Specialist Cancer Pharmacist

• Delivery of high-quality pharmaceutical care to adult cancer in-patients, day-case, and out-patients.
• Participation in pharmacy services to the Day Treatment Unit to optimise patients' understanding towards medications and reduce medicines wastage.
• Clinically screening and checking of systemic anticancer treatments (SACTs), SACT clinical trial treatments and supportive medication prescriptions.
• Participating in multidisciplinary meeting and ward rounds
• Pharmacist led oral anti-cancer treatment education clinics
• Pharmacist non-medical prescribing in multidisciplinary clinics and day treatment unit
• Aseptic experience within Pharmacy's Clinical Trials Aseptic Services Unit (CTASU)
• Participating in the day to day running of the CTASU and developing knowledge in quality control and quality assurance.
• Involvement in cancer early and late phase clinical trials
• Active participation in Thames Valley Cancer Alliance groups

• Oncology Ward (OWLs)
• Clinical Haematology Ward (CHW)
• Day Treatment Unit (Oncology & Haematology)
• Oncology and Haematology SACT clinical screening
• Early phase/Late phase research & SACT clinical trials screening
• Brodey Chemotherapy Day Unit, Horton Hospital, Banbury
• Clinical Trials Aseptic Unit
• Palliative Care

• To provide a ward-based clinical pharmacy service according to Trust agreed standards including:

• To provide clinical pharmacy cover to other ward areas within the team on a reciprocal basis.
• To ensure medicines are used appropriately, safely and cost-effectively in accordance with Trust policies, standard operating procedures and medicines legislation.
• To monitor medicine use within the ward area. This includes recording of significant clinical interventions and risk management including:

• To use available information to influence prescribers and ensure the most cost-effective choice of therapy.
• To participate in ward rounds, clinical meetings or out-patient clinics as appropriate in order to provide pharmaceutical advice to prescribers and other healthcare professionals.
• To liaise with external agencies to ensure safe, timely and appropriate supply to patients e.g. Baxter, Homecare companies etc, where appropriate.
• To participate in ward-based clinical audits and the development and implementation of treatment protocols and guidelines for use of medicines within the clinical area.
• To tutor and supervise rotational pharmacists undertaking the clinical diploma, following formal accreditation as a tutor by Cardiff University, or other university and to tutor other pharmacists and pre-registration students in the clinical area.
• To act as a role model and mentor for clinical pharmacy.
• To develop personal practice research in accordance with the Trust and pharmacy strategy.
• To contribute to local, national and international specialist interest groups and conferences/meetings.
• To become a non-medical prescriber as appropriate.
• To work as a non-medical prescriber in the oncology & haematology directorate to prescribe medications safely and effectively in line with their scope of practice for patients requiring therapeutic medications and treatments, utilising local or organisational guidelines, national guidelines, and adhering to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) and GPhC Prescribing Standards after the approval from the Trusts respective Non-Medical Prescribing Lead.
• To provide teaching for the pharmacy and directorate teams as required.
• To act as knowledge base/resource for the specialist area and to keep up to date with current trends and research in the specialist area.
• Together with the rest of the members of the clinical pharmacy team to support the strategic developments of the service e.g. electronic prescribing, improved discharge processes, accredited technician checking etc.
• To actively contribute to the planning and efficient co-ordination of clinical pharmacy initiatives including discharge planning, prescribing protocols, pharmacists on consultant ward rounds etc.
• To contribute to and implement the clinical governance plans of the clinical area and the pharmacy clinical governance plans.

Essential

• Qualified to a degree level (4-year MPharm or equivalent) and Pharmacist registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Diploma / MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent experience

Desirable

• Membership of British Oncology Pharmacy Association (BOPA) or other specialist interest group
• Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
• Accredited tutor for a postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma
• Accredited non-medical prescriber

Essential

• Quality improvement, service evaluation or audit
• Communicating complex information via multiple methods to a variety of receipients
• Experience of working as a clinical pharmacist
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of teaching and tutoring

Desirable

• Experience of clinically screening SACT prescriptions with BOPA Compassly accreditations.
• Experience of preparing budgetary reports for clinical areas
• Involvement in a pharmacist led outpatient clinic
• Experience of practice research
• Involvement in developing a service
• Experience of developing drug protocols /contributing to formulary development

Essential

• Problem identification and solving skills
• Well organised
• Good Time Management
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to prioritise and manage time effectively
• Good interpersonal skills
• Sensitivity and tolerance
• Enthusiastic and self-motivated
• Team worker
• Must demonstrate flexibility in working practices
• Must be assertive
• Capable of working under pressure
• Must show commitment
• Able to make decisions
• Ability to travel to all sites including the use of public transport

Desirable

• Demonstrable awareness of current cancer issues, such as administration of intrathecal SACT and the Manual of Cancer Quality Measures
• Demonstrable awareness of financial pressures
• Publication / conference presentations
• Excellent Clinical Prioritisation
• Evidence of balancing conflicting priorities

Essential

• Computer literate with experience of working with the Microsoft Office package
• Advanced keyboard skills

Desirable

• Experience using electronic prescribing systems