Advanced Pharmacist, Cancer Services

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our dynamic and compassionate team at Singleton Hospital, which hosts the South West Wales Cancer Centre. Our leading Cancer Centre specialises in providing comprehensive, patient-centred inpatient and outpatient Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT), radiotherapy services, and autologous stem cell transplant as part of the South Wales Blood and Marrow Transplant Programme.

This role includes provision & development of an advanced pharmaceutical care service for oncology patients.

It will enable you gain experience within breast oncology treatment clinics, reviewing, monitoring and prescribing (if able) SACT treatments and supportive care. You will have the opportunity to integrate into the wider breast oncology multidisciplinary team working closely with a variety of healthcare professionals to provide patient care. Taking part in weekly MDT meetings and frequent clinical discussion meetings. Enabling opportunities for service improvement and development and ensuring practice is standardised, safe and up to date., You will gain experience working in a patient focussed environment using your knowledge and skills to improve patient care and promote optimal outcomes from medicines, this can include undertaking research and/or audit. Provide expert advice and guidance on the safe and effective use of medicines, in addition to production of drug related policies and shared care protocols.

Liaising with health professionals in other tertiary centres and in community care to provide on-going pharmaceutical care and advice when patients transfer between settings, ensuring continuity of medication supplies.

You will also engage in clinical screening and provision of SACT to patients both via hospital sites and through homecare facilitators. This can include liaising with external providers to arrange PO/ IV/ SC/ IM SACT administration for patients at home.

There is a strong focus on learning and development, with the post facilitating an education & clinical leadership role within Cancer services, supporting not only patients, but junior pharmacists and other health professionals/undergraduates.

Responsibilities also include investigation of medication related incidents or complaints within oncology services and exploration into ways of minimising the risk of future re-occurrences.

We believe staff are our best asset and we want you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.

As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.

You might be a nurse or doctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - we have a job for you.

There are also apprenticeships, work placements and volunteering roles available.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.

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If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery, with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.