Principal Haematology Pharmacist (12 month fixed term)

Principal Haematology Pharmacist (12 month fixed term)

We are looking for an experienced hospital pharmacist, specialising in adult haematology to cover this fixed term maternity leave post.

Providing pharmacy leadership to adult haematology across Frimley Health (both Wexham & Frimley), as well as the day to day management at the Frimley Park Hospital site; you and your team will be expected to provide clinical haematology services and work closely with the aseptic team, based at Wexham Park Hospital.

You will be expected to contribute to the strategic development of the department, both within the Trust and within the wider ICS.

Main duties of the job

• To develop the clinical pharmacy service to adult haematology across the Trust.
• To manage the day-to-day pharmacy haematology service to the chemotherapy day unit and ward G1 at Frimley Park Hospital.
• To act as a role model in the field of haematology within pharmacy practice and provide a consistently high standard of service in line with the pharmacy objectives.
• To recruit, manage and develop staff under the post holder.

Job responsibilities

To support the Preparative Services Pharmacy Manager with the day to day running of the pharmacy cancer services to haematology at the Frimley Park Hospital site.

To support the management, planning and delivery of pharmacy services to haematology at Frimley Health.

To promote and develop the use of independent prescribing by pharmacists in the delivery of care to haematology patients across the Trust.

To liaise closely with the Preparative Services Pharmacy Manager to ensure appropriate actions are taken to comply with Patient Safety Alerts, National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE), or successor organisations, guidance and Care Quality Commission (CQC) assessments.

To work with clinicians and nurses to develop, implement and monitor the use of protocols and guidelines within haematology.

To help with pharmacy Cost Improvement Programmes by actioning generic/biosimilar switches where appropriate.

Person Specification

Special Requirements

• Able to work at weekends and to participate in Bank Holiday working.
• Ability to be able to travel between sites.

Qualifications

• Registered with GPhC.
• Postgraduate clinical diploma or equivalent.
• Registered Independent Prescriber.
• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development (CPD).
• Pharmacy degree (master's level, 4 years).
• Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
• Formal leadership and management qualification.

Professional/ Functional Experience

• Significant post-qualification experience working as a pharmacist in a clinical environment.
• Demonstrable haematology/oncology experience.
• Ability to step up to the role of the lead chemotherapy pharmacist where necessary.
• Understanding of risk management issues.
• Protocol and guideline development.
• Broad experience in hospital clinical pharmacy.
• Practical experience of audit.
• Experience of training others.
• Ability to recognise areas for development of current practice.
• Management of staff including recruitment, appraisal.
• Critical evaluation skills.
• Previous experience of clinical pharmacy to general medical/ medical specialties.
• Experience overseeing the operational aspects of an aseptic unit.
• Knowledge and demonstrable application of quality assurance issues relating to aseptic services.
• Knowledge of current legislation regarding aseptic preparation.
• Member of UKCPA and/or BOPA.

Skills & Knowledge

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability and confidence to communicate with a wide range of stakeholders, from patient to hospital consultants.
• Good interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills.
• Ability to work on own and as part of a team.
• Ability to compile reports /cases where data is presented effectively based on evidence-based information.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Able to work on several issues simultaneously; able to reprioritise work in a rapidly changing environment.
• Ability to prioritise workload and work to deadlines.
• Analytical skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and cope with stressful situations.
• Motivated.
• Ability to demonstrate willingness to learn and develop new skills.
• Working experience of working with e-prescribing software such as ARIA.
• Evidence of interest in research.

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.

£64,337 to £74,415 a year per annum Including fringe HCAS