Due to team expansion, we are looking for an enthusiastic and driven Band 8a Lead Aseptic Services Pharmacist.
Our Pharmacy department has a strong clinical presence in all areas. We have an establishment of over 100 members and enjoy an excellent reputation within the Trust where we provide patient‑centred Clinical Pharmacy Services to inpatients and outpatients (in the form of Pharmacist Led Clinics) at Barnsley Hospital.
We are an innovative and forward‑thinking department who over recent years has invested in a host of technical improvements. The department is friendly, forward thinking and constantly expanding. This is an exciting time to be joining the team as electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA) is fully embedded and we are using Quality Improvement (QI) methodology to reprofile and optimise all aspects of the pharmacy service, and we welcome and routinely implement ideas around doing things differently.
We are looking for a dynamic and highly motivated individual to help lead our Aseptic Services Unit. As well as being able to demonstrate strong leadership and service development skills, you will also be able to exercise advanced clinical skills as a prescriber of TPN and whilst clinically verifying chemotherapy and biologic prescriptions.
Main duties of the job
To manage, provide professional leadership and act as the Responsible Pharmacist for the Aseptic Services Unit, ensuring Cytotoxic and CIVAS preparations are of high quality, safe and compliant with legal and national standards.
Manage the Quality Management System to ensure effective management of audit, governance structures, SOPs, deviations, change control, CAPA systems, facilities, training and documentation.
To clinically verify chemotherapy prescriptions and where necessary advising and liaising with oncologists and haematologists regarding dose alterations and optimisation.
To be an active member of the nutrition support team (NST).
To clinically verify biologic treatment for Rheumatology and Inflammatory Bowel Disease patients where necessary liaising with specialist pharmacists and medical consultants regarding dose alterations and optimisation.
About us
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing Trust, currently rated Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and achieving significant progress in the delivery of our strategic objectives.
Barnsley Hospital NHS FT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity and fair treatment to all applicants.
Person Specification
Skills and Abilities
* Good written and oral communication skills
* Able to supervise and direct junior staff
* Ability to prioritise workload
* Teaching/tutoring/mentoring skills
* Protocol and procedure writing
Qualifications
* Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
* Membership of Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
* Diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent
Experience
* Broad clinical experience
* SACT trained
* Aseptic dispensing
Knowledge and Awareness
* Knowledge of GMP, Farwell and Calman
* Understanding the need for confidentiality
* Knowledge of Health and Safety at Work Act
* Knowledge of Data Protection Act
* Knowledge of COSHH
* Chemotherapy regimens
* Biologic regimens
* Cytotoxic reconstitution
Trust Values
* Please describe in around 100 words: What Equality & Diversity means to you and why they are important.
* Please describe in around 100 words: An example of where you have helped to improve the service of a department.
* Please describe in around 100 words: How you ensure you build and sustain positive working relationships within a team.
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.
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