Job Details
Job Description:
Job Title: ONCOLOGY PHARMACIST
Department: PHARMACY
Location: Cromwell Hospital, Cromwell Road, London SW5 0TU
Permanent / Contract: BANK SHIFTS
Salary range: £ Competitive Hourly Rate
Role specific benefits: N/A
Full time/part time: BANK SHIFTS
We are looking to appoint a Bank Oncology Pharmacist to provide a first-class clinical pharmacy service to our Oncology department and Chemotherapy Day Unit at the Cromwell Hospital.
Our pharmacy is committed to providing a high-quality clinical service and improving patient safety through standard and innovative practices that supports our working patterns in the hospital and our hospital objectives.
You’ll make this happen by:
Providing a comprehensive and patient centred service to oncology and chemotherapy day unit patients at Bupa Cromwell Hospital. You will play an essential role in ensuring medicines optimisation; safe, appropriate, accurate and cost-effective services to ensure patients receive their medication in a timey, professional and efficient manner with all the necessary practical and clinical information.
The nature of the work provides a varied job with new challenges every day
Applicants should have a clinical diploma or equivalent qualification, recent and significant experience of UK Aseptic Services and working within oncology and chemotherapy clinical environments. You should have demonstrable knowledge of good manufacturing practice (GMP) and quality assurance (QA) standards.
What you'll do:
Provide a comprehensive and patient centred clinical pharmacy service to oncology and chemotherapy day unit patients at Cromwell Hospital in accordance with the hospital’s objectives in order to ensure safe, clinically effective and cost-efficient use of drugs.
To act as a specialist oncology pharmacist and provide a patient focused clinical pharmacy ward service to the oncology ward and chemotherapy day unit.
Ensure safe management of oncology electronic prescribing system and appropriate management of introduction of new oncology medicines.
To communicate information relating to medicines management within the oncology setting to clinical colleagues, nurses, independent prescribers, carers and patients.
Attending and actively contributing to oncology MDTs and ward rounds.
Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role;
Master’s or Bachelors Degree in Pharmacy (essential)
Member of General Pharmaceutical Council (essential)
Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy (essential)
Broad clinical pharmacy background including ward-based work
Recent and significant experience of UK aseptic services, oncology and chemotherapy services (essential)
Experience of initiating, leading and developing services
SACT knowledge acquired working as a cancer pharmacist (essential)
Our Benefits
These benefits have been carefully crafted to really make a difference to our people’s lives, supporting a work-life balance whilst keeping focus on mental and physical wellbeing:
Highly competitive rates.
Staff referral scheme open to bank staff (refer another bank member of staff and get remunerated for it).
Access to development opportunities
Welcoming environment.
An hourly rate that incorporates payment of annual leave.
Subsidised staff canteen and coffee shop lead by expert caterers.
Inclusion in the NEST government pension scheme.
Why Bupa?
We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.
