Job overview

To operate as an Advanced Pharmacist to deliver a highly specialist Pharmacy Service to Adult Oncology service being an active member of the multidisciplinary team and thereby promoting the safe, appropriate and clinically effective use of medicines.

  To organise, provide and evaluate Pharmaceutical Services to the Oncology Division, inpatients, outpatients and day case chemotherapy.

  To communicate highly complex information relating to medicines with clinicians, nurses, independent prescribers, carers and patients.

To support, develop and evaluate the delivery of a responsive, proactive, patient-focused clinical pharmacy service to the Oncology directorate with the Principal Pharmacist and Associate Chief Pharmacist, Clinical Services.

  To contribute to the effective medicines management by maintaining and developing key guidelines, protocols and PGDs.

To line manage, supervise and train pharmacy staff working in / or rotating through Oncology.

To deputise for the Principal Pharmacist, Cancer Services as required by the service.

To contribute to the delivery of the Trust’s Medicines Optimisation Strategy.

Provide effective input into the work of the Trust, to support the achievement of our vision and values.

Main duties of the job

The main responsibilities of the post will include the following:

Specialist Clinical Pharmacy Service to Adult Clinical Oncology and Haematology

To deliver a high level Specialist Clinical Pharmacist Service to Adult Clinical Oncology, including the provision of a daily Clinical Pharmacist Service to inpatients on the ward, outpatient clinics and day case chemotherapy.

To use specialist knowledge and expertise to make complex judgements and provide expert clinical advice, utilising highly complex information, evaluate evidence and to advise in situations when evidence is lacking in the specialist area of Oncology.

To work as a prescriber in clinics and optimise the use of pharmacist independent prescribers in Oncology clinics

To provide general and specialist advice and information relating to medicines to all levels of health professionals, senior managers and patients within the specialised area to enhance the quality of patient care.

To provide  support and information necessary to manage medicines safely and cost-effectively.

Plan appropriate audit and practice research and implement appropriate service changes to Adult Oncology.

To make and communicate appropriate clinical interventions as part of the service provided and discuss with Pharmacists in the Cancer Services Team.

To support the Principal Pharmacist to investigate incidents and complaints relating to medicines usage within the specialist area and discuss with Pharmacists in the Cancer Services Team.

Working for our organisation

Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

Our Excellence Values

 Compassion

Accountability

Respect

Integrity

Courage

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.

The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.

We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.