Lead Pharmacist Haematology

Job summary Areyou passionate about the care of haematology patients and want to take yourskills to the next level?Have experience of managing cancer patients and excellent medicines managementskills?
Would like the opportunityto develop your leadership and management skills?We manage acute haematological malignancies for patients throughoutHerefordshire and Worcestershire with this role being an integral part of theMDT along with consultants and specialist nurses.
Weare looking for an enthusiastic pharmacist to join our cancerservices team in this key leadership role to work alongside our highlyexperienced cancer services team.You will be responsible for managing haematology patients on our dedicatedhaematology ward alongside mentoring and coaching of band 6 and 7 pharmacists.You will also be able to maintain skills within our aseptic unit.
As a department, we are committed to the development of pharmacists intoACP roles, with this being adevelopment opportunity for the future.You should possess excellent communication skills and beable to demonstrate ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.You must have initiative, be forward thinking and be self-motivated.Boththe Trust and the department embrace innovation and will encourage audit andservice development.
Weare committed to achieving a balance between high quality service delivery andprofessional development.
We can offer you a supportive and training-focusedenvironment.
Main duties of the job Be responsible forleading and delivering the highly specialist clinical pharmacy services to Haematologypatients within the trust.Function as an independent prescriber.Lead, develop,evaluate and deliver pharmaceutical care to patients managed by the Haematologyteams within the trust.Use specialist knowledge to advise consultants, medical, nursingand pharmacy staff on all pharmaceutical aspects of care.Recommend,substantiate and communicate best therapeutic options for patients.Lead and developclinical audit of medicine use and pharmacy services within haematology.Introduce measuresto keep the directorate drug expenditure within agreed budgets.Deliver pharmaceutical teaching tomedical and nursing staff within the Haematology teams and wards.Deliver structuredtraining programmes for Foundation Year Pharmacists and junior pharmacists as assigned; contribute to the development of training and education programmesfor pharmacy staffEnsure that good manufacturingpractice, medicines legislation and agreed protocol driven treatment regimensare adhered to on a day to day basis, resulting in highly risk managed servicesfor staff and patients.Work closely withthe Clinical Team Lead/ACP lead for Cancer services in the scopingof an advanced practice role in the management of adult Haematology patients About us Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First.
We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and WorcesterOur workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care.
You could be one of them.We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward.
Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.Our objectives are simple:Best services for local peopleBest experience of care and best outcomes for our patientsBest use of resourcesBest peopleBetter never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
Job description Job responsibilities Lead and deliver a highly specialist pharmacist role to adultHaematology team patients at WRH.Function as an Independent Prescriber within an allocatedclinical area or to a defined cohort of patients.
This will be in line with GPhc registrationrequirements and be formally agreed with all appropriate and relevantClinicians, as well as being within the departmental scope and funding for IPpractice.As an IP pharmacist the postholder will, practice within the scope of GPhC registration and own competence,adhere to the Medicines Policy and the Trust NMP policy, in relation to scopeand responsibilities of role, comply with the Trust Medicines formulary, beresponsible for providing on-going evidence of competency in relation to theirprescribing roleProvide a highly specialist clinical pharmacy service topatients and undertake pharmaceutical risk management for any allocatedwards/clinics.Ensure compliance with medicines legislation, the TrustMedicines Policy, and medicines related national and local guidelines withinthe Haematology directorate.Produce appropriate technical and professional SOPs andassociated policies to ensure that the Haematology directorates medicinesmanagement systems are safe, robust, guided by national directives, standards,guidelines, and the post-holders own specialist knowledge, and are qualityassuredEvaluate prescribing practices and amend according toevidence-based practice, national/regional directives and clinical governancetargets daily, during consultant ward-rounds, and at the weekly multidisciplinaryteam meeting.Construct specialist pharmaceutical care plans for patients,assess and monitor clinical progress and outcome regarding their medication andactively intervene to ensure that patients receive optimal care with minimalside effects.Provide expert advice to health care professionals on allpharmaceutical issues arising within the post holders specialist clinicalarea.
This will include the extrapolation of clinical and complex medicinesinformation and clinical trials where data may be lacking and analysing,interpreting and comparing differing opinion or facts to determine the bestprescribing strategy for an individual patient or patient group.Be responsible for the therapeutic blood monitoring ofidentified drugs within the post-holders clinical area.Ensure that information and patient counselling systems areimplemented within their specialist area according to patient need to ensurethat patients obtain the most benefit from their medicines.Set standards and manage the counselling of patients ontheir medicines within the Haematology directorate to improve concordance andknowledge of their therapy.Ensure all newly admitted patients are interviewed toconstruct an accurate medication history and assess compliance/concordanceissues.Review the medication history against the admission detailsand prescription chart.Pro-actively identify to medical staff any potential oractual medicines-related hospital admissions or associated issues and outlineany required action to resolve identified discrepanciesAssess patients discharge medicines informationrequirements as early as possible in the admission stay to be able to prepareinformation on medicines for patients based on individual need.Counsel patients with highly complex needs such as aphysical disability which may affect information requirements (sight orhearing), language difficulties, those with life-threatening or terminaldiagnoses and highly distressed patients.
