Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Participate with the on call rota as required)
- Job ref
- 158-24-104-PHA
- Employer
- The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Liverpool
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £58,972 - £68,525 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Principal Pharmacist - Medicines Safety Officer
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Please note that applications are accepted only by completion of our application form. If you have any needs that prevent you from applying in this way and participating in our online recruitment process, please contact the Recruitment Team on 0151 5565176 or [email protected] at the earliest opportunity to ensure that support can be provided. Adjustments can be made for you during application and interview.
In cases where we receive a high volume of applications, we reserve the right to close any vacancies prior to the specified closing date; therefore you are advised to submit your completed application form as early as possible.
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Job overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic pharmacist, passionate about the development of safe, patient centred care to come and lead our medicines safety agenda as Medicines Safety Officer. Our Pharmacy team is large, diverse and friendly. Working within a cutting edge clinical environment we are supported to be forward thinking and innovative. This role represents an exciting opportunity to become a senior member of our team. The successful candidate will receive mentoring and support to grow as a leader.
You will develop and drive the Trustwide implementation of the patient safety agenda, liaising closely with aseptic services, MDT colleagues from clinical services, procurement and our wholly owned subsidiary, PharmaC.
You will be working within the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, providing excellent cancer care to patients across the North West (including North Wales and the Isle of Man). We have 3 site locations; the central Liverpool site and hub sites in the Wirral and Aintree. It is an exciting time for pharmacy as we have moved into our purpose built hospital, with state of the art aseptic facilities.
Working pattern will be 37.5 hours per week. Late duty, weekends, bank holidays and on-call will be part of the post.
Prior experience in oncology or haematology is not required as a full clinical grounding will be provided if required.
Main duties of the job
In this role you will work with the Deputy Director of Pharmacy, Director of Pharmacy, Principal Pharmacists and Technicians as well as medical and nursing colleagues to drive the medicines safety agenda Trustwide.
- Leads and is responsible for the delivery and development of all aspects of the medication safety agenda across all wards and departments within The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre. Acts as the Trust Medicines Safety Officer and guides the medicines safety group.
- Interprets national and local agendas, and refocusing medicines clinical governance plans to deliver safe an effective Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation services to patients under the care of The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.
- Develop, implement and monitor standards for safe and secure medicines use.
- Develop education and training materials including reports relating to the management of medicines in the Trust and undertake research and audit to support innovative practice and sustain robust medicines management systems and processes.
Working for our organisation
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust provides highly-specialist cancer care for a population of 2.4 million people across Cheshire & Merseyside, North Wales, the Isle of Man and parts of Lancashire.
In June 2020, we opened Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Liverpool, our spectacular new cancer hospital in the heart of Liverpool’s Knowledge Quarter, providing state-of-the-art facilities as part of a £162m investment. Alongside our flagship hospital in Liverpool, we also have two other main cancer centres:
- Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Wirral, providing outpatient cancer treatment and supportive care on the Clatterbridge Health Campus in Bebington, Wirral
- Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Aintree, our radiotherapy treatment centre on the Aintree University Hospital site
Together, working across three sites and operating specialist chemotherapy clinics in four of Merseyside's district hospitals, we deliver a comprehensive range of inpatient care, advanced radiotherapy, chemotherapy and other systemic anti-cancer therapies including gene therapies and immunotherapies.
We also deliver a pioneering Treatment at Home and Work service, are the only facility in the UK providing low-energy proton beam therapy to treat rare eye cancers, and host the region's Teenage and Young Adult Unit.
Working with leading experts from the University of Liverpool, we strive to stay at the forefront of novel treatments and techniques to deliver more effective and personalised treatments.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Develop, implement and monitor processes to ensure the safe and secure storage of medicines in all areas throughout the hospital that hold medicines.
- Work with the Clinical Services Leads to develop and implement safe standards of pharmaceutical care.
- Lead and participate to investigations into medicines related errors, trends and incidents, providing a full action plan to drive improvement.
- Interpret national and local agendas, such as safety alerts, and embed safe practices to ensure compliance.
- Provides expertise to ensure the safe development of electronic prescribing systems.
- Acts as Medicines Safety Officer for the Trust.
- Chair the Medicines Safety Group subcommittee of Drug and Therapeutics.
- Network with the local NW MSO group to identify and implement best practices.
The post-holder will be part of a fabulous pharmacy team. We have close links with our medical and nursing colleagues, BOPA and LJMU. We are here to deliver excellent cancer care to the people we serve and are looking for applications from those who share that commitment and our values: Putting people first; Achieving excellence; Passionate about what we do; Always improving our care; and Looking to the future.
If you are the person that can meet these challenges and grasp the opportunities, then informal enquiries may be directed to Tori Young (Director of Pharmacy) 0151 318 8713 .
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GPhC Registration
- Msc Diploma Pharmacy Practice
Desirable criteria
- registered NMP
- Post Graduate Leadership Qualification
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society Membership
Knowledge and Expertise
Essential criteria
- Experience of working within oncology pharmacy
- Experience of leading and managing change projects for service improvement
- Experience of contributing to the delivery of medication governance and medication safety
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience delivering education and training, and providing supervision to support the development within a multidisciplinary team
- Recent (in the last 2 years) evidence of delivering efficiencies within the NHS
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries and managing complex stakeholder relationships
- Experience of setting and delivery objectives
Desirable criteria
- Non-Medical prescribing experience
Key Skills and and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to work alone without direct supervision when required
- Ability to lead a team effectively
- Good time management and organisational skills, abiltiy to prioritise effectively
- Ability to work under presssure whilst maintaining attention to detail and accuracy
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ben Woodhouse
- Job title
- Deputy Director of Pharmacy
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01513188712
- Additional information
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