We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers. Job overview 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. We are offering an exciting opportunity to lead on aseptic chemotherapy services at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals (STH). The post holder will act as the principal pharmacist for aseptic chemotherapy services. They will lead and develop the pharmacy aseptic and cytotoxic preparation service of the trust to ensure safe, clinically effective and cost-efficient use of chemotherapy and novel agents. They will be expected to act as the expert in all matters pertaining to aseptic dispensing for cancer patients at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals. The postholder will manage staff working in the aseptic unit at Weston Park Hospital. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced pharmacist who wishes to move into a pharmacy leadership role in aseptic services. The applicant will be required to undertake service review and development, provide expert pharmaceutical advice at trust level in relation to chemotherapy and aseptic services, work across professional and regional boundaries, influence practice, and manage, motivate, and inspire staff. The successful applicant should also have excellent interpersonal and leadership skills and demonstrate exemplary PROUD values. Advert To be the Lead Pharmacist for the chemotherapy aseptic preparation unit at STH, providing clinical, professional and managerial leadership. Undertake the role of Accountable Pharmacist for the Weston Park aseptic unit as per GMP/QAAPS. Develop regular briefing documents for the Operations Manager and Chief Pharmacist detailing a summary of service provision, environmental monitor results, CAPA, QER and workload statistics. To be responsible for ordering outsourced chemotherapy, helping develop QA/QC paperwork, technical agreements and to assess usage. To oversee the handling of unlicensed medicines within the Weston Park aseptic unit, working closely with QC and senior pharmacy managers to ensure STH ULM policy is adhered to. To be responsible for safety and security of equipment in use and kept in aseptic areas in Weston Park Hospital. To produce Standard Operating Procedures, worksheets and other documentation relevant to aseptic dispensing and working with isolator technology. To manage the recruitment, individual performance reviews, annual leave and sickness absence monitoring, capability, disciplinary and grievance matters. To validate and clinically check chemotherapy prescriptions and technically release chemotherapy for patients in STH, including those on clinical trials. To have professional responsibility for the preparation and supply of Clinical Trial medications from the Weston Park aseptic unit, ensuring protocols and guidance are followed. Working for our organisation 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. Detailed job description and main 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. Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on Skilled Worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the Skilled Worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. 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If you are offered employment at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals your information will be transferred from the Trac recruitment system into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. In addition, in submitting an application form, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed. Please note, all communication regarding your application will be made via email sent via the Trac recruitment system, please ensure you check your junk/spam folders as emails are sometimes filtered there. The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation. 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