NHS Professionals have an exciting opportunity for an Oncology Pharmacist to support our client trust. This post is based in the oncology pharmacy, which serves the Southampton Oncology Centre and is focussed around fulfilling the diverse pharmaceutical needs of the oncology centre to ensure that we provide an exceptional patient experience.
You will be expected to act as a clinical role model for the band seven cancer pharmacists and will be given the opportunity to directly manage some of these staff, fully supported by the principal pharmacist for cancer services.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

• Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent.
• Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent experience.
• Can demonstrate Advanced Stage 1 competencies in the RPS Advanced Pharmacy Framework in relation to medical or surgical patients.
• Experience of audit and evaluative work.
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

• Attend and contribute to consultant ward rounds and review patients’ medications. This includes challenging treatment choices in order to ensure that treatment is evidence based, patient focused and follows the approved treatment guidelines.
• Deputise for the lead Pharmacist(s) when needed.
• To clinically screen prescriptions for patients in the specified clinical area.
• To provide, when necessary, a clinical pharmacy service to other wards within the division.
• Prescribing medications for patients within the specified clinical area.
• Assisting with the review of medication errors in the specified clinical area.
• To support the development of electronic prescribing and monitoring systems as needed.
• To provide reports on medicines use and expenditure as required for the specified clinical area.