Advanced Paediatric Clinical Pharmacist Cross-site

Job overview

Advanced Paediatric Clinical Pharmacist – Oncology (Band 7)
26.25 hours per week | Cross-site role | Base: Worthing Hospital
(Potential opportunity to increase to full-time hours and work within aseptics and/or adult cancer services.)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated pharmacist to join the Women’s and Children’s Pharmacy Team as an Advanced Paediatric Clinical Pharmacist specialising in Paediatric Oncology and Haematology.

You will provide clinical pharmacy services and support to children and young people receiving cancer treatment. Working closely with multidisciplinary teams, regional Principal Treatment Centres and oncology networks, you will contribute to safe, effective and patient-centred medicines optimisation.

As part of the developing Paediatric Oncology Shared Care Unit (POSCU), you will support specialist oncology pharmacy services across inpatient, outpatient and day-case settings.

The role offers specialist development in paediatric oncology and haematology, access to regional and national networks, opportunities for service development, and a supportive multidisciplinary environment focused on innovation and professional growth.

University Hospitals Sussex is one of the UK's largest acute NHS trusts, committed to delivering excellent care through its values of compassion, inclusion and respect.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop specialist clinical practice while making a meaningful difference to children and young people with cancer.

Main duties of the job

About the Role

As an Advanced Paediatric Clinical Pharmacist, you will deliver advanced clinical pharmacy services to paediatric patients, developing specialist expertise in oncology and haematology. Key responsibilities include participating in consultant-led ward rounds and multidisciplinary meetings, providing expert advice on systemic anti-cancer therapies (SACT) and supportive care medicines, clinically screening oncology prescriptions, supporting medicines optimisation and patient counselling, and contributing to service development, audit, quality improvement and clinical governance. You will also support digital prescribing initiatives, chemotherapy safety programmes, and provide education and supervision to pharmacy colleagues and other healthcare professionals.

About You

You will be a GPhC-registered pharmacist with experience in an acute hospital pharmacy setting, strong clinical and communication skills, and the ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary teams. You should be committed to delivering high-quality care for children and young people and motivated to develop specialist expertise in paediatric oncology. Experience in paediatrics and/or oncology, postgraduate qualifications, and involvement in audit, research or service improvement activities are desirable.

Working for our organisation

At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First, as shown in our Outstanding for Caring CQC rating. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.

We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We’re here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our Wellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.

We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.

Candidate information pack - University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This role is eligible for visa sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker route however sponsorship can only be provided where applicants meet the specific requirements set by UKVI, including the relevant skill and salary thresholds (£25000), and any role-specific criteria.

• You will be responsible for the delivery of expert patient care providing support to the lead pharmacists. This includes development, evaluation and co-ordination of clinical pharmacy services in line with the objectives of the division and the UHSx Pharmacy strategy.
• You will contribute to all aspects of clinical governance, including clinical risk and audit.
• As a teaching hospital, education and training is an integral component of all roles encompassing practice supervision of undergraduates, pre-registration pharmacists and the line management and educational supervision of band 6 pharmacists as appropriate.
• We encourage inter-professional learning and have been recognised for educational initiatives such as joint teaching activities with Foundation Doctors.

Please see Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

Candidate Information Pack:

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Master of Pharmacy degree at a British School of Pharmacy or recognised equivalent
• Registered member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
• PG Cert/FS1 or equivalent

Desirable criteria

• PG Dip/FS2 in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent
• IP qualification

Skills

Essential criteria

• Applicants must show a willingness for continual professional development
• Experience of MDT working
• Able to evaluate the clinical appropriateness, safety and legality of prescriptions based on the patients’ disease, co-morbidities and other medication and treatment taken, contacting the prescriber to make agreed changes as appropriate.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of line managing/supervising a team and training team members
• Conducting of appraisals and managing team members in accordance with policies and procedures.

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

• Previous experience of working in a hospital environment
• Specialist and professional knowledge acquired through theory and experience

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working with paediatric patients and/or oncology patients
• Membership to professional groups (NPPG, BOPA, CCLG)

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Essential criteria

• Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
• Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).

Important information for applicants:

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Some of our adverts are capped for a limited number of applications; therefore, the advert will close once the cap has been reached. We therefore encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible if you are interested in the position to prevent you from missing out on applying for the opportunity.

Flexible Working: If you would like to explore potential options regarding flexible working please speak with the appropriate recruiting/line manager.

DBS Checks: As part of our commitment to a safe working environment, we undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check on all new employees where the role is eligible for a criminal record check . We make offers in line with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1975.

Skilled Worker Visa: Applications for Skilled Worker sponsorship are welcome for the roles that meet the Visa and Immigrations eligibility criteria. For further information please visit the gov.uk website searching for Skilled Worker. It is your responsibility as the applicant to ensure that you meet this criteria.

UHSussex reserves the right to close the role early if we receive a high volume of applications