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Location

Weston Super Mare, Somerset | United Kingdom

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Job description

The Specialist Cancer Pharmacist based at Weston General Hospital is an exciting new role, which plays an important part of the team managing the services at University Hospitals of Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW).

As a Specialist Cancer Pharmacist, you will collaborate with senior pharmacists and multi-disciplinary team colleagues to gain experience working across different clinical specialities within cancer services. The role also provides the opportunity to work at least one day a week with the pharmacy team at the Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre (BHOC).

If you have a minimum of 6 months hospital experience and are working towards a post graduate certificate with a keen interest in cancer services, recruitment to a Band 6 to 7 progression post will be considered.

Relocation support can be provided.
• To provide clinical pharmacy services to the Oncology/Haematology Day Unit and Oncology/Haematology Outpatients at Weston General Hospital including clinical verification of systemic anticancer therapy prescriptions.
• To work with the team of specialist cancer pharmacists at BHOC to provide clinical pharmacy services to adult and TYA (teenage and young adult) cancer patients.
• To be involved in delivering the pharmaceutical provision of Clinical Trials at Weston and BHOC.
• To facilitate the implementation of service improvements and developments, under the supervision of the lead pharmacists at Weston General Hospital and BHOC and through liaison with other members of the pharmacy team and with service users, i.e. ward, medical and nursing staff.
• Participate in the training of pharmacists, trainee pharmacists, undergraduate pharmacists and other pharmacy and NHS staff.
• To participate in other parts of the pharmacy service when required, including: weekend commitment to Weston dispensary; late duties on a rotational basis; and participation in the pharmacist emergency duty service for the Trust.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

This advert closes on Wednesday 28 Feb 2024

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