Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

NHS Salary Band: Band 7

Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum

Work Location: Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham

Hours per week: Full time, 37.5 hours per week 

Contract Type: Permanent 

This is an exciting opportunity for a Specialised Pharmacist (Band 7 to 8a progression) to join a dynamic pharmacy service. You will be appointed to the grade according to your knowledge, skills and experience. Where you are recruited to a Band 7 position we will support your progress to an 8a role based on the Advanced Level Framework. The successful candidate will work within a well-established team with an excellent culture of multidisciplinary working, providing opportunities to develop and embed a career in oncology and haematology pharmacy whilst delivering a highly patient focused service.

Portsmouth Combined Haematology Oncology Centre (CHOC) is based at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Cosham. It serves the local population of around 850,000 and with part of West Sussex and the Isle of Wight enlarges the Cancer Centre catchment to 1-1.5 million. Oncology has a large footprint within the hospital with combined Oncology/Haematology inpatient unit, acute oncology unit, day case unit, oncology clinic suites & on-site radiotherapy.

The successful applicant will join the specialist oncology / haematology pharmacy team, who provide a comprehensive service to the day case unit, outpatients and pharmacist cover for the oncology / haematology wards along with provision of pharmaceutical services to a satellite day unit.

There is an excellent culture of multidisciplinary team working and there are opportunities within the role to run clinics and become involved in clinical trials.  You will have the opportunity to make a significant difference to the patient experience and treatment journey and patient safety, providing medicines optimisation to a complex cohort of patients. The successful applicant will help ensure that suitable systems and processes are followed to assure patient safety, optimise clinical outcomes and meet operational goals, ensuring governance and quality controls are in place. The post holder will act as a role model and become an expert in SACT as well as developing specialist knowledge in all aspects of drug management of haematology and oncology patients. 

Job Description

Qualifications

Essential

• Masters or Bachelors Degree in Pharmacy
• Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council
• Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy
• Practice Certificate in Non-medical Prescribing

Desirable

• Member of specialist pharmacist practice group e.g. UKCPA

Experience

Essential

• Significant hospital pharmacy experience involving clinical pharmacy services
• Previous experience as a pharmacist in a leading role (team, service or directorate responsibilities).
• Previous experience of Clinical Pharmacy.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent verbal and written. Communication skills, including the ability to build rapport with colleagues at all levels.
• Ability to cope with constant interruptions and maintain professional approach.
• Ability to present with a high level of personal credibility.
• Demonstrate ability to concentrate, prioritise and manage an unpredictable workload.
• Demonstrate ability to motivate self and others.
• Demonstrate ability to work in a team.
• Demonstrate confidence as a clinical pharmacist.
• Demonstrate ability to use initiative and be proactive.
• Demonstrate ability to maintain quality standards.
• Confidence to deliver training sessions to members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Demonstrate strong presentation skills and ability to use standard office software applications.
• Advanced knowledge of all medicines related to prevention, management and treatment.
• Experience of writing guidelines, policies and procedures and putting them into practice.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.