Advanced Clinical Pharmacist

Job summary

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic pharmacist to work within our breast team and lead the implementation of an innovative model of care to support review and prescribing of CDK4 inhibitors. There will be opportunities to develop and lead pharmacist prescribing clinics within the breast MDT, specifically clinics for the review of CDK4 inhibitors.

Clatterbridge is an exciting place to continue your clinical pharmacy journey in a purpose built city centre hospital in Liverpool with state of the art facilities, working within a cutting edge clinical environment. This role represents an opportunity to develop and further progress in the rewarding specialty that is cancer care. The successful candidates will also receive mentoring and support to grow as a leader.

Working pattern will be 37.5 hours per week which includes weekends. Contribution to the Bank holiday and on-call rota will be part of the post. For a detailed list of our employee benefits, please see the attached documents to this vacancy.

Main duties of the job

In this role you will work alongside medical and nursing colleagues, as part of the breast MDT to lead the provision of patient facing pharmaceutical care in outpatient clinics and chemotherapy hubs to breast patients. You will be an integral part of the breast oncology team as well as the wider pharmacy team and will be involved in clinical trials and research within the breast team.

You will also have the opportunity to work within the Aseptic Production Unit, quality assessing and releasing chemotherapy.

We can offer you;

• The opportunity to undertake a non medical prescribing qualification if you do not already have this qualification
• Fully structured training and support to develop expertise in cancer care
• Mentorship and formal leadership training
• Development of management skills through line management
• Development of education and training through delivery of teaching to the MDT and mentorship you can deliver to junior pharmacists
• The opportunity to work at the forefront of exciting new treatments and technologies, being involved in trials ongoing in your clinical area.
• A supportive environment with opportunities to progress and further your career

Prior experience in cancer care in not required as you will be fully supported and trained by our friendly, dedicated team; you do require a thirst to learn, a passion to deliver excellent patient centred care and transferable leadership experience.

About us

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's leading cancer centres providing highly specialist cancer care to a population of 2.4m people across Cheshire and Merseyside, and the surrounding areas, including North Wales and the Isle of Man.

Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.

Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.

We are -

• Kind
• Empowered
• Responsible
• Inclusive