Job summary
This 0.4 WTE Band 8b Lead Pharmacist: Oncology Sutton role is a one-year backfill (Thursday/Friday) during the current post holder's secondment to an RM Partners SACT project.
The position leads and supports the Oncology Pharmacy Team at Sutton & Kingston, ensuring high-quality clinical services for OCC & Kingston day units and NMP support to SACT clinics. It also contributes to developing the pharmacy workforce to recruit and retain top staff.Candidates should be enthusiastic, proactive, independent, decisive, and highly organised.
Main duties of the job
Responsible for the co-ordination, delivery and optimisation of clinical pharmacy Oncology services at the Sutton site. To include working alongside the Head of Clinical services and the other lead pharmacists to ensure process standardisation, pathways are streamlined and clinical pharmacy services are consistent across both sites.
Leading a team of highly skilled pharmacists, technicians and other pharmacy staff working to deliver cutting edge pharmacy services to Oncology patients.
Leading on the delivery of local, regional and national projects to optimise medication, improve services and outcomes for patients. The post holder will be responsible for implementation of these projects, through extensive stakeholder engagement and collaboration.
To lead on pharmaceutical issues relating to medicines optimisation and clinical trials within the existing Oncology Specialist pharmacist role, ensuring adherence to national guidelines and medicines legislation.
To provide highly specialised pharmaceutical advice and support relating to medicines use to senior medical and nursing staff of the designated specialist unit.
About us
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.
At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.
At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information please refer to the job description and person specification.
Responsible for the co-ordination, delivery and optimisation of clinical pharmacy oncology services at the Sutton & Kingston site, to include the provision of services 7 days a week (if required) and out of hours.
To be responsible for supporting the Head of Clinical services in the operational delivery of clinical pharmacy oncology services at the Sutton & Kingston site.
To lead the pharmacy team providing a clinical pharmacy oncology service at the Sutton & Kingston site, to include day to day oversight of operations, implementation of clear processes for allocating and managing the workforce and skill mix optimisation.
To contribute to the local delivery of the pharmacy Education and Training strategy. To collaborate with the Pharmacy Education and Training Team to develop a strategy that is appropriate, aspirational and supports the development and delivery of a high quality clinical pharmacy service.
Deputise for senior members of the pharmacy team where appropriate attending Trust meetings, taking responsibility for the Pharmacy Department when required and dealing with any clinical and service issues that arise.
To identify changes in prescribing practices and new prescribing practices that may impact on the drugs budget and / or patient activity and communicate any perceived impact to the relevant teams and clinical business unit.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information please refer to the job description and person specification.
Responsible for the co-ordination, delivery and optimisation of clinical pharmacy oncology services at the Sutton & Kingston site, to include the provision of services 7 days a week (if required) and out of hours.
To be responsible for supporting the Head of Clinical services in the operational delivery of clinical pharmacy oncology services at the Sutton & Kingston site.
To lead the pharmacy team providing a clinical pharmacy oncology service at the Sutton & Kingston site, to include day to day oversight of operations, implementation of clear processes for allocating and managing the workforce and skill mix optimisation.
To contribute to the local delivery of the pharmacy Education and Training strategy. To collaborate with the Pharmacy Education and Training Team to develop a strategy that is appropriate, aspirational and supports the development and delivery of a high quality clinical pharmacy service.
Deputise for senior members of the pharmacy team where appropriate attending Trust meetings, taking responsibility for the Pharmacy Department when required and dealing with any clinical and service issues that arise.
To identify changes in prescribing practices and new prescribing practices that may impact on the drugs budget and / or patient activity and communicate any perceived impact to the relevant teams and clinical business unit.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- GPhC registration
- MSc/Diploma Pharmacy Practice
Desirable
- Registered non-medical prescriber
- Postgraduate leadership qualification
- RPS membership
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in oncology pharmacy
- Financial forecasting and managing drug expenditure to include contribution to delivering cost improvement programmes
- Experience of contributing to the delivery of medication governance and medication safety
- Experience delivering education and training, and providing supervision to support the development of multidisciplinary team
- Recent (in last 2 years) evidence of delivering efficiencies in the NHS
Desirable
- Non- Medical prescribing experience
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team
- Ability to work alone without direct supervision when required
- Ability to lead a team effectively
- Good time management and organisational skills, ability to prioritise effectively
- Ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to communicate effectively with members of the public and other healthcare professionals (written & verbal)
- Ability to use Microsoft Office applications e.g. Word, Excel, Outlook and advanced literature searching
- Presentation skills
- Ability to critically reflect on own and teams performance
Other
Essential
- Good leadership qualities: able to take responsibility and to delegate effectively
- Adaptable to change: flexible in accepting new procedures and policies
- Ability to demonstrate initiative: proactive and self-motivated
- Progressive and continuing professional development
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of leading and managing change projects to improve services
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries and managing complex stakeholder relationships
- Experience of setting and delivering objectives
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- GPhC registration
- MSc/Diploma Pharmacy Practice
Desirable
- Registered non-medical prescriber
- Postgraduate leadership qualification
- RPS membership
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in oncology pharmacy
- Financial forecasting and managing drug expenditure to include contribution to delivering cost improvement programmes
- Experience of contributing to the delivery of medication governance and medication safety
- Experience delivering education and training, and providing supervision to support the development of multidisciplinary team
- Recent (in last 2 years) evidence of delivering efficiencies in the NHS
Desirable
- Non- Medical prescribing experience
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team
- Ability to work alone without direct supervision when required
- Ability to lead a team effectively
- Good time management and organisational skills, ability to prioritise effectively
- Ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to communicate effectively with members of the public and other healthcare professionals (written & verbal)
- Ability to use Microsoft Office applications e.g. Word, Excel, Outlook and advanced literature searching
- Presentation skills
- Ability to critically reflect on own and teams performance
Other
Essential
- Good leadership qualities: able to take responsibility and to delegate effectively
- Adaptable to change: flexible in accepting new procedures and policies
- Ability to demonstrate initiative: proactive and self-motivated
- Progressive and continuing professional development
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of leading and managing change projects to improve services
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries and managing complex stakeholder relationships
- Experience of setting and delivering objectives
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
