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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To provide specialist clinical pharmacy services to patients within the haematology division including service provision to haematology ward areas, teenage/young adult unit (TYA), ambulatory care unit, proton beam therapy unit and day case areas, supporting and deputising for the Lead Haematology Pharmacist.
• To provide specialist clinical pharmacy services to the haematology and TYA cancer disease groups in accordance with all departmental, Trust national and international standards, procedures and policies.
• To be responsible for the delivery and development of an out-patient clinical practice, or within the day case setting within the Trust.
• To be trained as an independent prescriber and prescribe to appropriate patients in agreement with the relevant consultants.
• To work closely with and provide pharmaceutical advice to medical staff, other members of the multi-disciplinary team and patients.
•  To contribute to the development, of and maintaining the satellite pharmacy provision on the haematology day case and ambulatory care units in conjunction with the Lead Technician and the Lead Haematology Pharmacist.
• To contribute to the oversight of CAR-T therapy delivery
• To contribute to the development of peripheral site services and other initiatives in conjunction with the Lead Haematology Pharmacist
• To develop and maintain drug protocols, treatment guidelines and standard operating procedures both within the clinical pharmacy service and the haematology unit. Reviewing evidence-based guidelines and protocols in conjunction with fellow healthcare professionals, in order to advance the safe, clinical effective and cost efficient use of medicines for patients.

·       To contribute to the maintenance of local and national databases surrounding medication use related to the haematology service including immunoglobulins.

·       To ensure compliance with company based patient safety schemes.

• To ensure appropriate use of antibiotics and antifungal agents and contribute to relevant audits as required.

·       To attend relevant MDT meetings, relevant specialist pharmacy groups and contribute to meetings relevant to the designated disease group as appropriate.

• To liaise with the Lead Haematology Pharmacist, the Director of Pharmacy and the haematology consultants, to forecast drug expenditure and to identify any changes in prescribing practices that may potentially impact on the drugs budget (drug forecasting).
• Gain an understanding of the principle and practice of the Trust's budgeting system and support the management of drug expenditure by clinicians and senior managers.
• Represent the pharmacy service at appropriate clinical unit and divisional meetings on request.
• To monitor and interpret published evidence and computer reports of drug usage, to use this data to report to the lead clinicians and Director of Pharmacy, implementing agreed policies aimed at improving patient outcomes and containing drug expenditure.
• To provide evaluated pharmaceutical information to the Drugs and Therapeutic Committee as requested.
• To support the development of the Electronic Prescribing process across the Trust.

·       To support the designated cancer disease group through the development and implementation of electronic prescribing for out patients and in patients.

·       To support prescribing at the individual patient level, contributing to the optimisation of patients’ drug therapy with due consideration to risk/benefit issues.

·       To provide pharmaceutical care, contributing to the multi-professional team through ward pharmacy services and attendance on appropriate clinician’s ward rounds and meetings.

·       Facilitate effective communication about relevant pharmacy issues to clinicians and senior managers and the identification of opportunities for development of pharmacy services to match identified services and care needs.

·       To demonstrate awareness and commitment to the Trust’s Clinical Governance Plan.

·       In conjunction with the Lead Haematology Pharmacist and Principal Pharmacist in Clinical Services, to establish processes for the setting of standards of care, identifying the risks involved and implement changes that need to occur to achieve these.

·       To undertake clinical audit and practice research as part of the multi-disciplinary audit process within the designated disease group and clinical pharmacy service.

·       To identify and report any systemic or preventable errors associated with medicines within the Cancer Centre Services Division, and facilitate learning.

·       To contribute to maintaining the FACT-JACIE accreditation and working within these standards.

General Duties

• To assist and participate in the development, implementation and management of training initiatives and competency frameworks within the clinical pharmacy service.

·       Together with colleagues to be involved in the maintenance of cost-effective and efficient pharmacy services and to participate in their regular review and development.

• To participate in clinical audit or practice research as required.
• To represent pharmacy and act as a link person at relevant meetings and conferences.
• To provide education and training to pharmacy, medical and nursing staff.

• To act as a mentor / role model to junior pharmacists and undertake regular appraisals.
• To participate in the clinical training of pharmacists and pre-registration pharmacists.

·       To actively participate in the clinical pharmacy ward service rota to all patients within the Trust as required.

·       To be responsible for the clinical screening/review of chemotherapy prescriptions for designated patient groups, including clinical trial prescriptions and to clinically screen/ review in-patient and outpatient prescriptions.

• To check and supply medication to and for patients, including clinical trials and to counsel patients or medical or nursing staff on their correct use.
• To participate in prescription clinical screening and final product checking rotas.

·       To give advice on the storage, administration and therapeutic use of drugs to patients, medical / nursing staff and other colleagues. To provide written information as necessary.

• To follow local, Trust and National guidelines for safe medicines practice.

·       To contribute to the revision of the Trust’s drug formulary.

• To identify own training needs.
• Maintain a CPD portfolio.

• To participate in all department rotas, weekend service and Bank Holiday working and on-call as requested.

To undertake any other duties consistent with the nature of the post as requested by the Pharmacy Managers and the Trust.