Job summary Velindre Cancer Centre Pharmacy and Medicines Management Directorate is delighted to offer this exciting new opportunity.
This is our first Consultant Pharmacist; Oncology.
You will be a trailblazer in pharmacy services, providing a dynamic link between clinical practice, clinical leadership and service delivery.
You will contribute to improving health outcomes, ensuring the safe and cost-effective use of cancer medicines for our patients from across SE Wales.
We are looking for a forward-thinking Pharmacist with significant clinical experience of Oncology/Haematology who has a proven track record in service improvement, education and staff development.
You will play a key role in mentoring junior pharmacists and will work closely with your Principal Pharmacist peers and other clinical colleagues in shaping future service provision as we prepare for our new hospital in 2027.
You will be based at the cancer centre but have the flexibility to work across our various delivery settings.
For further information as to the duties of the role, please see the job description If you would like to find out more , or if you have any questions, we would welcome a chat.
To arrange a visit please contact Anthony Cadogan, Deputy Chief Pharmacist or Bethan Tranter, Chief Pharmacist 029 20 615888 ext.
6742 Main duties of the job To provide expert highly specialised clinical pharmacy service by optimising patient outcomes and improving the patient experience, working within patient care pathways across sectors and healthcare promote improvements in quality, safety and cost effectiveness of medicines use and supporting holistic management of clinical conditions, influencing the wider community of use innovation to support effective patient outcomes, safety and experience aligned with relevant national contribute to the development of junior pharmacy staff to ensure that they are trained and competent to deliver pharmacy, medicines management and prescribing deliver education and training in care of the cancer patient within pharmacy and other healthcare professionalsTo act as a mentor and role model as an expert clinical pharmacist; manager and leaderTo lead, undertake, supervise and publish clinical audit and research in oncology pharmacy practiceTo act as an independent prescriber and Designated Practice PrescriberDirectly line manage clinical staff(s) within Medicines Management and to be responsible for their recruitment and selection, appraisals, objective setting and personal/professional developmentThe post holder will be required to work usual shift patterns of the service as per rota commitments.
About us Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in ourcutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and ouraward-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together.
We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.
Formed in 1999, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to apply the key principles of value based healthcare through a wide array of roles.
We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver.
We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.
If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.
Visit our website to find out more Job description Job responsibilities You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply The post holder will provide a dynamic link between clinical practice and service delivery by developing new models of patient care, ensuring the best experience and outcomes for patients from their medicines whenever and wherever their care is post holder will contribute to improving health outcomes for patients using a holistic approach to care, ensuring the safe and cost-effective use of medicine through provision of medicines-related aspects of patient post holder will use innovation to support effective patient outcomes, safety and experience aligned with relevant national agenda.
Person Specification Qualifications and Knowledge Essential To ensure confidentiality is maintained at all times.
To be professionally accountable for actions and advice Evidence of continuing professional development Independent prescribing qualification Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) Accredited at consultant level or able to be completed within 18 months of appointment Evidence of leadership development Membership of relevant professional group RPS and BOPA Skills Essential Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels Able to demonstrate an intuitive grasp of complex situations based on deep tacit understanding Proven budget management or monitoring ability and demonstrable success in achieving savings Proven medicines related policy development and implementation Proven experience of managing and developing a service with limited resources Negotiating and influencing skills Presentation skills Desirable Shapes direction of professional group Demonstrable experience of change management at a pharmacy leve Experience Essential Appropriate advanced and current clinical experience in oncology/cancer haematology specialty Proven experience of working at a strategic level with senior clinicians and managers and experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team Proven experience of working at a strategic level across the wider health community Recognition as an expert nationally through publications / presentations or officer in a national group Formal teaching / training/ mentoring training Understanding of NHS finances