Job overview
· To lead the planning and delivery of learning, education, training and development for cancer services pharmacists and medicine management technicians; liaising with the Advanced Pharmacists delivering inpatient, outpatient, day case, acute emergency assessment unit services to Adult and Paediatric Oncology and Haematology.
· To organise, provide and evaluate the delivery of an education and training programme for responsive, proactive, patient-focused Clinical Pharmacy Service to the adult and paediatric oncology & haematology outpatient, day case, inpatient ward and acute emergency assessment unit for patients receiving treatment for cancer.
· To develop and lead the competency assessment for training and re-assessing specialist pharmacists and medicine management technicians in the cancer pharmacist team.
· To seek and encourage participation in external educational programmes such as BOPA and industry sponsored educational packages.
· To play a key role to deliver cancer related training to clinicians, nursing, pharmacy and other professions.
· To operate as an Advanced Clinical Pharmacists in the Cancer Services team to deliver a highly specialist, patient focused Clinical Pharmacy Service to Adult and Paediatric Oncology & Haematology Division – Outpatient, Day Case, Inpatient and Acute Emergency Assessment Unit.
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· To operate as an Advanced Pharmacist to deliver a highly specialist pharmacy service to the adult oncology & haematology ward and the acute emergency assessment unit, being an active member of the multidisciplinary team and thereby promoting the safe, appropriate and clinically effective use of medicines.
· To develop and evaluate the delivery of a responsive, proactive, patient-focused Clinical Pharmacy Service to the adult oncology & haematology ward and the acute emergency assessment unit for patients receiving treatment for cancer.
· To organise, provide and evaluate Pharmaceutical Services to the Oncology Division; adult oncology & haematology ward and the acute emergency assessment unit.
· To lead the strategic planning of pharmaceutical issues relating to adult oncology & haematology ward and the acute emergency assessment unit – for example, maintain ePMA system.
· To be an active member of the multidisciplinary team and thereby promoting the safe, appropriate and clinically effective use of medicines and governance.
· To practice as a pharmacist Independent Prescriber in a specialist area of practice in Oncology or Haematology.
· To communicate highly complex information relating to medicines with clinicians, nurses, independent prescribers, carers and patients.
· Undertake risk management in the Oncology and Haematology service to ensure compliance with medicines legislation and policy.
Working for our organisation
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Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust is on an exciting journey with all of our divisions committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN). As part of this collaborative approach, there may be a requirement for you to work across both the Kettering and Northampton hospital sites, depending on the needs of the service.
Our Excellence Values
* Compassion
* Accountability
* Respect
* Integrity
* Courage
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across UHN and help to unleash everyone's full potential.
UHN encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.
We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Silver Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme.
We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for UHN.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Education, Training, Development and Supervision
· To act as a role model, supervisor and mentor for the Specialist Cancer Services (Oncology & Haematology) pharmacists, rotational pharmacists, trainee pharmacists, medicines management technicians and other members of pharmacy staff.
· To lead induction of staff into the Pharmacy Service for the Clinical Pharmacy Service to the adult and paediatric oncology & haematology outpatient, day case, inpatient ward and acute emergency assessment unit, and to identify training and development needs, to ensure staff can perform their duties and take responsibility effectively.
· To lead formal and informal training and education to senior and junior pharmacists, trainee pharmacists, and medicines management technicians working in the Clinical Pharmacy Service to the adult and paediatric oncology & haematology outpatient, day case, inpatient ward and acute emergency assessment unit, to ensure they are equipped to perform their duties effectively.
· To lead on staff working through the competencies, and to ensure staff attain revalidation of the BOPA (British Oncology Pharmacy Association) passport.
· Maintain the clinical training pack for all pharmacy staff working in the adult and paediatric oncology & haematology ward and the acute emergency assessment unit, in conjunction with the Principal Pharmacist, Oncology & Haematology and other Advanced Pharmacists.
· To develop competency-based training and revalidation competencies for pharmacy staff assigned to the Clinical Pharmacy Service to the adult and paediatric oncology & haematology outpatient, day case, inpatient ward and acute emergency assessment unit.
· To liaise with the technical led Aseptic Service Unit to facilitate pharmacists to attain accreditation to check and release aseptically prepared SACT medicines.
· To provide the required level of clinical knowledge to technical staff in the Aseptic Services Unit to enable them to understand the administration of SACT medicines and cancer pharmacy service provided to patients.
· To line manage, make the best use of their abilities and experience, monitor performance and undertake appraisal for the Specialist Cancer Services (Oncology & Haematology) Pharmacists, undertaking appraisals, supervision and identification of training and development of their skills and knowledge.
· To be a tutor for the Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Practice.
· To support pharmacists undertaking their Independent Prescribing Training.
· Support Continual Professional Development for Pharmacists working in the team and seek training & development opportunities to align with the service and individuals' personal development plans agreed at annual appraisal.
· To maintain appropriate standards of service and safety; to enforce guidelines, policies, and procedures to ensure standards are met.
· To provide education and training for medical, pharmacy, nurses and other healthcare professionals.
· To help provide the training for Technicians' Medicines Management Scheme and enhanced patient counselling skills.
