Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacist
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Flexible working patterns will be considered)
- Job ref
- 251-FCSS0503
- Employer
- Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Basingstoke Hospital
- Town
- Basingstoke
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 31/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Lead Pharmacist for Cancer Services - Special Interest in Haematology
Band 8a
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
Job overview
Due to successful promotion within the NHS, we have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and experienced pharmacist to lead the clinical pharmacy Haematology service at Hampshire Hospitals. The successful candidate will be an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team which has recently been awarded the Clinical Service Excellence award on both our treatment sites by MyelomaUK.
The Haematology pharmacist will be working with a team of clinical pharmacists within Cancer services and band 7 - 8 progression could be considered for an advanced pharmacist looking to progress.
The postholder will be offered development of specialist knowledge and skills for the management of patients with haemato-oncology as part of the Cancer Services MDT and wider Wessex Cancer Network. The successful candidate will also be supported to evidence their practice using the Advanced Pharmacist Framework.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will be responsible for leading and developing the clinical pharmacy service for Haematology patients, for both inpatients and outpatients, working alongside other pharmacists working in Cancer services.
Close liaison with the Pharmacy Aseptics, Clinical Trials and Outpatient teams, clinical teams and operations managers will be essential to ensure that the needs of the patients treated within the service are met in a safe, cost-effective and timely manner.
As a specialist pharmacist, the postholder will be responsible for ensuring compliance with commissioned frameworks, FOC and EAMS agreements, and FOI requests.
Working for our organisation
What we look for:
- The successful candidate must be a highly motivated team player with good interpersonal and leadership skills
- As a specialist pharmacist you will have sound clinical knowledge of your specialist area, good communication and organisational skills and be willing to help develop the service through development of clinical guidelines, and to support financial and risk assessments for development of new services
- An innovative team worker with experience of service improvement
What we Offer:
- Supportive and friendly teams, both within Pharmacy and the Trust
- Opportunities for training and development, both personal and professional
- Your life outside HHFT is important and the Trust are happy to consider applications with flexible working patterns that cater to individual requirements; this can be discussed at interview
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Post graduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Education Supervisor /Train the trainer
- Non-medical prescriber
- M.Sc. in Clinical Pharmacy/ Haematology/ Oncology
- Management training
Experience & knowledge
Essential criteria
- NHS management experience including experience of managing staff, workload and monitoring quality
- Advanced communication skills
- Ability to lead and work as part of a multidisciplinary team
Desirable criteria
- Experience of delivering postgraduate training and education
- Project Management
Registration
Essential criteria
- Registered with GPHC
Desirable criteria
- Member of BOPA
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Taryn Keyser
- Job title
- Interim Chief Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01256 313339
- Additional information
Amira Atrach (Lead Pharmacist for Cancer Services - special interest in Oncology)
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