Lead Aseptic and Cancer Services Pharmacist

at  East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

This is a great opportunity for a highly motivated and forward-thinking individual to join the Pharmacy Aseptics team at East Sussex Healthcare Trust. The successful candidate will be managing a cross-site team consisting of Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacy Support Workers.
We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic pharmacist to manage our aseptic unit and lead our cancer services team across East Sussex. Our aseptic unit is located at the Conquest Hospital in Hastings and prepares chemotherapy for administration at both at the Conquest and at Eastbourne District General Hospital.
The Pharmacy Cancer Services team is a small well-established, close-knit team made up of highly motivated support workers, pharmacy technicians and pharmacists all of whom are committed to making a difference to the service that we provide.
The team itself sit within the wider pharmacy department and the successful candidate will be working closely with many colleagues across the whole department.
We have a very strong working relationship with all of our nurses and clinicians and our pharmacy team is well respected within the Trust.
If appointed, you will be a member of the core leadership team within the Pharmacy Department working together with senior colleagues to deliver our services. The Pharmacy Department at ESHT has an outstanding track record for innovation and has been at the forefront in both integrated care models and cross sector training programmes. You would be joining a dedicated and creative team strongly committed to improving outcomes for our patients.
We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work
We provide safe, compassionate and high quality care to half a million people living or visiting East Sussex. We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex, the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive services are provided by 7000 + members of staff working from acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites and in people’s own homes.
In 2020 the Care Quality Commission rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being caring and effective. The Conquest Hospital and our Community Services are rated ‘Outstanding’. Eastbourne DGH rated ‘Good’.
In 2020, the Trust launched its ambitious ‘Building for our Future’ programme. This once in a lifetime programme aims to repair, redevelop and expand our hospitals, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come.
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