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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
432-HR383-25
Employer
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Colchester Hospital
Town
Colchester
Salary
£53,755 - £60,504 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/07/2025 23:59

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East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust logo

Lead Pharmacist - Oncology & Haematology

NHS AfC: Band 8a

We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.

Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits

Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole.  The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

 

Job overview

Are you an experienced pharmacist looking for a career change or your next challenge in an acute hospital trust? 

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Clinical Pharmacist to join our modern purpose-built facilities at Colchester Hospital. This key position will allow a committed and self-motivated Pharmacist to lead our Pharmacy services to Oncology and Haematology patients at Colchester hospital. 

You will be based within the Collingwood Centre, and working flexibly, will be a fully established member of the multi-disciplinary team; you will be pivotal in developing our clinical services within the speciality as well as ensuring that the wider Pharmacy team are well led and motivated within their roles. 

ESNEFT is about to embark on a full site wide implementation of the EPIC electronic patient record which includes electronic prescribing and administration and pharmacy stock control system replacement.

Our friendly pharmacy team are dedicated to nurturing, mentoring and developing our staff to reach their full potential. We provide pharmacy forums, tutorials and weekly ICS/ESNEFT delivered educational workshops. We support personal development plans, smart objective setting and opportunities for study.

In addition to our fully automated dispensaries, we host one of the NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service medicines advice sites and a Regional Pharmacy Manufacturing Unit (including a brand new Aseptic facility).

Main duties of the job

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To proactively lead the Oncology and Haematology clinical pharmacy team at Colchester hospital.

Provide highly specialised clinical pharmacy services to the Oncology & Haematology Clinical Delivery Group; this includes the Colchester site’s Chemotherapy and Haematology suite, in-patient ward and out-patient clinics.

Proactively contribute to the cross-site ESNEFT Clinical Delivery Group agenda.

Lead the development of the clinical Oncology and Haematology pharmacy service at Colchester hospital; including delegating to each member of the team a specified tumour site to manage, develop and oversee.

Lead on and develop clinical guidelines and protocols for the use of medicines within the Oncology & Haematology Clinical Delivery Group speciality.

Contribute to the provision of the Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) preparation service by validating and final checking SACT prescriptions.

Working for our organisation

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patient

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description. 

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Excellent clinical pharmacy knowledge
  • Medicines Management knowledge
  • Awareness of clinical governance systems, including NICE and NRLS
  • Research and audit practices
  • Clinical governance agenda
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of the National Tariff and processes involved in the funding of high-cost medicines
  • Local and national priorities in cancer and haematology care

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous extensive hospital experience inclusive of Clinical Pharmacy practice
  • Previous clinical pharmacy experience of oncology and haematology patients
  • Demonstrated experience of multi-disciplinary working
  • Dealing with high risk medicines
  • Previous experience of educating and training other staff
  • Experience of technical as well as clinical aspects of pharmacy
Desirable criteria
  • Previous budgetary management experience and drug expenditure monitoring
  • Demonstrated experience of change management
  • Knowledge of Primary Care working

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
  • Masters Degree in Pharmacy plus Pre-registration training or equivalent
  • Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Practice or clinical equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Independent Prescribing Qualification

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Susan Teh
Job title
Principal Clinical Pharmacist – Cancer Services
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01473 712233

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
Colchester General Hospital
Telephone
07789651269
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