Specialist Cancer Pharmacist

Key roles include:

• Delivery of high quality pharmaceutical care to adult cancer in-patients, day-case, and out-patients across two sites - Churchill Hospital and Horton General Hospital.
• Participation in pharmacy services to the Day Treatment Unit to optimise patients' medication and reduce medicines wastage.
• Clinical checking of systemic anticancer treatment (SACT) and SACT clinical trial prescriptions.
• Participating in multidisciplinary ward rounds
• Pharmacist led oral anti-cancer treatment education clinics
• Pharmacist non-medical prescribing in multidisciplinary clinics and day treatment unit
• Aseptics experience within Pharmacy's Clinical Trials Aseptic Services Unit (CTASU)
• Participating in the day to day running of the CTASU and developing knowledge in quality control and quality assurance.
• Involvement in cancer phase I, II, and III clinical trials
• Active participation in Thames Valley Cancer Alliance groups
The post holder will participate in the band 7 cancer pharmacist rotation which currently includes rotations through:
• Oncology Ward
• Haematology Ward
• Day Treatment Unit (Oncology & Haematology)
• SACT prescription clinical screening
• Early phase/Late phase research & SACT clinical trials screening
• Brodey Chemotherapy Day Unit, Horton Hospital, Banbury
• Clinical Trials Aseptics Unit
• Cancer Clinical Trials Set Up
• Palliative Care
• Directorate rotation, Completion of a post graduate clinical pharmacy diploma
- Completion of 'SACT passport' competencies for the clinical screening of simple SACT regimens in colorectal and uro-oncological cancers, myeloma and lymphoma - Completion of dispensary based competencies - Completion of ward based competencies for the oncology ward and palliative care wards - Completion of aseptic 'releasing pharmacist' competencies - Completion of patient medicines counselling competencies on the day treatment units - Development of a portfolio of evidence linking to the 9 clusters of the Foundation Pharmacist Framework: o Applying clinical knowledge and skills o Person-centred care o Evidence-informed decision-making o Leadership and Management o Collaborative working o Communication and consultation skills o Professional accountability o Education, research and evaluation o Resilience and adaptability On completion of the band 6-7 progression, we would expect you to be working against the full band 7 job description, aligned with the RPS Advanced Pharmacy Framework (stage 1). - To provide a ward-based clinical pharmacy service according to Trust agreed standards - To provide clinical pharmacy cover to other ward areas within the team on a reciprocal basis - To ensure medicines are used appropriately, safely and cost-effectively in accordance with Trust policy, standard operating procedures and medicines legislation - To monitor medicines use within the ward area. This includes recording of significant clinical interventions and risk management. - To use available information to influence prescribers and ensure the most cost-effective choice of therapy - To participate in ward rounds, clinical meetings or out-patient clinics as appropriate in order to provide pharmaceutical advice to prescribers and other health care professional - To liaise with external agencies to ensure safe, timely and appropriate supply to patients e.g. Baxter, Homecare companies etc, where appropriate. - To participate in ward-based clinical audits and the development and implementation of treatment protocols and guidelines for use of medicines within the clinical area - To tutor rotational clinical pharmacists undertaking the Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy, following formal accreditation as a tutor by Cardiff University, or other university and to tutor other pharmacists and pre-registration students in the clinical area. - To act as a role model and mentor for clinical pharmacy. - To develop personal practice research in accordance with the Trust and pharmacy strategy. - To contribute to local, national and international specialist interest groups and conferences/meetings. - To become a non-medical prescriber as appropriate. - To work as a non-medical prescriber in the oncology & haematology directorate. - To undergo accreditation to write discharge prescriptions for patients, where appropriate - To provide teaching for the pharmacy and directorate teams as required. - To act as knowledge base/resource for the specialist area and to keep up to date with current trends and research in the specialist area. - With the rest of the members of the clinical pharmacy team to support the strategic developments of the service e.g. electronic prescribing, improved discharge processes, accredited technician checking etc. - Actively contribute to the planning and efficient co-ordination of clinical pharmacy initiatives including discharge planning, prescribing protocols, pharmacists on consultant ward rounds etc. - To contribute to and implement the clinical governance plans of the clinical area and the pharmacy clinical governance plans - To clinically screen all chemotherapy prescriptions - To be accredited in the appropriate aspects of handling intra-thecal chemotherapy - To be involved in the development and maintenance of the computerised chemotherapy prescribing system (Aria) across the Oncology & Haematology Directorate for all injectable and oral chemotherapy, and to ensure that it is used effectively and appropriately at ward and day case level - To be involved in the development, maintenance, and review of cancer chemotherapy and supportive care drug protocols defined by the SACT Operational Group and multidisciplinary teams - To contribute to the development of the Trust cancer information systems in accordance with agreed objectives - To be involved in the preparation of new drug submissions for the Trust Medicines Management and Therapeutics Committee with Consultant colleagues - To assist with review of sections of the Trust formulary relevant to the specialist area - To be involved in the implementation of relevant local, network and national standards including service guidelines and technology appraisals produced by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence - To be involved with the pharmacy set up of cancer clinical trials, including phase I, II, and III trials in line with current legislation - To act as an Authorised Pharmacist in the Clinical Trials Aseptic Services Unit (CTASU) - To be involved with supporting gene therapy trials in the Cancer Research UK unit, and to ensure the multidisciplinary team follow appropriate procedures for handling gene therapy in the clinical trial setting - To support the implementation and management of licensed gene therapy products and ensure the multidisciplinary team follow appropriate procedures for handling gene therapy in the clinical setting - To be an active member of the Thames Valley Cancer Network Pharmacists' group - To attend and contribute to Cancer Pharmacy Team Meetings - To ensure confidentiality is maintained at all times - To be professionally accountable for actions and advice - To use experience and clinical judgment to assist in problem-solving and trouble-shooting within the Pharmacy department - To give professional support to the site operational managers - To be aware of training and competency assessment of pre-registration pharmacist trainees, diploma pharmacists and student pharmacy technicians and participate in their training and competency assessment as required - To support the dispensaries by participating in the screening and checking prescriptions and dispensed items as part of a rota - To participate in weekend and bank holiday working according to rota - Any other reasonable duties as requested by the Chief Pharmacist. - To participate in any future 7 day working patterns should the pharmacy department change its current working practices.


