The Christie Pharmacy LTD Pharmacist
As a colleague within our team of pharmacists you will be working in both the inpatient and new outpatient dispensaries and be 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 beginning their treatments with the hospital and the many who are receiving long term therapies.
When sufficiently experienced, our pharmacists support Trust colleagues in clinically screening new oral chemotherapy prescriptions.
Pharmacists with little or no prior chemotherapy experience are welcomed to apply, full and comprehensive training and support will be provided by our existing expert team members, many of whom have come from a community pharmacy background.
Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council is a prerequisite to applying for this position
* 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
* To achieve the key performance indicators described by the Superintendent pharmacist
* To support and mentor healthcare assistants, dispensers and technicians
* To ensure workload is completed in a timely, efficient and safe manner
* To ensure workload is managed to achieve waiting-time targets
* Work flexibly with teams on outpatient, inpatient and peripheral clinics
* To co-ordinate and undertake activities to support the efficient working of the service
The Christie Pharmacy Ltd Company (TCP) is a wholly owned subsidiary company, which is part of The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. The company was formed in December 2017 to provide a high-quality pharmacy service to both inpatients and outpatients of the Trust.
Our services include:
dispensing and supplying medication to inpatients in wards and clinics
supporting The Christie at Home service, allowing patients to receive certain cancer treatments from the comfort of their own home.
providing bespoke medication for The Christie at Salford, The Christie at Oldham and fourteen other outreach sites
wholesale supplying medicines and devices to all wards on the Withington site
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust manages the Christie Hospital which is one of the largest cancer treatment centres in Europe. The Christie treats 40,000 patients per year, delivering over 30,000 chemotherapy treatments and is the first specialist hospital to be awarded 'outstanding' twice by the Care Quality Commission.
We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.
As a colleague within our team of pharmacists you will be working in both the inpatient and new outpatient dispensaries and be 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 beginning their treatments with the hospital and the many who are receiving long term therapies. When sufficiently experienced, our pharmacists support Trust colleagues in clinically screening new oral chemotherapy prescriptions.
Pharmacists with little or no prior chemotherapy experience are welcomed to apply, full and comprehensive training and support will be provided by our existing expert team members, many of whom have come from a community pharmacy background.
The Trust and TCP work collaboratively in supporting company pharmacists to become independent prescribers.
Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council is a prerequisite to applying for this position.
The benefits
* Salary competitive against similar hospital roles
* Annual professional registration fee reimbursed
* Contributory pension scheme
* Support with Continuing Professional Development
* Opportunity to develop via modular coursework with Keele University
* Independent Prescribing development opportunity