Specialist Clinical Pharmacist – Haematology

Specialist Clinical Pharmacist – Haematology Countess Of Chester Hospital
• Chester

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, staff pride themselves on not only leading through clinical excellence, but also by creating an environment where all staff are valued and appreciated. To achieve this, the Trust has embarked on an exciting new strategy focused on continuous improvement.

Our vision is to improve the lives of our community and provide excellence in healthcare, through partnership and innovation

Our High Performance Culture will support everyone to be the best version of themselves by being true to our Trust vision, values and behaviours.
We welcome applications from colleagues from our local and neighbouring communities of all backgrounds and identities, who are currently under-represented within our region such as Black, Asian, Minority ethnic and those with disabilities.

As a region we are reviewing the way we work, and exploring how new working practices that support flexible working can create a positive work-life balance. As part of our recruitment process we will explore how our inclusive employment policies, flexible working, staff engagement forums, Trust facilities and services can be of mutual benefit.

Working Full time: 37.5 hours per week

Haematology is one of the most rapidly evolving areas of healthcare. We are seeing unprecedented advances in new treatments giving you the chance to work at the forefront of patient care and make a real difference to patient’s lives every day. In addition to developing your clinical knowledge and skills within the haematology specialism, in this role you will also have the opportunity to develop broad, highly valued skills across:

• Medicines governance and safety
• Management of high-cost drugs
• Aseptic services
• Leadership

You will be joining a dynamic, high-performing pharmacy team. We are friendly, welcoming and fully committed to living the values of our Trust in everything we do. We support each other, celebrate success and work together to deliver the very best care for our patients.

• Provision of expert, high-quality, patient-centred clinical pharmacy services to haematology patients across inpatient and outpatient settings. Note this service is predominantly the Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) within haematology.
• Undertaking the role of an independent prescriber.
• Support the introduction of new and emerging treatments.
• Support trust medicines optimisation and medicines governance priorities.
• Support effective management of high cost drugs.
• Provide specialist advice to medical, nursing and pharmacy teams on all aspects of haematology medicines as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Undertake the duties of an ‘Authorised Pharmacist,’ taking responsibility for the final release of aseptically prepared injectable medicines, ensuring full compliance with legal, safety and quality standards.
• Support the education, training and development of pharmacy trainees and other healthcare professionals.
• Lead on service improvements and contribute to audit and research activities as part of our drive to continuously improve care for our patients.
• You will also be required to support the pharmacy dispensary weekend and pharmacist emergency duty service as part of a rota.