Specialist Oncology Pharmacist

We are pleased to offer this opportunity for an enthusiastic Pharmacist to join the specialist clinical pharmacy team at the Royal Surrey Cancer Centre. The successful applicant would join a supportive and experienced team of specialist clinical pharmacy staff who provide a comprehensive service to oncology, haemato-oncology and surgical oncology patients., This is a clinical role with key responsibilities including:

• Clinical pharmacy service to oncology/haemato-oncology outpatients, day-case patients and inpatients on-site, at the outreach sites and the mobile treatment unit.
• Support to the content of the Cancer Centre systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT) and supportive care protocols and ARIA Med Onc electronic prescribing system
• Set-up and delivery of oncology/haemato-oncology clinical trials
• Service improvement initiatives
• Audit
The base for the role will be the Royal Surrey Cancer Centre which is within Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust in Guildford. As a regional cancer centre, there is expertise in a wide range of cancers, and services are offered to patients across Surrey and the South East. Outreach services are delivered in collaboration with neighbouring acute trusts as well as a mobile treatment unit service. The Royal Surrey SACT Protocols and Policies provide the basis for off-trial treatment. There is also a strong portfolio of clinical research. You would liaise with the team in the dispensary (RSCH Pharmacy Ltd) and aseptic unit but this role does not include any direct responsibility in these areas.,
• Member of the oncology pharmacy team, providing a specialist clinical pharmacy service to patients treated at RSCC. As a Cancer Centre, RSCC serves a population of over 3 Million patients, of all tumour sites, from across the Surrey and the South East.
• Provision of a specialist clinical pharmacy service at the outreach chemotherapy sites (Frimley Health NHS FT, Ashford and St Peter's NHS FT). This will be on a sessional basis according to the needs of the service. Will include working as a lone practitioner with only remote supervision.
• Provide support to the Pharmacy Clinical Trials team in all aspects of the set up and delivery of oncology clinical trials as required.
• As part of the clinical pharmacy team, may be required to provide a clinical pharmacy service to oncology inpatients (including surgical oncology) taking responsibility for a minimum of 30 patients on an average ward.
• Supervise the work of technical staff, pre-registration pharmacists and band 6 pharmacists.
• Work with the Deputy Chief Pharmacist (Cancer, Aseptic and Research Services) to provide pharmaceutical input into the management of oncology drugs.
• Contribute to the implementation of protocol guidelines, specifying drug doses and clinical details required for the safe administration of chemotherapy drugs for all tumour sites treated at RSCC, i.e. breast, colorectal & and gastro-intestinal, lung, gynaecological tumours, urological tumours, brain, head & neck tumours and haematological malignancies.
• The post holder is guided by medicines legislation, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), departmental and hospital policies and the code of ethics of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
  
  Some previous experience in haematology/oncology is required; this will be developed further when in post. We would endeavour to support any other relevant personal/career development training.
  
  Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure. We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding. Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us. Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible. A video about the Royal Surrey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo