Advanced Pharmacist

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for an Advanced Pharmacist at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust to join the Pharmacy Cancer and Aseptic Department at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. You will be responsible for clinically verifying prescriptions in a timely and accurate manner, accuracy checking dispensed medicines, and supporting the safe and efficient delivery of cancer and supportive medicines. You will work closely with clinical teams to review patients medication histories, understand their clinical needs, and provide specialist medicines advice to support their care journey. You will also support patients through medicines counselling, drug history taking, and medicines reconciliation, ensuring they understand their treatment. Additionally, you will contribute to the development and maintenance of a clinical prescribing service for cancer patients under appropriate clinical supervision, delivering compassionate, empathetic, and professional care in line with the Trusts values.

Main duties of the job

As an Advanced Pharmacist, you will be responsible for overseeing pharmaceutical care across the cancer directorate and associated clinical areas, managing medicines-related risks, and ensuring adherence to the Trusts Medicines Policy and relevant medicines legislation. You will be supporting the accountable pharmacist for the unlicensed Aseptic Unit at Stoke Mandeville Hospital to ensure aseptic medicines are prepared and supplied in accordance with Good Manufacturing Practice standards and applicable local and national requirements. You will be collaborating with senior pharmacy and medical professionals, multidisciplinary teams, and management representatives to achieve service objectives and contribute to the continuous development of pharmacy services. You will also be providing specialist pharmacy input during consultant ward rounds, multidisciplinary meetings, prescribing meetings, and other relevant clinical forums to support effective clinical decision-making and optimise patient care.

About us

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges

Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

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Job Roles & Responsibilities

• To support the development of an advanced prescribing service within cancer care, ensuring prescribing practices are safe, effective, and aligned with relevant clinical requirements. To maintain prescribing competencies and registration, ensuring all prescribing activities meet professional and legal standards.
• To implement cost-effective medicines management strategies, monitor drug utilisation, record clinical interventions, and identify opportunities to minimise wastage. To ensure appropriate use of medicines in accordance with NICE guidance, the Cancer Drugs Fund, and other applicable funding mechanisms.
• To contribute to the development, review, and implementation of medicines-related protocols and provide accurate pharmaceutical information when required. To promote specialist pharmacy services across haematology and oncology through professional engagement within and outside the Trust.
• To undertake authorised pharmacist duties within the Aseptic Unit, including final product checks in accordance with the Section 10 exemption under the Medicines Act 1968. To supervise aseptic unit operations and work with technical staff to maintain appropriate standards of product quality and service delivery.
• To participate in the establishment, maintenance, and supervision of clinical cancer and haematology trials in collaboration with the Lead Pharmacist for Clinical Trials. To contribute to pharmacy, nursing, and medical staff education, undertake clinical audits and research, and engage with local, national, and international specialist groups.
• To provide intrathecal chemotherapy services in accordance with Trust and national guidelines, undertake medicines reconciliation for inpatients and day patients, and supply take-home medicines across inpatient, day-care, and outpatient settings. To provide scheduled dispensary cover, mentor specialist and junior pharmacy colleagues and pre-registration trainees, maintain confidentiality, promote best practice, and undertake additional duties within your competence as required.

Person Specification & Qualification

• Registered Pharmacist with relevant prescribing qualifications and maintained professional registration.
• Experience in cancer and haematology pharmacy services.
• Knowledge of aseptic services, medicines legislation, and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP).
• Experience in clinical trials, medicines management, and clinical audit.
• Strong communication, mentoring, and multidisciplinary teamwork skills.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

NHS Professionals Limited

Location

Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Mandeville Road,
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust,
AYLESBURY, Buckinghamshire, HP21 8AL, United Kingdom