Job summary
As a result of an expanding regional oncology service and development of the supporting pharmacy infrastructure we are offering an exciting opportunity to join our team of pharmacists, technicians and MMA's within cancer services at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals (STH).
This is an exciting opportunity for a consultant pharmacist to lead clinical practice to Oncology patients (including breast patients) under the care of STH across the Cancer Alliance. The post holder will have mastery level expert practice and will manage a cohort of patients under the clinical supervision of the consultant for the disease site. They will provide strategic advice to improve the quality of chemotherapy prescribing and patient experience. With significant clinical leadership experience, they will lead service improvement, deliver education and mentoring across the cancer Alliance and deliver their own research activity. The successful applicant should also have excellent interpersonal and leadership skills and demonstrate exemplary PROUD values.
Main duties of the job
The post of Consultant Pharmacist for Oncology will be expected to provide expert level care to patients across the South Yorkshire, Bassetlaw and North Derbyshire Cancer Alliance. Based within Weston Park they will have their own caseload of patients in a specified solid tumour site, including to outreach services as appropriate
The successful candidate would be expected to complete the RPS consultant level credentialing process and will use the title consultant pharmacist once credentialled. Due to the expanding service successful applicants will be expected to work regular weekends within clinical pharmacy at Weston Park.
Please note we are also willing to consider candidates who don't meet all the essential criteria as a progression against agreed milestones will be considered on an Annex 21 of Agenda for Change Basis. Any candidate not yet credentialled at consultant level will be asked to submit a self-assessment against the consultant framework pre-interview.
About us
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
The pharmacy department at Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust comprises of approximately 450 staff working across 5 sites delivering care to patients from all over the country. We are keen to appoint enthusiastic and knowledgeable individuals to help us to continue to provide a first class service.
STH provides Oncology Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy services to a population of around 2 million patients primarily from South Yorkshire and North East Derbyshire via a hub and spoke model based at Weston Park Cancer centre. Weston Park cancer centre is a specialist tertiary referral unit with 3 inpatient wards including a specialist teenage cancer unit, as well as 37 chair day case unit and clinical trials.
Cancer services at STH are undergoing an exciting period of transformation with wholesale review of how services are delivered focusing on treatment closer to home and development of off-site SACT services, and renovation of the Weston Park building including a new multi-million pound pharmacy aseptic unit.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Pharmacist registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent
- Independent Prescriber or working towards this with a view to qualification within 12 months (or willingness to work towards this)
- Meet the requirements of the RPS Faculty cancer care expert professional practice curriculum
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
- Membership of the British Oncology Pharmacy Association
- Demonstrated ability to work at Doctorate level
Desirable
- Post Graduate qualification in Oncology or Haematology
- Management, leadership or quality improvement training
- Formal teaching training
- DPharm, PhD or undertaking study at doctorate level
- BOPA Committee Member.
Experience
Essential
- A majority of competencies in each of the expert professional practice, collaborative working relationships and leadership clusters at the highest level (mastery) as defined in the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Advanced Pharmacy Framework (APF).
- A majority of the competencies in each of the management, education, training and development and research and evaluation clusters at the Advanced Stage II as defined in the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Advanced Pharmacy Framework (APF).
- Extensive clinical pharmacy experience within Cancer services and evidence of ability to plan complex pharmaceutical care programmes for patients
- Experience of designing, delivering and evaluating education programmes to both pharmacy and non-pharmacy professionals.
- Experience of leadership skills in highly complex projects and change management skills
- Report and business case writing for a Board level audience
- Experience of working successfully with a range of stakeholders outside NHS structure eg. industry, service users, Higher Education institutions, and funders of Management experience research
- Proven medicines and risk related policy development, service development, implementation and project management.
- Demonstrates ability to horizon scan and forecast in relation to developments in Oncology
- Evidence of involvement in research activities eg. advanced audits, quality improvement projects, poster presentations or publications including multidisciplinary collaboration
- Able to demonstrate ability to make decisions in the absence of evidence or data or when there is conflicting evidence or data.
- Demonstrates accountability for the delivery of professional expertise at a defined higher level.
Desirable
- Experience of using trust chemotherapy e-prescribing system (Chemocare) or equivalent
- Experience of work at national level
- Financial planning
- Evidence of peer reviewed publications
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Pharmacist registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent
- Independent Prescriber or working towards this with a view to qualification within 12 months (or willingness to work towards this)
- Meet the requirements of the RPS Faculty cancer care expert professional practice curriculum
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
- Membership of the British Oncology Pharmacy Association
- Demonstrated ability to work at Doctorate level
Desirable
- Post Graduate qualification in Oncology or Haematology
- Management, leadership or quality improvement training
- Formal teaching training
- DPharm, PhD or undertaking study at doctorate level
- BOPA Committee Member.
Experience
Essential
- A majority of competencies in each of the expert professional practice, collaborative working relationships and leadership clusters at the highest level (mastery) as defined in the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Advanced Pharmacy Framework (APF).
- A majority of the competencies in each of the management, education, training and development and research and evaluation clusters at the Advanced Stage II as defined in the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Advanced Pharmacy Framework (APF).
- Extensive clinical pharmacy experience within Cancer services and evidence of ability to plan complex pharmaceutical care programmes for patients
- Experience of designing, delivering and evaluating education programmes to both pharmacy and non-pharmacy professionals.
- Experience of leadership skills in highly complex projects and change management skills
- Report and business case writing for a Board level audience
- Experience of working successfully with a range of stakeholders outside NHS structure eg. industry, service users, Higher Education institutions, and funders of Management experience research
- Proven medicines and risk related policy development, service development, implementation and project management.
- Demonstrates ability to horizon scan and forecast in relation to developments in Oncology
- Evidence of involvement in research activities eg. advanced audits, quality improvement projects, poster presentations or publications including multidisciplinary collaboration
- Able to demonstrate ability to make decisions in the absence of evidence or data or when there is conflicting evidence or data.
- Demonstrates accountability for the delivery of professional expertise at a defined higher level.
Desirable
- Experience of using trust chemotherapy e-prescribing system (Chemocare) or equivalent
- Experience of work at national level
- Financial planning
- Evidence of peer reviewed publications
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
