Specialist Pharmacist, Children and Young People's Cancer Services

Specialist Pharmacist, Children and Young People's Cancer Services

We are looking for an enthusiastic pharmacist with paediatric or oncology experience to join the CYP pharmacy team on the Sutton site at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. The role is to lead, develop, and deliver clinical pharmacy services for the Paediatric Unit in accordance with clinical guidelines, ensuring safe, efficient and cost effective use of medicines for patients aged 1 24 years.

Main duties of the job

1. Lead, deliver, develop and evaluate clinical pharmacy services to the Paediatric Unit in line with Clinical Services guidelines.
2. Provide a framework for the safe, efficient and cost effective use of medicine resources within the Paediatric Unit; establish ward based services, education, training, procedures, policies and guidelines.
3. Develop and maintain highly specialist knowledge in medicines used within Paediatric oncology and act as a role model for pharmacy in the field, ensuring a consistently high pharmaceutical service for the paediatric unit in line with national standards, Trust strategy and the NHS Plan.

The in patient wards (McElwain ward and Teenage Cancer Trust Unit) deliver treatment 7 days a week to up to 27 patients. The Children's Day Unit is open Monday to Friday for outpatient care.

Job responsibilities

• Lead, strategically coordinate and evaluate a comprehensive clinical pharmacy service to the Paediatric Unit, ensuring safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of medicines.
• Provide comprehensive pharmaceutical care, contributing to the multi professional team through ward pharmacy services, attendance on clinicians' ward rounds, clinics and meetings.
• Communicate effectively with all healthcare professionals to ensure the safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs.
• Identify systematic or preventable errors associated with medicines used within the Paediatric Unit and facilitate learning.
• 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 identify opportunities for the development of pharmacy services to match identified service and care needs.

Person Specification Education/Qualifications

• GPhC registration as a Pharmacist.

Experience

• Oncology Pharmacy experience and/or Paediatric experience.
• DUR and clinical audit experience.
• Experience delivering training to multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience of budget management and directorate support.
• Experience working with clinical trials.

Skills Abilities/knowledge

• 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 (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Ability to initiate and implement change.

Other Requirements

• Good understanding of own limitations and identification of own learning needs.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975; a submission for Disclosure will be required to check for any previous criminal convictions.