Description
An exciting opportunity has presented for a pharmacist to join our cancer pharmacy team. We are looking to recruit to the post of Rotational Pharmacist in Cancer who will play a pivotal role in managing the pharmacy service provided to cancer patients.
UCLH, in partnership with University College London, has been designated one of the country's five comprehensive biomedical research centres and there is an on-site early phase cancer clinical trials unit.
The UCLH Macmillan Cancer Centre opened in April 2012 and encompasses our busy outpatient clinics and daycare treatment facilities as well as our growing ambulatory chemotherapy practice.
The UCLH Grafton Way Building opened 2022 and supports our expanding haematology service including haematopoietic stem cell transplants and CAR-T therapy. Chemotherapy production services are delivered from a state of the art unit situated within the Macmillan Cancer Centre.
The pharmacy cancer team is well integrated into the cancer directorate and provides a high-quality and progressive pharmacy service to cancer patients.
Main duties of the job
- Manage the day-to-day delivery of, and support the development of, clinical pharmacy services to cancer patients
- Provide safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of medicines to cancer patients
- Work closely with the multi-disciplinary team and undertake an active role in the safe provision of medicines to cancer patients
Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
- Master degree in Pharmacy, or equivalent.
- Pharmacist Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
- Undertaking or completed a Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent experience and expertise.
- Evidence of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training.
Experience
- Minimum two years post-registration experience as a clinical pharmacist in hospital.
- Broad knowledge of clinical pharmacy practice
- Experience of pharmacy clinical practice in the hospital inpatient setting
- Actively seeks to improve the ward and clinical services provided to enhance quality of care to patients.
Skills and Abilities
- Effective time management and demonstrates the ability to meet deadlines.
- Excellent ability to prioritise workload and work accurately under pressure without direct supervision.
- Able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- IT literate, including use of spreadsheets to capture and manipulate data, search for evidence-based practice, presenting complex information.
- Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the principles of clinical governance
- Demonstrates awareness of research evidence in practice.
Benefits
- Competitive salary: £58,133 to £65,261 a year Per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Fixed term contract for 12 months
- Full-time position