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Specialist Cancer Pharmacist

On-site in Oxford·Full-time·Added today (last checked 16 Oct)

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Overview

Salary: £49,387 - £56,515 a year
About £3,260 - £3,610 a month after tax.
Work mode: On-site, Oxford
Contract: Permanent contract, full-time hours
Closing date: Apply by Thursday 29 October

Skills

Nice to have

Oncology

The role

Job overview

Are you looking to join a forward-thinking, dynamic cancer pharmacy team? At Oxford, you'll be part of one of the largest specialist pharmacy services in the country, working alongside 2 Consultant Pharmacists, Highly Advanced and Advanced Cancer Pharmacists, and the very first Advanced Cancer Pharmacy Technicians in the UK.

This is a unique opportunity to collaborate with nationally and internationally recognised experts in cancer and palliative care. You'll help deliver cutting-edge treatments, including ATMPs, CAR-T, HSCT, while also contributing to services at 1 of only 5 bone and soft tissue specialist centres in England.

Our pharmacist prescribers work closely with consultants and the wider MDT to review and prescribe SACTs, ensuring patients receive the highest standard of care.

At OUH, as a major clinical trials centre, we are actively involved in both early and late phase research. We believe every pharmacist role should be research-active, and support your pursuit of opportunities, including the chance to work towards a PhD.

We are happy to hear from B6 pharmacists who are soon to complete their clinical pharmacy diplomas or MSc degrees.

We are proud to provide comprehensive services for patients in Oxfordshire and beyond. With oncology, clinical haematology, BMT unit, palliative care services, private unit, and close links with Cancer Research UK, our centre offers an unrivalled environment for learning, collaboration, and making a real difference for patients.

Main duties of the job

Key roles include:

Delivery of high-quality pharmaceutical care to adult cancer in-patients, day-case, and out-patients.
Participation in pharmacy services to the Day Treatment Unit to optimise patients' understanding towards medications and reduce medicines wastage.
Clinically screening and checking of systemic anticancer treatments (SACTs), SACT clinical trial treatments and supportive medication prescriptions.
Participating in multidisciplinary meeting and ward rounds
Pharmacist led oral anti-cancer treatment education clinics
Pharmacist non-medical prescribing in multidisciplinary clinics and day treatment unit
Aseptic 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 early and late phase 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 (OWLs)
Clinical Haematology Ward (CHW)
Day Treatment Unit (Oncology & Haematology)
Oncology and Haematology SACT clinical screening
Early phase/Late phase research & SACT clinical trials screening
Brodey Chemotherapy Day Unit, Horton Hospital, Banbury
Clinical Trials Aseptic Unit
Palliative Care

Working for our organisation

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.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

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

Desirable criteria

Membership of British Oncology Pharmacy Association (BOPA) or other specialist interest group
Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
Accredited tutor for a postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma
Accredited non-medical prescriber

Experience

Essential criteria

Quality improvement, service evaluation or audit
Communicating complex information via multiple methods to a variety of receipients
Experience of working as a clinical pharmacist
Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
Experience of teaching and tutoring

Desirable criteria

Experience of clinically screening SACT prescriptions with BOPA Compassly accreditations.
Experience of preparing budgetary reports for clinical areas
Involvement in a pharmacist led outpatient clinic
Experience of practice research
Involvement in developing a service
Experience of developing drug protocols /contributing to formulary development

Personal Skills

Essential criteria

Problem identification and solving skills
Well organised
Good Time Management
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Ability to prioritise and manage time effectively
Good interpersonal skills
Sensitivity and tolerance
Enthusiastic and self-motivated
Team worker
Must demonstrate flexibility in working practices
Must be assertive
Capable of working under pressure
Must show commitment
Able to make decisions
Ability to travel to all sites including the use of public transport

Desirable criteria

Demonstrable awareness of current cancer issues, such as administration of intrathecal SACT and the Manual of Cancer Quality Measures
Demonstrable awareness of financial pressures
Publication / conference presentations
Excellent Clinical Prioritisation
Evidence of balancing conflicting priorities

Technical Skills

Essential criteria

Computer literate with experience of working with the Microsoft Office package
Advanced keyboard skills

Desirable criteria

Experience using electronic prescribing systems

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.

Application numbers

Please note that this job advertisement will close automatically once the application limit is reached, regardless of whether this occurs before the advertised closing date.