Helping to provide a cost effective and quality assuredaseptic service at WRH that is risk managed and meets the clinical and businessstrategies of the Trust.Undertake pharmaceutical risk management for the asepticservices provided and ensure medicines legislation is complied with in thoseareas.Providing a specialist aseptic pharmacy service toHaematology and Oncology patients and ensuring the chemotherapy regimensprescribed for patients by haematologists and oncologists at WRH are safe andappropriate for administration to individual patients given their diagnosis andhealth status, are in line with standard protocols or approved clinical trials,and are prepared accurately and safely in a timely manner.Support in the provision of a specialist aseptic pharmacyservice to Paediatric patients and ensuring the chemotherapy regimens prescribedfor patients by paediatricians at WRH are safe and appropriate foradministration to individual patients given their diagnosis and health status,are in line with standard protocols or approved clinical trials, and areprepared accurately and safely in a timely manner.Ensuring individual patients entered into clinical trialsare treated according to the trial protocol, that their medicines are preparedas specified in the protocol, that any randomisation codes are allocateappropriately, and that all records are maintained correctly and storedsuitably.Substantiating clinical pharmacy recommendations at thehighest level and against challenge from Consultants, where necessary, andeffectively communicate any required actions to other medical and nursingstaff.Providing specialist clinical advice to other health careprofessionals on all pharmaceutical issues arising within the specialist areaof Aseptics.
This will include the extrapolation of clinical and complexmedicines information where data may be lacking and analysing, interpreting andcomparing differing opinion or facts to determine the best prescribing strategyfor an individual patient or patient group.Managing the accurate and timely dispensing and supply ofmedicines to haematology, oncology and paediatric patients.Adherence to NHS England standard operating procedures inrelation to drugs supply through the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) and othercommissioning arrangements.Supervise and train junior pharmacists, Foundation YearPharmacists and other pharmacy students in the provision of a safe and riskmanaged aseptic service.Assisting in the production of SOPs to support the use ofthe chemotherapy prescribing and administration system.Providing support and advice for prescribers and nursingstaff when needed in the use of the chemotherapy electronic prescribing and administrationsystem.Managepharmacists as allocated including delivery of PDR and management of sicknessbased around trust policies.Advise and guide Consultants on proposed new medicines foruse within the post-holders clinical area and assist with compiling new productassessments and evidence-based reviews for submission to the Area PrescribingCommittee for formulary and funding approval.Participate in the weekend, Bank Holiday and on call rotasas allocated.Please refer to the supporting information attachments for full job description.ImprovingDiversity and Inclusive Recruitment:Aspart of the Trust's aim to improve diversity across the Trust, positive actionis being taken and all applications for this post from BAME, Disabled and LGBT+candidates can request to be considered under an expanded Guaranteed InterviewScheme if they meet the minimum criteria as specified in the personspecification for this role.Applicantswill be prompted in the application form to declare if they wish to beconsidered under this expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme, and their responsewould be visible to the Shortlisting Panel.Ifyou have any queries about expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please contactRob Saunders (HR Manager - Recruitment) in confidence via email.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential Professional knowledge acquired through a vocational degree in pharmacy Currently Registered as a pharmacist in UK: Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council Significant Postgraduate clinical specialist knowledge acquired through diploma level training Hold a Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent.
Currently meeting the GPhC standard for continuing professional development.
Have qualified and be registered with the GPhC as an Independent Prescriber Desirable Undertaken a Masters or equivalent in Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) Undertaken the RPS core advanced portfolio Experience Essential Current post diploma experience in delivering specialist clinical services to a medical speciality or directorate Experience of delivering a clinical pharmacy service to adult haematology patients Experience of working in a licensed or un-licensed aseptic unit.
Experience of working with an electronic prescribing system Experience of delivering chemotherapy services (inpatient and outpatient) Experience of successfully supervising and contributing to the training of pharmacists, technicians, nurses and doctors Desirable Experience as a practicing Independent prescriber in haematology or oncology.
knowledge and skills Essential Skilled at preparing and implementing pharmaceutical care plans to best meet patient needs within the ward multidisciplinary team.
Skilled at using reference sources, journals, the internet and on-line information sources to prepare evaluated medicines information for consultants and other health-care professionals.
Skills for providing relevant specialist pharmacy services ( clinical pharmacy, medicines information, sterile dispensing).
Able to interpret national guidelines within specialist area(s), and Trust policies, procedures and guidelines related to specialist area(s) including clinical governance and risk management.
Skills for teaching and supervising junior pharmacists and technical staff Skills for utilising resources cost-effectively and highlighting where improvements could be made.
Up to date knowledge of specialist field and general knowledge of other medicines actions and usage.
Understanding of both the current and longer term issues facing pharmacy services within the NHS.
Knowledge and understanding of Medicines Management, Optimisation and Governance issues in pharmacy services.
Knowledge about chemotherapy drugs and regimens in current use.
Knowledge about the technical aspects underpinning the working of an aseptic unit.
Knowledge on the clinical issues relating to the treatment of Haematology and oncology in-patients Up to date knowledge of Medicines Legislation including the Medicines Act, and Misuse of Drugs Act as they apply to pharmacy service SOPs and the legal requirements for dispensing and supplying medicines.
Able to supervise a team of pharmacists and technical staff Capable of analysing highly complex facts or situations, which require the analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options Able to work with initiative and innovation.
Able to set priorities, meet deadlines and manage time effectively.
A good team worker and a role model for junior pharmacists and technicians.
Able to communicate information about medicines when there are barriers to understanding.
Desirable Experience of contributing to regional or national guidance for managing haematology patients Evidence of publications in oncology or haematology.