Specialist Oncology Pharmacist | The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
THE ROYAL MARSDEN, Belmont, Sutton
Specialist Oncology Pharmacist | The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
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THE ROYAL MARSDEN, Belmont, Sutton
- Full time
- Temporary
- Onsite working
Posted 1 day ago, 10 May | Get your application in today.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
Job ref: e1b241bd27c749ea8acf39f90240f20a
Location ref: Belmont, Sutton
Full Job Description
- To work as an integral member of the oncology pharmacy team jointly providing an expert pharmacy service to oncology patients, the multidisciplinary team and provide highly specialist support to the wider pharmacy team in this area.
- To lead on pharmaceutical issues relating to a specific oncology clinical unit, ensuring adherence to national guidelines and medicines legislation.
- To provide education and training within the pharmacy department and the wider Trust.
- To provide a framework for the safe, efficient and cost-effective use of drug resources within the specific oncology unit by the provision of procedures, protocols and drug usage information.
- To provide a pharmacy clinical service to patients receiving SACT on the NHS day units, inpatient wards and outpatient clinics, as well as care closer to home services., Participate in the day-to-day co-ordination and delivery of the oncology pharmacy clinical service to NHS patients
- To support prescribing at the individual level, contributing to the optimisation of the individual patient's drug therapy with due consideration to risk/benefit issues
- Clinically screen Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy prescriptions to a standard as defined in the BOPA Standards for SACT Prescription verification.
- To communicate effectively with all healthcare professionals to ensure the safe, clinically effective and cost-efficient use of drugs.
- To ensure appropriate provision of medication information to patients regarding SACT within the Day Unit, inpatient, and outpatient setting.
- Support the specialist pharmacist service provided to a cancer unit and multi-professional team, providing comprehensive pharmaceutical care through ward and clinic-based pharmacy service, and attendance at appropriate ward rounds, clinics, and meetings.
- In collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team critically evaluate and interpret published data on new drugs affecting the specialty to make recommendations about treatment pathways and cost implications.
- To support the implementation of NHSE commissioning decisions relating to the treatment of a designated specialist unit, ensuring safe SACT prescribing by the production of proforma prescriptions, and updating local/or network treatment protocols and guidelines.
- To disseminate knowledge gained during study or research and develop projects through presentation at local, national and international meetings and publications.
Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to . - Provide the clinical leadership of the pharmacy provision to NHS patients undergoing systemic anticancer therapy (SACT) at The Royal Marsden., The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital. At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do. At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.
We are delighted to be recruiting for a Specialist Oncology Pharmacist (fixed term) to work as part of our NHS Oncology Pharmacy team at The Royal Marsden. This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced cancer pharmacist looking to provide a specialist service to a solid tumour unit and to gain experience working in a world-leading cancer centre. You will work closely with medical and nursing teams as well as the wider MDT. You will provide operational support to the Olayan Day Unit in Sutton and have the opportunity to develop your research, education, and management skills.,
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