Lead Pharmacist for Cancer and Palliative Care
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust · London, SE18 4QH
- Salary
- £32.50 (per hour)
- Location
- London, SE18 4QH
Lead Pharmacist for Cancer and Palliative Care role at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust in London, SE18 4QH. Salary: £32.50 (per hour). Source: NhsJobs. Apply directly with the employer via the link above.
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Job description
1. To be responsible for the day to day
leadership and management of Cancer Services at QEH.
2. To be responsible for the coordination
and delivery of a responsive, proactive, patient-focused clinical pharmacy
service to the Surgery and Cancer division as well as Allied Clinical
Services/Medicine division across the Trust.
This will include the promotion of safe, effective and cost effective
drug use to facilitate patient admission and enhance continuity of care across
the primary and secondary care interface.
1.
To
support the Lead Pharmacist Technical Services (UHL) and the Technical Services
Manager in the implementation of technical service developments at QEH.
2.
To support
the division in managing their drugs budget and act as the point of liaison for
any service developments that involves medicines or pharmacy services in
Oncology and Palliative Care.
3. To act as a role model and provide a
consistently high standard of pharmaceutical service to patients in line with
the Trust and Departmental objectives.
4. To provide operational and clinical
support to pharmacy developments as dictated by trust, departmental and service
objectives. This includes
supervision, training and support to
junior pharmacists, pre-registration pharmacists and other pharmacy staff as necessary.
5. To deputise for the Principal Pharmacist
for Cancer Services & Palliative Care as required.1.
To participate in the front-line provision of Pharmacy Services
as appropriate and when required. To
act as a clinical pharmacist in an appropriate area and participate in
consultant ward rounds as required.
2.
To
be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a pharmacist
independent prescriber.
3.
To
practice as a pharmacist independent prescriber, where appropriate to improve
patient care and safety, and to continue to develop the role of pharmacist
independent prescriber within the specialty.
4.
To
act as a clinical role model for other pharmacists within the team and
demonstrate the ability to provide service that ensures the safe, clinically
effective and cost efficient use of drugs and the ability to check clinically screened dispensed prescriptions.
5.
To
provide a safe and patient-focused clinical pharmacy service to wards, day
units and clinics across the Trust. This includes undertaking medicines
reconciliation, assessing pharmaceutical needs, assessing and facilitating the
use of Patients Own Drugs, ensuring appropriate drug supply, maintaining both
the One Stop Dispensing system and ward based dispensing service by pharmacy
staff.
6.
To
demonstrate an intuitive grasp of situations based on knowledge, expertise and
understanding and to make decisions about drug therapy with limited
information.
7.
To
lead the training programme within Cancer and Palliative Care for pharmacists
providing service to wards and day units across the Trust to ensure efficient
and safe provision of clinical pharmacy service.
8.
To lead
on the development and maintenance of chemotherapy proformas for Cancer and
Palliative Care as pre-printed prescriptions or on the Mosaiq e-prescribing
system.
9.
To
support clinical verification of chemotherapy prescriptions and participate in
peer review of cancer services and implementing changes in line with national standards.
10. To be responsible for intrathecal chemotherapy
training for pharmacy staff.
11. To support the duties within pharmacy
technical services.
12. To support the investigation of
medication related incidents and formulation/delivery of action plans across
the Trust to address any problems identified within Cancer and Palliative Care.
13. To contribute to the
development and implementation of strategies to improve safe medicines use
across the Trust.
14. To liaise with primary care colleagues
to gather and disseminate patient medication issues to other healthcare staff.
Job description
1. To be responsible for the day to day
leadership and management of Cancer Services at QEH.
2. To be responsible for the coordination
and delivery of a responsive, proactive, patient-focused clinical pharmacy
service to the Surgery and Cancer division as well as Allied Clinical
Services/Medicine division across the Trust.
This will include the promotion of safe, effective and cost effective
drug use to facilitate patient admission and enhance continuity of care across
the primary and secondary care interface.
1.
To
support the Lead Pharmacist Technical Services (UHL) and the Technical Services
Manager in the implementation of technical service developments at QEH.
2.
To support
the division in managing their drugs budget and act as the point of liaison for
any service developments that involves medicines or pharmacy services in
Oncology and Palliative Care.
3. To act as a role model and provide a
consistently high standard of pharmaceutical service to patients in line with
the Trust and Departmental objectives.
4. To provide operational and clinical
support to pharmacy developments as dictated by trust, departmental and service
objectives. This includes
supervision, training and support to
junior pharmacists, pre-registration pharmacists and other pharmacy staff as necessary.
5. To deputise for the Principal Pharmacist
for Cancer Services & Palliative Care as required.1.
To participate in the front-line provision of Pharmacy Services
as appropriate and when required. To
act as a clinical pharmacist in an appropriate area and participate in
consultant ward rounds as required.
2.
To
be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a pharmacist
independent prescriber.
3.
To
practice as a pharmacist independent prescriber, where appropriate to improve
patient care and safety, and to continue to develop the role of pharmacist
independent prescriber within the specialty.
4.
To
act as a clinical role model for other pharmacists within the team and
demonstrate the ability to provide service that ensures the safe, clinically
effective and cost efficient use of drugs and the ability to check clinically screened dispensed prescriptions.
5.
To
provide a safe and patient-focused clinical pharmacy service to wards, day
units and clinics across the Trust. This includes undertaking medicines
reconciliation, assessing pharmaceutical needs, assessing and facilitating the
use of Patients Own Drugs, ensuring appropriate drug supply, maintaining both
the One Stop Dispensing system and ward based dispensing service by pharmacy
staff.
6.
To
demonstrate an intuitive grasp of situations based on knowledge, expertise and
understanding and to make decisions about drug therapy with limited
information.
7.
To
lead the training programme within Cancer and Palliative Care for pharmacists
providing service to wards and day units across the Trust to ensure efficient
and safe provision of clinical pharmacy service.
8.
To lead
on the development and maintenance of chemotherapy proformas for Cancer and
Palliative Care as pre-printed prescriptions or on the Mosaiq e-prescribing
system.
9.
To
support clinical verification of chemotherapy prescriptions and participate in
peer review of cancer services and implementing changes in line with national standards.
10. To be responsible for intrathecal chemotherapy
training for pharmacy staff.
11. To support the duties within pharmacy
technical services.
12. To support the investigation of
medication related incidents and formulation/delivery of action plans across
the Trust to address any problems identified within Cancer and Palliative Care.
13. To contribute to the
development and implementation of strategies to improve safe medicines use
across the Trust.
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Description as published by the employer on NhsJobs.
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