NHS

Pharmacist for Technical/Cancer Services


PayCompetitive
LocationWatford/England
Employment typeFull-Time

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  • Job Description

      Req#: M0042-81032?language=en&page=1147&sort=publicationDateDesc

      Job summary

      Why might this job interest you?

      Are you a skilled and compassionate Pharmacist ready to play a crucial role in patient care? Join our team at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and help us make a difference!

      Main duties of the job

      The role involves providing clinical pharmacy services to ensure high-quality, cost-effective pharmaceutical care for Haematology and Oncology patients. Key duties include performing medicines reconciliation, offering patient counselling, and providing expert advice to doctors and nurses on medication management. You will also be responsible for screening chemotherapy prescriptions, drug charts, and TTAs, making clinical interventions as needed to improve patient outcomes, and training staff to enhance their understanding of pharmaceutical 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

      Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

      Date posted

      18 March 2025

      Pay scheme

      Agenda for change

      Band

      Band 8a

      Salary

      £32.49 an hour

      Contract

      Bank

      Working pattern

      Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

      Reference number

      M0042-81032

      Job locations

      Watford General Hospital

      60 Vicarage Road

      Watford

      WD18 0HB


      Job description

      Job responsibilities

      • The service includes the provision of chemotherapy (aseptics) and other aseptically prepared products (e.g. monoclonal antibodies)
      • To provide a clinical service to the designated Haematology/Oncology ward and the Cancer unit
      • Day-to-day operations of the Technical Services to ensure all activities comply with current clinical, GCP, GMP and NHSQA guidelines.
      • Ensuring compliance with current directives, legislation, external audits, current good manufacturing practice and health and safety.
      • To perform and document checks and release of manufactured and dispensed products under the conditions of the MHRA Manufacturers (specials) Licence.
      • To provide information on stability, formulation, storage and calculations of injectable medicines.
      • Experience working as an Oncology/Technical Pharmacist. Familiar with chemotherapy regimen and experience providing pharmaceutical care to cancer patients.
      • Experience using ChemoCare - electronic Chemotherapy Prescribing system
      Job description

      Job responsibilities

      • The service includes the provision of chemotherapy (aseptics) and other aseptically prepared products (e.g. monoclonal antibodies)
      • To provide a clinical service to the designated Haematology/Oncology ward and the Cancer unit
      • Day-to-day operations of the Technical Services to ensure all activities comply with current clinical, GCP, GMP and NHSQA guidelines.
      • Ensuring compliance with current directives, legislation, external audits, current good manufacturing practice and health and safety.
      • To perform and document checks and release of manufactured and dispensed products under the conditions of the MHRA Manufacturers (specials) Licence.
      • To provide information on stability, formulation, storage and calculations of injectable medicines.
      • Experience working as an Oncology/Technical Pharmacist. Familiar with chemotherapy regimen and experience providing pharmaceutical care to cancer patients.
      • Experience using ChemoCare - electronic Chemotherapy Prescribing system

      Person Specification

      Qualifications

      Essential

      • Masters Degree MPharm (or equivalent).
      • Competency assessed and examined professional registration with the GPhC.
      • Previous Hospital experience into Cancer services.
      Person Specification

      Qualifications

      Essential

      • Masters Degree MPharm (or equivalent).
      • Competency assessed and examined professional registration with the GPhC.
      • Previous Hospital experience into Cancer services.

      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).

      Additional information

      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

      Employer name

      NHS Professionals Limited

      Address

      Watford General Hospital

      60 Vicarage Road

      Watford

      WD18 0HB


      Employer's website

      https://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

      Employer details

      Employer name

      NHS Professionals Limited

      Address

      Watford General Hospital

      60 Vicarage Road

      Watford

      WD18 0HB


      Employer's website

      https://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  • About the company

      National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.