Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacist
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (On call, early or late cover, weekend and bank holiday work as required by departmental rotas)
- Job ref
- 225-DIV3-6095355-A
- Employer
- The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- New Cross Hospital
- Town
- Wolverhampton
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Higher Level Pharmacist - Aseptic and Cancer Services
Band 7
Job overview
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is a Cancer Centre providing a comprehensive cancer service to the population of Wolverhampton and other surrounding areas. The Trust strives to innovate and improve patient care.
The Trust is in the process of building a new state of the art pharmacy aseptic, clinical trials and radiopharmacy facility, the anticipated operational date is 2025.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated pharmacist to join our rapidly expanding and friendly Aseptic team.
This is an exciting role for a pharmacist with an interest in cancer, nutrition and technical services. There is an opportunity to gain experience in haematology and oncology cancer care, intrathecal chemotherapy, clinical trials, and adult parenteral nutrition, as well as working in a busy aseptic unit.
Training will also include the opportunity and support to complete the independent prescribing qualification.
You will receive excellent support and training from our senior pharmacists. We are passionate about developing our pharmacists into the clinical leaders of the future.
We may consider applicants with limited aseptic experience and if successful will be appointed to a band 6 to 7 step up programme
Main duties of the job
Act as an authorised pharmacist in the provision of a pharmaceutical aseptic service
To deliver pharmaceutical services to patients requiring parenteral nutrition support and SACT treatments
Provide professional pharmaceutical services, including reviewing prescriptions, and clinical pharmacy services to designated wards/departments
Work with the Assistant Director of Pharmacy to lead the delivery of a specialist pharmacy service to all wards and departments within the Oncology and Haematology Directorate.
Supervise/provide professional support to junior pharmacists/ pharmacy technicians, students and support staff
Working for our organisation
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
We have excellent relationships with our local schools of pharmacy, including Wolverhampton University
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To deliver a comprehensive and consistently high quality aseptic and clinical pharmacy service to the oncology/haematology directorate
To act as an authorised pharmacist in the provision of a pharmaceutical aseptic service
To clinically verify and final release aseptic products including treatments for cancer patients, parenteral nutrition bags and other CIVAS products
As a member of the adult nutrition team, to actively provide specialist clinical pharmacy advice to medical staff on the prescribing and formulation of parenteral nutrition.
To be on the delegation logs for clinical trials supported by the pharmacy aseptic unit.
Provide professional guidance to junior pharmacists, technicians and students working within the area of speciality
Promote optimal and appropriate drug use and high quality prescribing practice through: implementation of the Joint formulary, medicines management and antimicrobial prescribing initiatives; promotion of key prescribing messages; assisting in the development of prescribing guidelines and care pathways; assisting in the development of essential shared care guidelines and participating in multidisciplinary staff training.
To participate in the internal monitoring systems to measure clinical input on the wards and provide such information as may be required. This will include intervention monitoring and antibiotic point prevalence data collection.
To investigate pharmaceutical problems arising from use of medicinal products and participate in and encourage medical staff in adverse drug reaction reporting
Assist other Senior Pharmacists providing pharmaceutical advice at Directorate level.
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
- Master’s degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent
- Registered member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable criteria
- Post registration hospital pharmacy experience
- Experience in Pharmacy aseptic services
- Formal postgraduate training in clinical or Aseptic pharmacy or working towards a formal postgraduate diploma or equivalent
Experience & skills
Essential criteria
- Commitment to, and evidence of, formal continuous professional development (CPD)
- Able to work in a clean room environment
- Able to work in a ward environment with daily contact with patients
Desirable criteria
- Computer literate, particularly word processing and internet searching.
- Ability to understand the working of an acute Trust and the role of the Pharmacy Directorate within that Trust
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
- Sandra Tang
- Job title
- Assistant Director of Pharmacy
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01902 695139
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