Lead Cancer Outreach Pharmacist

at  Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

We are pleased to offer this opportunity to work as a Lead Pharmacist at the Royal Surrey Cancer Centre. Royal Surrey is a leading specialist cancer centre with expertise in a wide range of cancers. It serves not only the population local to Royal Surrey but it is also a regional referral centre for the South East and, in some cases, nationally. Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) and radiotherapy services are provided for all tumour sites. The Royal Surrey SACT and supportive care protocols and guidelines provide the basis for off-trial treatment. There is also a strong portfolio of clinical research with currently 50 trials with pharmacy involvement.
The successful applicant would join an experienced team of specialist pharmacy staff who provide a comprehensive service to oncology, haemato-oncology and surgical oncology patients.
This post requires a postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification and specialist experience in oncology, haemato-oncology, and palliative care. We would endeavour to support any relevant personal/career development training when in post.

• Lead for the development and delivery of the specialist clinical pharmacy service to the Royal Surrey mobile treatment centre for oncology and haemato-oncology patients
• Support to the Royal Surrey outreach oncology services e.g. at Ashford Hospital and Frimley Park Hospital
• Prescription verification for outpatient, day case and inpatient SACT
• Provision of a clinical pharmacy service to oncology and haemato-oncology ward
• Writing and validating the entry and update of new regimens (including trials) on the ARIA MedOnc electronic prescribing system
• Initiating and supporting service improvement initiatives
  The post holder will be based at the Royal Surrey Cancer Centre but there may be the requirement to work cross-site, in the outreach services.
  You would work closely with the teams in the Dispensary and Aseptic Unit but this role does not include any direct responsibility in these areas.
  Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
  We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
  The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
  Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
  Although it isn’t the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

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• Active member of the Oncology Pharmacy Team in delivering a comprehensive clinical pharmacy service to oncology, haematology-oncology, and palliative care patients.
• Work as a highly specialist practitioner in accordance with objectives set by the Senior Specialist Pharmacist, Oncology and Haemato-Oncology.
• Lead the development and delivery of the specialist clinical pharmacy service to:

o RSCH outreach oncology clinics e.g. at Ashford Hospital and Frimley Park Hospital
o RSCH mobile treatment centres for oncology and haemato-oncology patients

o Homecare services for oncology and haemato-oncology patients

• Contribute to the development and validation of electronic proforma prescriptions for oncology chemotherapy and supportive care regimens (including clinical trial regimens).
• Support the pharmacy set-up of oncology clinical trials.
• Support the provision of a Trust Wide Medicines Management service.

Contributes to the provision of Clinical Pharmacy services to Cancer patients treated at St Luke’s Cancer Centre (SLCC). As a Cancer Centre SLCC serves a population of 1.2 Million patients, of all tumour sites, from across the St Luke’s Cancer Alliance.

• Works with the Deputy Chief Pharmacist Cancer, Aseptic and Research Services (CARS) to provide pharmaceutical input into the management of oncology drugs.
• Responsible for the line management of junior pharmacists and day to day supervision of junior pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and other pharmacy staff.
• Contributes to the implementation of protocol guidelines, specifying drug doses and clinical details required for the safe administration of chemotherapy drugs for all tumour sites treated at SLCC, i.e. breast, colorectal & and gastro-intestinal, lung, gynaecological tumours, urological tumours, brain, head & neck tumours and haematological malignancies.