Job Details:
Banding: 7
Hourly Rate: £32 to £35 per hour
Working hours: Monday-Friday 9am to 515pm
Payment Method: Direct Engagement
Contract Type: Locum
Contract Length: 3 months minimum
Job Summary:
- We are seeking a Cancer Services pharmacist to cover for a period of 3 months, starting ASAP.
- The pharmacist will be working towards or completed the SACT passport and have experience in Oncology and/or Haematology.
- The pharmacist will be involved in:
- Screening Oncology and Haematology prescriptions for the Chemotherapy day unit and Haematology day unit.
- Assist in providing a ward based and day care specialist pharmacy cancer service to haematology and oncology cancer patients
- To assist in developing, providing, managing and monitoring a safe and effective clinical pharmacy service to haematology and oncology cancer patients.
- To provide highly specialist pharmaceutical input to these patients, working with the multidisciplinary team
- To participate in risk management by actively mitigating medication errors in the service.
- To support providing supervision, support and clinical training for pharmacy colleagues and other healthcare professionals around medicines management for cancer services when needed.
- To make cost-effective recommendations without compromising patient care.
- To deputise for the highly specialist pharmacists in their absence -To communicate complex drug or medicine related information to patients & relatives in prescription medication counselling, drug history taking and reviewing prescription.
- Communicates with medical and nursing staff regarding medicine management issues whereby persuasive skills are required for practicing against evidence based medicine/formulary guidelines - Participates and discusses within the multidisciplinary team on a specific ward the provision of drug related information and assessment of patient’s treatment
Essential Candidate Criteria:
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy
- GPhC Registered as a Pharmacist
- Right to work in the UK
- NHS experience required
- Must be working towards or completed the SACT passport and have experience in Oncology and/or Haematology
Blackstone Benefits:
✅Assigned specialised recruitment consultant
✅Access to exclusive and flexible UK locum and permanent jobs
✅Complete onboarding support
✅Framework Rates
✅Informed tailored career advice
✅Personalised job alerts
✅Unlimited referral bonus
✅Prompt payroll
For further information on this role, please contact Emma Ansett at Blackstone Recruitment on the details provided or APPLY now