Job overview

Would you like to be part of something amazing?  Would you like to be involved in directly helping cancer patients? Frimley Health is investing in  pharmacy staff to manage the increasing demand on pharmacy cancer services.

This post offers an opportunity to pharmacists who would like  to specialise in cancer and progress from a band 7 to a band 8a. Training will be provided to become an accredited cancer  pharmacist and also to be validated to release chemotherapy  and monoclonal antibodies from our on site aseptic unit. We are committed to develop our staff,  working closely with our clinical pharmacy and education & training teams.

Frimley Health provides haematology and oncology care to patients on an in-patient and outpatient basis across three sites. The sites provide care to patients in Surrey, East Berkshire and South Buckinghamshire. This post is based on the Wexham Park Hospital site.

The post holder will provide specialist clinical cancer services to the haematology day unit, haematology clinics, oncology wards, support clinical trials and undertake final checking within aseptic services. 

Main duties of the job

• The role will involve working within clinical haematology and oncology and pharmacy aseptic services.
• The  post holder will assist with providing clinical services to haematology and oncology inpatients and outpatients on a daily basis. This will involve working closely with the multidisciplinary team on both the wards, clinics and in the day units.
• You should have completed the clinical diploma or equivalent and be committed to continuing professional development within the field.
• You must have hospital pharmacy experience involving clinical pharmacy skills preferably in a haematology and oncology setting (but this is ot essential)

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. 

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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