Lead Pharmacist, Technical Services & Cancer

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. As Accountable Pharmacist for the aseptic unit, lead and manage Technical Pharmacy Services, in order to deliver high quality and safely prepared products which comply with relevant guidance and medicines legislation.

2. Develop and maintain quality assurance practices and procedures, ensuring that all production activities are controlled through compliance with approved procedures and supported by appropriate documentation so that any products produced are safe for patient administration.

3. Assess risks associated with aseptic preparation, including hazardous substances and develop strategies to manage risks and ensure the relevant COSHH documentation is in place.

4. Performance manage direct reports, and supervise and train staff working in Technical Services, ensuring they achieve the required level of competency to support the delivery of a high-quality service to patients.

5. Implement the strategic direction of Technical Pharmacy Services and support the delivery of the strategic objectives of the overall Pharmacy Service, to ensure that services meet legislative requirements and best practice standards.

6. Continuously monitor advances in clinical practice and identify areas for future development to ensure that the service is responsive to changing needs, particularly with regard to the development of Aseptic Dispensing Services.

7. Identify and obtain data required to monitor and evaluate the impact of Technical Pharmacy Services in order to inform practice and service improvement.

8. To ensure an up to date Technical Services Capacity Plan is in place and includes contingency plans to provide effective alternative service provision. To liaise with other healthcare professionals to prioritise work when demand exceeds capacity, maintaining safe working practices at all times.

9. Work as a member of the multi-professional health and care teams, providing highly complex clinical pharmacy advice and expertise to peers, patients and management to ensure that best practice is promoted and delivered to cancer patients.

10. Provide specialist information and independent evaluations about cancer treatments to support decisions by the Drugs and Therapeutics Committee and Individual Funding Request panels. Ensure cancer treatments are used in accordance with NICE guidance and formulary decisions.

11. To maintain skills to undertake the preparation of sterile products, involving the preparation of cytotoxic injections and infusions.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Vocational four year masters degree in pharmacy.
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (obtained by completing one-year postgraduate pre-registration training with final examination).
• Post-graduate MSc or Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy.

Experience

Essential

• A minimum of 4 years post-registration experience in hospital practice, including 2 years experience in technical pharmacy services.
• Broad experience in the provision of Clinical Pharmacy and advice to the management of cancer patients.
• Experience of working effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Facilitation and tutoring of pharmacy staff and delivering HR management, such as appraisals

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Health and Community Services

Address

Jersey General Hospital

The Parade

St Helier

JE1 3QS

Employer's website

https://www.gov.je (Opens in a new tab)