Senior Pharmacist - Oncology and Haematology

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Are you an experienced pharmacist looking for a career change or your next challenge in an acute hospital trust?

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Clinical Pharmacist to join our modern purpose-built facilities at the Colchester hospital site of ESNEFT. Service development and departmental restructure has released this key position to allow a committed and self-motivated Pharmacist to join our Pharmacy services for Oncology and Haematology patients.

This post is Band 8a role however we will consider Band 7 pharmacists in a Band 7 developmental program opportunity.

You will be based within the Collingwood centre at Colchester Hospital, and will be a fully established member of the multi-disciplinary team. You will be pivotal in the maintenance, and developing of, our clinical services within the speciality.

ESNEFT is about to embark on a full site wide implementation of the EPIC electronic patient record which includes electronic prescribing and administration and pharmacy stock control system replacement.

Our friendly pharmacy team are dedicated to nurturing, mentoring and developing our staff to reach their full potential. We support personal development plans, smart objective setting and opportunities for study.

In addition to our fully automated dispensaries, we host one of the NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service medicines advice sites and a Regional Pharmacy Manufacturing Unit (including a brand new Aseptic facility).

Main duties of the job

Provide highly specialised clinical pharmacy services to the Oncology & Haematology Clinical Delivery Group; this includes the Colchester site's Chemotherapy and Haematology suite, in-patient ward and out-patient clinics.

Develop the clinical pharmacy service within specified tumour types.Develop clinical guidelines and protocols for the use of medicines within the speciality.

Contribute to the provision of the Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) preparation service by validating and final checking SACT prescriptions.

Details about our pharmacy service - https://esneft.pagetiger.com/buqzfou/1

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

Date posted

06 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £60,504 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR2146-24

Job locations

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

GPhC registered
Masters Degree in Pharmacy plus Pre-registration training or equivalent
Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Practice or clinical equivalent

Desirable

Non-Medical Prescribing qualification

Experience

Essential

Previous extensive hospital experience inclusive of Clinical Pharmacy practice
Demonstrated experience of multi-disciplinary working
Handling of high risk medicines
Previous experience of educating and training other staff

Desirable

Experience of using the Chemocare electronic chemotherapy prescribing system

Knowledge

Essential

Medicines Management
Clinical knowledge of issues relevant to Oncology and Haematology patients gained through training & experience
Good all-round clinical knowledge in other areas

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

GPhC registered
Masters Degree in Pharmacy plus Pre-registration training or equivalent
Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Practice or clinical equivalent

Desirable

Non-Medical Prescribing qualification

Experience

Essential

Previous extensive hospital experience inclusive of Clinical Pharmacy practice
Demonstrated experience of multi-disciplinary working
Handling of high risk medicines
Previous experience of educating and training other staff

Desirable

Experience of using the Chemocare electronic chemotherapy prescribing system

Knowledge

Essential

Medicines Management
Clinical knowledge of issues relevant to Oncology and Haematology patients gained through training & experience
Good all-round clinical knowledge in other areas

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.