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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (plus oncall / late rota commitment/ weekend & bank holiday rota commitment))
Job ref
411-MED-25-7372023
Employer
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Alder Hey Children Foundation Trust
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£47,810 - £54,710 pa
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
29/09/2025 23:59

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Specialist Paediatric Pharmacist - Oncology/Heamatology

Band 7

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

  • Great flexible working opportunities
  • Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
  • Generous annual leave and pension scheme
  • Extensive staff health and well-being programmes

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated band 7 pharmacist to join the clinical oncology/ haematology pharmacy team at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust. The team provides a comprehensive clinical pharmacy service to oncology/haematology patients (children and young people).

This role is ideal for a band 6 or 7 pharmacist who wants to further develop their clinical skills with support from experienced pharmacists.  Paediatric hospital pharmacy or oncology/haematology experience is desirable but not essential as extensive training will be provided. 

 

Main duties of the job

  • Provide a comprehensive clinical pharmacy service to oncology/haematology patients including Systemic Anticancer Chemotherapy (SACT) prescription verification and clinical monitoring.
  • Provide professional and clinical supervision in the satellite oncology/haematology pharmacy dispensary.
  • Support the operation and development of the Telephone Home Maintenance service
  • Provide highly specialised paediatric drug therapy advice to patients/carers, medical and nursing staff and other healthcare professionals
  • Provide teaching to pharmacy, nursing and medical staff in specialist areas of clinical practice and supervises less experienced band 6 pharmacists & students.
  • Deputise for band 8a advanced pharmacists

Working for our organisation

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust  is one of the biggest and busiest children’s hospitals in Europe. Our state-of-the-art hospital opened in October 2015.

We have  specialist pharmacists embedded within clinical teams as well as an  Aseptic Unit, busy out-patient and in-patient dispensaries,  medicines information unit and a paediatric focused purchasing.   

The Oncology/Haematology Unit is the Principal Treatment Centre for children and young people with cancer from Cheshire, Merseyside, North Wales and the Isle of Man. The centre recruits to national and international clinical trials and is a recognised ECMC and ITCC centre for early phase studies.

Our clinical oncology/haematology pharmacy team  are an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team.  The team comprises of pharmacists, a technician and an ATO  based on the Oncology/Haematology Unit. The post holder will join this friendly, dedicated, team  in the provision of a comprehensive pharmacy service to patients.

The successful candidate will be given a full induction and the pharmacy department supports  development; this may include advanced clinical skills, good clinical practice and clinical trials accreditation, an understanding of drug commissioning. These highly desirable skills will be transferrable to other areas of pharmacy practice. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see full job description attached for details

  • Provide a comprehensive clinical pharmacy service to oncology/haematology patients including Systemic Anticancer Chemotherapy (SACT) prescription verification and clinical monitoring.
  • Provide professional and clinical supervision in the satellite oncology/haematology pharmacy dispensary.
  • Support the operation and development of the Telephone Home Maintenance service
  • Provide highly specialised paediatric drug therapy advice to patients/carers, medical and nursing staff and other healthcare professionals
  • Provide teaching to pharmacy, nursing and medical staff in specialist areas of clinical practice and supervises less experienced band 6 pharmacists & students.

Person specification

Education and Training

Essential criteria
  • pre-registration training
  • Master’s degree in pharmacy
  • Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
  • Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Desirable criteria
  • Clinical diploma or higher degree
  • Accredited tutor for post graduate diploma
  • Non-medical prescribing qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • post registration experience leading to highly developed specialist knowledge
  • hospital pharmacy experience
  • Experience of delivering clinical pharmacy to a broad range of specialities & ability to provide highly specialist advice
Desirable criteria
  • Previous paediatric experience
  • Previous experience of clinical oncology /haematology pharmacy
  • Experience of training staff
  • Experience of clinical trials

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Highly developed specialist clinical knowledge
Desirable criteria
  • Computer and IT skills

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to analyse complex facts & apply judgement, including interpreting specialist medicines information
  • Excellent organisational skills with an ability to prioritise own work and that of others effectively
  • Ability to communicate complex drug related information & communicate with patients/parents
  • Up to date CPD portfolio
  • Demonstrated word processing skills to input prescription information, produce reports and document medicines information enquiries
  • Ability to negotiate positive outcome
  • Excellent communication skills both written and verbal

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrated ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
  • workload and plan work in advance to meet committee or clinician deadlines
  • Demonstrated ability to self-motivate and motivate others
  • Demonstrate ability to work under pressure

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Andrew Lilley
Job title
Associate Chief Pharmacist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01512525311
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