Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Required to work weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis within the Pharmacy team.)
- Job ref
- 225-Div3-7159096
- Employer
- The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
- Town
- Wolverhampton
- Salary
- £46,148 - £60,504 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Pharmacist - Cancer & Aseptic Services - Oncology
Band 8a
Job overview
ARE YOU A BAND 8A PHARMACIST LOOKING FOR A NEW CAREER OPPORTUNITY OR A BAND 7 PHARMACIST LOOKING FOR THE NEXT STEP IN YOUR CAREER? We have an exciting opportunity for you!
We are seeking an experienced and motivated pharmacist to work in the Cancer and Aseptic Pharmacy team within RWT.
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. Due to significant investment, the pharmacy aseptic team will be moving into our new state-of-the-art pharmacy aseptic, clinical trials, and radiopharmacy facility later this year.
The Cancer and aseptic pharmacy team works closely with the Oncology, Clinical Haematology and Palliative Care Directorates to manage patients with cancer and this post offers an excellent opportunity to work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide a high quality service to our patients receiving treatment for cancer.
The successful candidate will have experience of working within Aseptic and Cancer services. An independent prescribing qualification is desirable.
Appointment as a Band 7 with progression to band 8a may be considered if all band 8a criteria are not met.
Main duties of the job
Responsible for the delivery, development, evaluation, and co-ordination of the clinical pharmacy service for cancer and aseptic services ensuring it is in line with the objectives of the clinical director, division and the RWT pharmacy strategy
Support the Principal Pharmacist for Cancer Services in the delivery of a comprehensive specialist clinical pharmacy service to the Oncology, Clinical Haematology and Specialist Palliative Care Directorate
To provide an expert level of clinical pharmacy services to wards and departments caring for patients who present to the Oncology, Clinical Haematology and Specialist Palliative Care Directorate
Working for our organisation
The pharmacy department has strong education links with universities and we actively encourage staff development. Many of our pharmacists are working on their Advanced Pharmacist Portfolios or pursuing postgraduate studies.
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide a specialist clinical pharmacy service to wards and departments within cancer services.
To provide clinical and directorate support to the oncology, clinical haematology and palliative care directorates.
To act as an independent prescriber prescribing medications for patients within the Trust, supporting safe prescribing and medication governance.
To work as an authorised pharmacist in the pharmacy aseptic unit.
Participate in service improvement projects.
To continuously monitor the drug expenditure against budgets for the oncology, clinical haematology and palliative care directorate.
Review and develop treatment guidelines and PGDs.
Participate in the training of pharmacists, doctors, nurses and undergraduate students.
Please see the Trust website for the full job description and person specification attached to the vacancy.
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy (or equivalent)
- Completed Year 1 of postgraduate Clinical Diploma or equivalent qualification
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Desirable criteria
- Additional postgraduate qualification in oncology/haematology or Aseptic Services
- Independent prescribing qualification
- Completed postgraduate Clinical Diploma or equivalent qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant post-registration experience working recently in an acute Trust setting
- Experience of working as part of the Pharmacy team within the cancer / aseptic specialties
- Ability to demonstrate a wider understanding of pharmacy practice and the workings of the NHS, including prescribing and medicines management.
- Ability to understand the importance of interactions with the directorates and with directorate managers with respect to medicines budget management
- Ability to work in an aseptic environment
- Commitment to, and evidence of, formal continuous professional development (CPD).
Desirable criteria
- Experience of undertaking audits and participating in clinical research
- Ability to adapt behaviour to changing circumstances and work under pressure
- Experience of developing and implementing standard operating procedures
- Experience in supervising, training and assessing staff
- Experience of implementing and delivering the objectives of cost improvement programmes
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
- Additional information
Jane Duchesne
Principal Pharmacist - Cancer and cEPMA services
email
01902 695791
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