Specialist Pharmacist

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join us as a Specialist Pharmacist, Oncology & Haematology to gain knowledge and experience in an ever developing speciality where you can make a positive contribution to patient care. This post is to cover maternity leave until 31st March 2025.

You will be based at Ipswich Hospital within the Oncology Pharmacy situated in the Woolverstone Wing. This satellite pharmacy facility provides both clinical services and preparation of systemic anticancer therapy to inpatients and day cases as well as supporting outpatient clinics. It is a busy unit supplying anti-cancer therapy to over 70 patients a day and the ward supports more complex treatments including bone marrow transplantation.

Utilising your technical and clinical skills as you develop, you will also gain experience in a specific tumour site to enable you to learn to work with the wider multi-disciplinary team. To aid your development you will be supported by the Lead Pharmacist and Senior Specialist Pharmacists.

You will be supported to learn all aspects of the role using local and national courses to enable your development for this specific role and any future aspirations within this speciality or other senior roles.

We are looking for a pharmacist who has some experience of working within a hospital pharmacy. You should already have achieved, or in the process of completing, a relevant post-graduate diploma.

Main duties of the job

Internal applicants currently employed by ESNEFT will be offered on a secondment basis only.

You will be responsible for the validation of anti-cancer therapy using the electronic prescribing system and for final checking the products before release to the ward/day unit. In addition you will provide support to the clinical pharmacist undertaking activity on the ward and out-patient clinics.

About our Pharmacy Service

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Relevant hospital pharmacy experience post pharmacist qualification General hospital pharmacy experience including application of clinical pharmacy service at ward level

Desirable

Oncology pharmacy practice Electronic prescribing Involvement in R&D Training of other staff Experience of pharmacy technical services

Qualifications

Essential

Current registration with General Pharmaceutical Council Vocational degree in pharmacy + pre-registration

Desirable

Current ICH GCP qualification Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Practice or clinical equivalent or working towards

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