Job summary
An
opportunity has arisen for a dedicated and motivated pharmacist to join the
Cancer Services Pharmacy Team at Leeds Teaching Hospitals as an Advanced
Clinical Pharmacist in Oncology.
As
a tertiary specialist centre we support the care of patients with a wide
variety of oncological malignancies in both Leeds and the wider Yorkshire
area. We are a vital part of the multi-disciplinary team looking after
specialist groups of patients at all stages of their treatment.
We
are looking for someone who is able to manage a dynamic and changing workload
to ensure a safe, efficient, effective and positive service for our oncology
patients.
Full
training would be provided to the new post holder as well as support to
attain a competency in the validation of oncology related systemic
anti-cancer therapy (SACT) utilising our comprehensive and structured SACT
training programme.
Main duties of the job
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Provide an advanced clinical pharmacy service to our oncology inpatient wards
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Validation and supply of Systemic Anti Cancer Therapy (SACT) for patient's
attending the Leeds Cancer Centre
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Attend multi-disciplinary team meetings where necessary
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Work closely with pharmaceutical industry representatives to ensure
specialist oncology medicines are available for patients when and where they
need them
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Undertake patient counselling for oncology patients to ensure maximum benefit
from medicines supplied
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Liaise with drug & therapeutics, medicines safety, informatics and
procurement teams to facilitate the implementation of new products to the
oncology portfolio (including free of charge/compassionate use schemes)
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Review prospective clinical trials for suitability prior to implementation in
the oncology portfolio
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Contribute to the oversight of ongoing clinical trials within your area of
practice, including reviewing and implementing clinical amendments and safety
updates.
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Utilise the ChemoCare prescribing system to create templates and protocols
for new drugs in oncology
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Undertake required audits and reviews to ensure the clinical pharmacy service
is operating within the required specification and adhering to national
standards
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Provide training/supervision/line management to colleagues in the cancer team
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Develop and maintain existing links with oncology colleagues around the
region to ensure best practice
About us
The
oncology pharmacy team work together on a daily basis to ensure that some of
our most complex and challenging treatments within Leeds Teaching Hospitals
are delivered safely, efficiently and in a patient centred manner. Our team
is made up of some highly experienced pharmacists who have strong working
relationships with the wider multi-disciplinary team. Any new starter to the
team receives a thorough induction drawing on the years of experience
possessed by our pharmacists and technicians within various specialist
fields.
We
have a strong ethos of workforce development. We strive to ensure that all
members of the team are able to access development opportunities not solely
limited to clinical work as well as the facilitation of regular team based
clinical education sessions.
Weekly
huddles ensure that all team members are supported and workloads are
appropriately managed whilst giving the opportunity to share best practice
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'
members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts
are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove
adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the
shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this
process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any
questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
Lead the highly specialised
clinical pharmacy service to patients and the multidisciplinary team within a
given clinical speciality.
Supports the Trust's Prescribing
Standards and challenges practice where prescribers have not adhered to the
Medicines Code.
Demonstrate the ability to provide
safe, clinically effective and cost-effective use of medicines in accordance
with Trust policy, standard operating procedures and medicine legislation.
This will include individual prescription review to optimise therapy,
advising on dosage and side effects and on safe administration of medicines.
The post holder is expected to determine how the outcomes are best achieve in
specific circumstances.
Pharmacists who are registered as
prescribers will, with the agreement of the clinical director of the
speciality, prescribe within their level of competence, to support patient
care.
Plan, manage, monitor and review
individual patient care plans.
Participate in consultant ward
rounds and multi-disciplinary team meetings.
Manage difficult and ambiguous
problems, often when information is limited.
Undertake risk management,
including investigating clinical incidents in the clinical area and ensuring
compliance with medicine legislation.
The post holder will be expected to
identify, where necessary, areas that require service changes and develop a
strategy to carry out the change through consultation with senior colleagues
within and outside the pharmacy.
Manage the introduction of new
drugs, including unlicensed drugs, into the clinical speciality.
Manage the clinical pharmacist
input into clinical trials.
Develop and update policies for the
safe, effective and economic use of medicines through discussion with medical
and nursing staff.
Communication with Primary Care
about medicines policies or guidelines specific for their area of practice.
Management
Monitor and interpret expenditure
on medicines within own clinical speciality. Provide the Directorate with
regular reports to assist in the management of the drug budget
a. Attend the monthly Clinical
Speciality Management meetings to advise on medicine use and financial
implications
- Horizon scan for new drugs and
advise the clinical speciality meetings on the financial implications
b. Co-ordinate Medicines Use Savings
Projects
c. Review prescribing data from
out-patient clinics
Contribution to financial
initiatives
Write or respond to business cases
for service development to secure additional funding.
Responsible for day to day
supervision / management of specialist clinical pharmacists in clinical
speciality (some staff)
Research
and Education
Occasionally participates in
research and development within clinical speciality
Undertakes own research/audit
within clinical speciality
Supervise, teach, and assess junior
pharmacy staff completing training modules within the clinical area. This
input varies, mostly based on the experience of the post holder, and will
typically include:
- Acting as a trainer to
pre-registration and junior pharmacists in their area of specialist practice
- Being a named tutor for a
pre-registration and/or diploma pharmacist
- Lecturing on clinical issues
relevant to the specialty, as part of the pre-registration training program,
the clinical diploma, and any other in service training.
