Specialist Pharmacist (Cancer)

We are looking for a pharmacist to join our team, as a Specialist Pharmacist in Oncology and Haematology.

You will be supporting the Cancer Service by clinically screening and verifying prescriptions for SACT with reference to authorised protocols, pathology results, and other relevant parameters. This post also supports Technical Services, with involvement of maintaining Standard Operating Procedures, together with the Chief Technician and Lead Pharmacist.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will deputise for the Lead Pharmacist where appropriate. This post includes participation in the seven day pharmacy service, dispensary cover, bank holiday and on-call rota.

About us

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Pharmacy
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Post graduate Diploma in clinical pharmacy
• Registered independent prescriber or working towards

Skills

• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written to present complex, sensitive or contentious information in a possible hostile, antagonistic or emotive atmosphere
• Ability to manage and implement change
• Ability to influence and communicate with senior medical, managerial, nursing and pharmacy staff
• Previous use of electronic prescription systems (as JAC and Chemocare)

Knowledge

• Up to date knowledge on the latest treatments for cancer
• Knowledge on Technical Services, including GMP
• Experience of biosimilar switch process

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.

£61,927 to £68,676 a year per annum inclusive of HCAs