Job summary
The Cancer Services Division at UHB provides world-class care in Oncology and Haematology, supported by a multidisciplinary team. We are excited to offer a rare opportunity for an experienced clinical pharmacist to lead the Clinical Pharmacy Operations for Oncology and Haematology at the Trust.
You will be a motivated team player with exceptional communication skills, dedicated to enhancing patient care and guiding healthcare professionals in the best use of medicines. You will deliver high-quality specialist clinical services across four hospital sites, demonstrating strong leadership and management of staff and services.
Supported by the Associate Chief Pharmacist and Consultant Pharmacists for Haematology and Oncology, you will lead activities like reporting on medicines expenditure, clinical governance, and risk management, while also developing the clinical oncology pharmacy team. Additionally, you will manage team members and take on roles related to education and training.
If you are passionate about providing an excellent, patient-focused pharmacy service within a progressive department, we encourage you to apply.
For an informal chat, please contact Nicola Turner, Associate Chief Pharmacist, on 07909997303.
Main duties of the job
The post holder has operational leadership and management responsibility for the ongoing development and sustainability of a high quality, innovative clinical service to cancer patients across the Trust.
The post holder will provide professional leadership for the cancer service delivery of all pharmacists working within cancer services and provide expert advice on pharmaceutical matters, undertaking risk management and ensuring compliance with medicines legislation.
The post holder will lead on the strategic development of Cancer Services, within the Trust in collaboration with users of the service and key stakeholders.
The post holder will develop, communicate and implement a strategy for Cancer services at a local level by working with providers, users and stakeholders and identify how the clinical pharmacy services for cancer services can support the delivery of high-quality care.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Masters of Pharmacy Degree (MPharm), BPharm or BSc (Pharmacy)
- *Postgraduate Masters/Doctorate in clinical oncology or equivalent specialist experience
- *Postgraduate Masters in management or equivalent experience
- *Member of The General Pharmaceutical Council
- *Independent Prescriber
Desirable
- *Leadership qualification
Experience
Essential
- *Substantial experience as a clinical oncology / haematology pharmacy practitioner
- *Significant post-registration experience
- *Ability to effectively influence other NHS professionals at both senior management/clinical level.
- *Evidence of successful development and implementation of policy at senior management/clinical level.
- *Substantial experience in project management, developing services and policy at a strategic level.
- *Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
- *Substantial experience of managing staff
- *Demonstrable experience of managing change
- *Ability to manage budgets and deliver on cost improvement programmes.
- *Previous experience in delivering training and education and undertaking audit and research.
- *Experience of managing and implementing service developments
- *Advanced knowledge within cancer services
- *Knowledge of Clinical Governance and in particular Risk Management and apply these to the provision of clinical pharmacy services.
- *Can work effectively alone and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- *Knowledge of, or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
Desirable
- *Knowledge and understanding of Aseptic services and GMP, MHRA Specials licence requirements.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Able to interpret overall health service policy and strategy to influence local strategy and establish goals and standards for others within the defined areas.
- *Negotiating and influencing skills, particularly with decision makers, service managers and the pharmaceutical industry and in demanding circumstances
- *Creates a vision of the future and translates this into clear directions for staff and supervisors.
- *Proven ability to lead and motivate a team.
- *Ability to manage change in a complex environment.
- *Proven Business Planning skills with Project and Financial Management
- *Remains calm and personally effective in all situations and able to change communication style to suit the audience.
- *Able to identify and prioritise tasks and organise and plan own work to meet deadlines along with prioritising work for others.
- *Able to critically appraise and evaluate information.
- *Excellent presentation skills
- *Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
- *Demonstrable experience of writing reports and business cases
- *Integrates research evidence into practice.
- *Ability to cope with frequent interruptions where the job holder has to change from one activity to another at the response of a third party.
- *Demonstrates ability to use skills to manage difficult and dynamic situations.
- *Demonstrates ability to make decisions in the absence of evidence or data or when there is conflicting evidence or data.
- *Demonstrates ability to effectively mentor other members of the pharmacy team.
- *Contributes to the development of educational resources both within and outside of the Trust.
- *Demonstrates ability to interpret national policy to design strategic approaches for local workforce education planning and development.
- *Able to work with all grades of staff.
- *Able to work calmly under pressure.
- *Professional manner
- *Well-motivated
- *Committed to the delivery of high-quality service and patient case
- *Confident and adaptable approach to work
- *Learning agility and commitment to self-development
- *Able to work flexibly and across all Trust sites as required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Masters of Pharmacy Degree (MPharm), BPharm or BSc (Pharmacy)
- *Postgraduate Masters/Doctorate in clinical oncology or equivalent specialist experience
- *Postgraduate Masters in management or equivalent experience
- *Member of The General Pharmaceutical Council
- *Independent Prescriber
Desirable
- *Leadership qualification
Experience
Essential
- *Substantial experience as a clinical oncology / haematology pharmacy practitioner
- *Significant post-registration experience
- *Ability to effectively influence other NHS professionals at both senior management/clinical level.
- *Evidence of successful development and implementation of policy at senior management/clinical level.
- *Substantial experience in project management, developing services and policy at a strategic level.
- *Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
- *Substantial experience of managing staff
- *Demonstrable experience of managing change
- *Ability to manage budgets and deliver on cost improvement programmes.
- *Previous experience in delivering training and education and undertaking audit and research.
- *Experience of managing and implementing service developments
- *Advanced knowledge within cancer services
- *Knowledge of Clinical Governance and in particular Risk Management and apply these to the provision of clinical pharmacy services.
- *Can work effectively alone and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- *Knowledge of, or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
Desirable
- *Knowledge and understanding of Aseptic services and GMP, MHRA Specials licence requirements.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Able to interpret overall health service policy and strategy to influence local strategy and establish goals and standards for others within the defined areas.
- *Negotiating and influencing skills, particularly with decision makers, service managers and the pharmaceutical industry and in demanding circumstances
- *Creates a vision of the future and translates this into clear directions for staff and supervisors.
- *Proven ability to lead and motivate a team.
- *Ability to manage change in a complex environment.
- *Proven Business Planning skills with Project and Financial Management
- *Remains calm and personally effective in all situations and able to change communication style to suit the audience.
- *Able to identify and prioritise tasks and organise and plan own work to meet deadlines along with prioritising work for others.
- *Able to critically appraise and evaluate information.
- *Excellent presentation skills
- *Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
- *Demonstrable experience of writing reports and business cases
- *Integrates research evidence into practice.
- *Ability to cope with frequent interruptions where the job holder has to change from one activity to another at the response of a third party.
- *Demonstrates ability to use skills to manage difficult and dynamic situations.
- *Demonstrates ability to make decisions in the absence of evidence or data or when there is conflicting evidence or data.
- *Demonstrates ability to effectively mentor other members of the pharmacy team.
- *Contributes to the development of educational resources both within and outside of the Trust.
- *Demonstrates ability to interpret national policy to design strategic approaches for local workforce education planning and development.
- *Able to work with all grades of staff.
- *Able to work calmly under pressure.
- *Professional manner
- *Well-motivated
- *Committed to the delivery of high-quality service and patient case
- *Confident and adaptable approach to work
- *Learning agility and commitment to self-development
- *Able to work flexibly and across all Trust sites as required.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