The post holder is also expected to
participate in the training of other clinical professionals within their
specialist area as requested.
Develop the role of a specialist
pharmacist through national links.
Other
Provide a service commitment,
typically a four hour session to a specific area within the pharmacy
department e.g. dispensary, aseptics or medicines information
Perform other duties as directed by
manager
Participate in the weekend service
and where contracted, the emergency duty service
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
Lead the highly specialised
clinical pharmacy service to patients and the multidisciplinary team within a
given clinical speciality.
Supports the Trust's Prescribing
Standards and challenges practice where prescribers have not adhered to the
Medicines Code.
Demonstrate the ability to provide
safe, clinically effective and cost-effective use of medicines in accordance
with Trust policy, standard operating procedures and medicine legislation.
This will include individual prescription review to optimise therapy,
advising on dosage and side effects and on safe administration of medicines.
The post holder is expected to determine how the outcomes are best achieve in
specific circumstances.
Pharmacists who are registered as
prescribers will, with the agreement of the clinical director of the
speciality, prescribe within their level of competence, to support patient
care.
Plan, manage, monitor and review
individual patient care plans.
Participate in consultant ward
rounds and multi-disciplinary team meetings.
Manage difficult and ambiguous
problems, often when information is limited.
Undertake risk management,
including investigating clinical incidents in the clinical area and ensuring
compliance with medicine legislation.
The post holder will be expected to
identify, where necessary, areas that require service changes and develop a
strategy to carry out the change through consultation with senior colleagues
within and outside the pharmacy.
Manage the introduction of new
drugs, including unlicensed drugs, into the clinical speciality.
Manage the clinical pharmacist
input into clinical trials.
Develop and update policies for the
safe, effective and economic use of medicines through discussion with medical
and nursing staff.
Communication with Primary Care
about medicines policies or guidelines specific for their area of practice.
Management
Monitor and interpret expenditure
on medicines within own clinical speciality. Provide the Directorate with
regular reports to assist in the management of the drug budget
a. Attend the monthly Clinical
Speciality Management meetings to advise on medicine use and financial
implications
- Horizon scan for new drugs and
advise the clinical speciality meetings on the financial implications
b. Co-ordinate Medicines Use Savings
Projects
c. Review prescribing data from
out-patient clinics
Contribution to financial
initiatives
Write or respond to business cases
for service development to secure additional funding.
Responsible for day to day
supervision / management of specialist clinical pharmacists in clinical
speciality (some staff)
Research
and Education
Occasionally participates in
research and development within clinical speciality
Undertakes own research/audit
within clinical speciality
Supervise, teach, and assess junior
pharmacy staff completing training modules within the clinical area. This
input varies, mostly based on the experience of the post holder, and will
typically include:
- Acting as a trainer to
pre-registration and junior pharmacists in their area of specialist practice
- Being a named tutor for a
pre-registration and/or diploma pharmacist
- Lecturing on clinical issues
relevant to the specialty, as part of the pre-registration training program,
the clinical diploma, and any other in service training.
The post holder is also expected to
participate in the training of other clinical professionals within their
specialist area as requested.
Develop the role of a specialist
pharmacist through national links.
Other
Provide a service commitment,
typically a four hour session to a specific area within the pharmacy
department e.g. dispensary, aseptics or medicines information
Perform other duties as directed by
manager
Participate in the weekend service
and where contracted, the emergency duty service
Person Specification
Other Criteria
Essential
- Lateral thinker and good problem solver
- Highly developed influencing and negotiating skills
- Excellent time management skills
- Be able to plan effectively both own workload and that of specialist team
- Effective prioritisation skills
Skills and Behaviours
Essential
- Team player
- Enthusiastic
- Self motivated
- Able to work under own initiative
- Be highly adaptive to changing circumstances and situations
- Meticulous attention to detail
Experience
Essential
- Understanding and appreciation of local and national pharmaceutical and clinical strategies
- Advanced clinical pharmacy knowledge in a relevant area
- Understanding of NHS/government policy and its applications
- Ability to demonstrate foundation level competencies in all 6 domains of the Advanced to Consultant Level Framework (ACLF)
Desirable
- Team dynamics and effective leadership strategies to optimise performance
Qualifications
Essential
- Registrant of the GPhC
- Postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent
Desirable
- Non medical prescriber status
Person Specification
Other Criteria
Essential
- Lateral thinker and good problem solver
- Highly developed influencing and negotiating skills
- Excellent time management skills
- Be able to plan effectively both own workload and that of specialist team
- Effective prioritisation skills
Skills and Behaviours
Essential
- Team player
- Enthusiastic
- Self motivated
- Able to work under own initiative
- Be highly adaptive to changing circumstances and situations
- Meticulous attention to detail
Experience
Essential
- Understanding and appreciation of local and national pharmaceutical and clinical strategies
- Advanced clinical pharmacy knowledge in a relevant area
- Understanding of NHS/government policy and its applications
- Ability to demonstrate foundation level competencies in all 6 domains of the Advanced to Consultant Level Framework (ACLF)
Desirable
- Team dynamics and effective leadership strategies to optimise performance
Qualifications
Essential
- Registrant of the GPhC
- Postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent
Desirable
- Non medical prescriber status
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
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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).
