To deal directly with patients of the Trust.
To assume the role of Responsible Pharmacist.
To deal directly with Trust colleagues.
To confirm the accuracy, safety, and validity of requests for medicines, taking appropriate action if warranted.
Dispensing of medicines promptly and accurately, ensuring selection and labelling is performed according to SOPs.
Counsel outpatients both directly and indirectly via telephone conversation.
Provide advice and information to Trust colleagues on the safety and appropriateness of medicines.
Perform a final accuracy check on medicines prior to supply to outpatients, inpatients, and Trust colleagues.
Clinical screening of patient medication.
Achieve the key performance indicators described by the Superintendent Pharmacist.
Support and mentor healthcare assistants, dispensers, and technicians.
Ensure workload is completed in a timely, efficient, and safe manner.
Manage workload to achieve waiting-time targets.
Work flexibly with teams on outpatient, inpatient, and peripheral clinics.
Coordinate and undertake activities to support the efficient working of the service.
As part of our team of pharmacists, you will work in both inpatient and outpatient dispensaries, responsible for supplying oral chemotherapy and supportive medicines to patients of The Christie Trust.
Your specialist knowledge of anti-cancer treatments will enable you to counsel and advise patients starting their treatments and those on long-term therapies.
When sufficiently experienced, pharmacists support Trust colleagues in clinically screening new oral chemotherapy prescriptions.
Pharmacists with little or no prior chemotherapy experience are encouraged to apply; full training and support will be provided.
Our services include dispensing medication to inpatients and outpatients, supporting The Christie at Home service, providing bespoke medication for outreach sites, and wholesale supplying medicines and devices.
The Christie Hospital is a leading cancer treatment centre in Europe, serving a population of 3.2 million, treating 40,000 patients per year, and delivering over 30,000 chemotherapy treatments.
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