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Are you ready to take your pharmacy career to the next level? Are you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of cancer patients? We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and compassionate pharmacist to join our forward-thinking Cancer Services team.
We’re looking for a dynamic individual to support our Advanced Clinical Pharmacists in delivering a high-quality, specialist pharmacy service to patients receiving systemic anti-cancer treatments
You will be responsible for providing a specialist Pharmacy Service to Oncology and Clinical Haematology adult day cases & outpatients; the designated ward pharmacy service to inpatients & the cancer Emergency Assessment Unit for Oncology and Haematology patients; paediatric haematology/oncology; and the portfolio of cancer Clinical Trials.
A Band 6 to Band 7 post will be considered for this position.
To work with the Cancer and Aseptic Service Teams to deliver a comprehensive Specialist Clinical Pharmacy Service to Adult and Paediatric Oncology and Haematology, developing expertise in this area.
To deliver a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist role to day case chemotherapy and outpatient oral chemotherapy patients (clinic based).
To provide a designated clinical pharmacy service to patients admitted to the cancer inpatient ward and the acute cancer emergency assessment unit.
To participate in the set-up of oncology and haematology clinical trials within agreed time frames.
Support the Principal Pharmacist, Cancer Services, for Directorate work.
Provide support to Aseptic Services for Chemotherapy and Parenteral Nutrition.
Provide Pharmacist input to the implementation and development of Chemotherapy Electronic Prescribing.
Provide a specialist clinical pharmacy service to paediatric haematology/oncology.
Manage/supervise/develop staff allocated.
The specialist clinical tasks are allocated within the band 7 pharmacist team on a rotational basis for:
- Inpatient and emergency admissions dedicated ward pharmacist
- Oncology day case and outpatients
- Haematology day case and outpatients
- Clinical Trials Paediatric haematology/oncology
Please submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to close adverts once sufficient applications have been received.
We recognise that AI tools can support application writing; however, candidates are asked to keep their use to a minimum. Responses should reflect your own experience, skills and knowledge, as over-reliance on AI-generated content may result in generic answers that do not accurately represent your abilities.
University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.
Our Excellence Values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage. UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Saeed Bhatti Job title: Advanced Clinical Pharmacist Email address: saeed.bhatti@nhs.net
Please email for an informal chat or arrange to come to meet the friendly forward thinking team.