• Qualified to a degree level (4 year MPharm or equivalent) and Pharmacist registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Diploma / MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent experience
• Experience of working as a clinical pharmacis
• Problem identification and solving skills
• Well organised
• Good Time Management
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Ability to prioritise and manage time effectively
• Good interpersonal skills
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
• Sensitivity and tolerance
• Enthusiastic and self-motivated
• Team worker
• Must demonstrate flexibility in working practices
• Experience of teaching and tutoring
• Must be assertive
Desirable criteria
• Understands national priorities in cancer care
• Demonstrable awareness of current cancer issues such as administration of intrathecal chemotherapy and the Manual of Cancer Quality Measures
• Membership of British Oncology Pharmacy Association (BOPA)
• Experience of preparing budgetary reports for clinical areas
• Demonstrable awareness of financial pressures
• Accredited tutor for Cardiff University Clinical Pharmacy Diploma
• Involvement in a pharmacist led outpatient clini
• Experience of practice research
• Publication / conference presentations
• Accredited Non-medical prescriber
• Involvement in developing a service
• Experience of developing drug protocols /contributing to formulary development, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel., In the OUH Cancer Pharmacy team, we are passionate about investing in our people. As such we have developed a role suitable for a candidate who is at the beginning of their clinical pharmacy journey, but who is enthusiastic about developing their career within cancer and palliative care. This role is designed to give the successful applicant an opportunity to work within the foundation pharmacist framework in a specialist area, by supporting you through obtaining your post graduate clinical diploma and developing your skills and knowledge, in order to achieve the desired level of expertise to carry out the band 7 role effectively. The post graduate clinical diploma will be fully funded by OUH (subject to a mutual learning contract), and appropriate study leave allocated. The successful applicant will be appointed at a band 6 level, and will need to achieve set objectives. On completion of meeting these objectives, the post holder will be uplifted to a band 7 level. The Cancer Pharmacy Team at OUH is a large team comprising of pharmacy assistants, medicines management technicians, advanced cancer technicians (the first in the country), advanced and highly advanced cancer pharmacists and consultant pharmacists in both cancer and palliative care. We are truly passionate about providing excellent patient care to our patients., Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.