Lead Production Pharmacist – Chemotherapy Services Unit

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000

Job description

Lead Production Pharmacist – Chemotherapy Services Unit

Barts Health has an opportunity for a driven and experienced individual within their state of the art oncology pharmacy department. This post offers an individual the opportunity to lead and develop a well-established production team delivering a variety of complex services to patients across the trust.

There are a number of exciting developments on the horizon in this ever-evolving speciality, including the implementation of a new worksheet generation system and development of a dedicated gene therapy unit.

With vast numbers of Cancer NICE TAs issued in the last 2 years, this is a rapidly changing service. This role offers the opportunity to provide access to these life-changing medications rapidly whilst ensuring they are delivered safely to patients and ensuring that this service is equipped to meet the future demands required of it.

The position is based at St Bartholomew's Hospital but you will also visit other sites within Barts Health.

The CSU Team is well established within Barts Cancer Centre, providing inpatient, outpatient, and daycase SACT services in both the clinical trial and standard of care setting. In line with the Trust's goals, we strive to deliver the best possible patient experience, be a provider of excellent patient safety, and cultivate Barts Health as an outstanding place to work.

Main duties of the job

This important role requires someone who can demonstrate excellent leadership and organisational skills, communicate effectively across all levels, and manage their own workload independently. You will also be highly motivated, enthusiastic about promoting new ideas, determined to succeed in a challenging environment, able to remain calm under pressure, and committed to future developments in aseptic services.

Working in an MHRA licensed Chemotherapy Production facility, the purpose of this post will lead the operational management for the service whilst continuously developing and improving the service to meet the changing needs of our patients and the regulations governing production.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, where our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate, and support an inclusive working environment.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one-size-fits-all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

Person Specification

Experience

• Significant post-registration hospital pharmacy experience within aseptic production.
• Significant experience of successful working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care to Cancer services.
• Significant experience of working in an Anti-cancer therapy preparation service.
• Experience of MHRA inspection process for licensed aseptic production unit.

Skills

• Demonstrates ability to manage staff.
• Able to work effectively in stressful situations.
• Demonstrates ability to supervise processes and identify deviations.

Knowledge

• Demonstrated knowledge of all aspects of GCP, GMP, and QA and clinical trial legislation.
• Demonstrated knowledge of COSHH and Health and Safety at work.

Qualifications

• MPharm or equivalent.
• Registration as a pharmacist with the GPhC.

Other

• Demonstrates advanced level ability to communicate effectively with different professionals within and external to the hospital.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.