· To provide information to patients, and carers regarding patients' treatment and medication to optimise patient concordance.
· To identify training needs and undertake training of the other members of the pharmacy team, facilitating the RPS general and Advanced level frameworks where appropriate.
· To support the Principal Pharmacist to ensure staff withing the team complete mandatory and role specific training, including GMP and GCP.
· To take responsibility for own personal CPD to satisfy the requirements for mandatory professional development and registration with GPhC, improve competence and acquire new skills to benefit development of the service and develop membership for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society faculty.
· Attend local and national education training and development courses and keep up to date with the latest developments in hospital pharmacy and therapeutics.
· Set/monitor the standards for clinical pharmacy services within the adult oncology & haematology outpatient, day case, ward and the acute emergency assessment unit with the support of the Principal Pharmacist, Oncology & Haematology and other Advanced Cancer Pharmacists.
· Represent the service at a regional or national level, if required.
· If required, to undertake training to register as a non-medical prescriber.
· Lead in the recruitment of new junior pharmacists in oncology and haematology.
Specialist Clinical Pharmacy Service to adult oncology & haematology ward and the acute emergency assessment unit; adult and paediatric oncology & haematology outpatient and day case areas
· To lead, develop and provide a specialist clinical pharmacy service to the adult oncology & haematology ward and the acute emergency assessment unit.
· To lead and develop the dedicated ward pharmacy project across the adult oncology & haematology ward and the acute emergency assessment unit in collaboration with the allocated band 7 dedicated ward pharmacists.
· To provide a specialist clinical pharmacy service to the adult oncology & haematology ward and the acute emergency assessment unit, including proactive and reactive participation in ward rounds, input into medicines management review, counselling, acting as a clinical pharmacy role model being accountable for own professional actions.
· To ensure an efficient, cost-effective, and accurate system to supply prescriptions and prepacks to the adult oncology & haematology ward and the acute emergency assessment unit including FP10s, NGH and third-party dispensaries.
· To lead the introduction of new medicines for the adult oncology & haematology ward and the acute emergency assessment unit into the Trust by appraising evidence and economic impact for new formulary submissions.
· Develop, implement, and lead on the development of standards and auditing of services in the adult oncology & haematology ward and the acute emergency assessment unit. To use KPIs to show realisation of dedicated ward pharmacy models.
· Plan appropriate audit and practice research and implement appropriate service changes to the adult oncology & haematology ward and the acute emergency assessment unit.
· Set/monitor the standards for clinical pharmacy services within the adult oncology & haematology ward and the acute emergency assessment unit with the support of the Principal Pharmacist, Oncology & Haematology.
· To support the Principal Pharmacist to investigate incidents and complaints relating to medicines usage within the adult oncology & haematology ward and the acute emergency assessment unit and discuss with Pharmacists in the Cancer Services Team.
* To act as a highly specialised clinical pharmacist and provide a patient focused clinical pharmacy service to deliver to adult and paediatric oncology & clinical haematology for outpatient clinics and day case chemotherapy.
· To work closely with the oncology & haematology clinicians to implement and proactively promote and develop safe, high quality and evidence-based prescribing and safe management of medicines.
· To use specialist knowledge and expertise to make complex judgements and provide expert clinical advice, utilising highly complex information, evaluate evidence and to advise in situations when evidence is lacking in the specialist area of oncology & haematology.
· To communicate highly complex information relating to medicines with clinicians, nurses, independent prescribers, carers and patients.
· To ensure that prescriptions are clinically appropriate for the patient; safe, accurate, legal, legible, cost-effective, and compliant with local prescribing policies and National Guidance.
· Motivate and inspire other pharmacists and healthcare professionals to adopt ownership of responsibility for prescribing.
· To work as a prescriber within area of competence and optimise the use of pharmacist independent prescribers in on the adult oncology & haematology ward, the acute emergency assessment unit and outpatient clinics (assuming registration with the GPhC and authorised via the Trust NMP register), reviewing patients' systemic anti-cancer medicines, blood test results, chemotherapy toxicities, radiology scans and prescribing as appropriate.
· To provide general and specialist advice and information relating to medicines to all levels of health professionals, senior managers and patients within the oncology & haematology outpatient and day case areas to enhance the quality of patient care.
· To provide pharmaceutical support and information necessary to manage medicines safely and cost-effectively in oncology & haematology outpatients and day case areas.
At Northampton General Hospital we provide general acute services and hyper-acute stroke, vascular and renal services to people living in Northamptonshire. As well as this we are an accredited cancer centre and provide cancer services to a wider population of Northamptonshire and parts of Buckinghamshire.
We are proud to be the first hospital in the UK to have obtained Pathway to Excellence designated accreditation from the American nurses credentialing centre (ANCC).
We celebrate staff achievements and value the importance of working as one big team. That's why we talk about Team NGH. It's all about working together to provide the best possible care for our patients and supporting each other to grow and develop our skills. We are driven to helping you to be the best you can be.
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities. The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative. We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.
Apply today and join the largest family in Northamptonshire.
Our Excellence Values:
* Compassion
* Respect
* Integrity
* Courageous
* Accountable
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