a comprehensive Aseptic Service to the Trust, ensuring compliance with current directives, legislation, external audits, GMP, GCP and Health and Safety. This service includes the provision of chemotherapy, TPN, CIVAS and aseptically manufactured products.

To be an accountable pharmacist, responsible for all aspects of the service within the aseptic preparation unit. Including approval of all systems of work and documentation used in the unit.

To lead Aseptic Preparation Audits as an accountable pharmacist and be familiar with systems of work including using iQAAPS.

Support the development of the PQS and PQS processes, including ownership of quality management processes.

To support the Associate Chief Pharmacist and Chief Technician in Aseptic Services in the establishment and maintenance of safe working systems/procedures in line with GCP and GMP.

To be responsible for effective pharmaceutical input to the trust's nutrition team.

To ensure all patients requiring nutrition have a patient specific regime that is tailored to their nutritional and metabolic status and that the patient is monitored to ensure safe administration of the nutrition solution.

To critically evaluate the aseptic quality systems with a view to ensuring that best practice is in operation within Aseptic Services.

To be responsible for the reviewing documentation within Aseptic Services ensuring compliance with current directives relating to good practice and Health and Safety.

To lead and implement service development projects to grow the service and always aim higher for a better quality of care.

To work effectively as part of a team in a multi-disciplinary and pharmacy environment, and maintain rapport with medical and other colleagues.

Ensuring safe and efficient working, and supporting staff to ensure they are fit for work and workload is distributed equally.

Person specification Education and Qualifications

• Competency assessed and examined professional registration GPhC/PSNI
• Specialist post-graduate certificate in Clinical Pharmacy
• Specialist Masters in Technical services

Knowledge and Experience

• Knowledge of GCP, GMP, QA, regulations and legislation relevant to aseptic services
• Experience in developing and management of a Pharmaceutical Quality System (PQS)
• Demonstrable knowledge relating to Adult, Paediatric and neonatal Parenteral Nutrition
• Knowledge of regulations and legislation relevant to Clinical Trials

Skills and Competencies

• Extensive post registration experience relevant to hospital pharmacy with assessed competencies
• Significant experience working in an Aseptic unit, including day to day management and supervision

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The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Name Laura Morgan Job title Associate Chief Pharmacist - Aseptic Services Email address Telephone number