Specialist Cancer Pharmacist

Job description Job responsibilities To provide a ward-based clinical pharmacy service according to Trust agreed standards including: Confirmation of the patients medication history Medicines reconciliation and clinical screening Advise on dosage, side-effects, cautions and monitoring required Advise on administration of medicines Appropriate and clear endorsing of prescriptions to ensure safe practice Monitor the effect and appropriateness of medication Education of patients on their medication Involvement in discharge planning and provision of discharge medication To provide clinical pharmacy cover to other ward areas within the team on a reciprocal basis. To ensure medicines are used appropriately, safely and cost-effectively in accordance with Trust policies, standard operating procedures and medicines legislation. To monitor medicine use within the ward area. This includes recording of significant clinical interventions and risk management including: Participation in investigating clinical incidents Recording significant clinical incidents/near misses Ensuring compliance with medicines legislation and local policies To use available information to influence prescribers and ensure the most cost-effective choice of therapy. To participate in ward rounds, clinical meetings or out-patient clinics as appropriate in order to provide pharmaceutical advice to prescribers and other healthcare professionals. To liaise with external agencies to ensure safe, timely and appropriate supply to patients e.g. Baxter, Homecare companies etc, where appropriate. To participate in ward-based clinical audits and the development and implementation of treatment protocols and guidelines for use of medicines within the clinical area. To tutor and supervise rotational pharmacists undertaking the clinical diploma, following formal accreditation as a tutor by Cardiff University, or other university and to tutor other pharmacists and pre-registration students in the clinical area. To act as a role model and mentor for clinical pharmacy. To develop personal practice research in accordance with the Trust and pharmacy strategy. To contribute to local, national and international specialist interest groups and conferences/meetings. To become a non-medical prescriber as appropriate. To work as a non-medical prescriber in the oncology & haematology directorate to prescribe medications safely and effectively in line with their scope of practice for patients requiring therapeutic medications and treatments, utilising local or organisational guidelines, national guidelines, and adhering to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) and GPhC Prescribing Standards after the approval from the Trusts respective Non-Medical Prescribing Lead. To provide teaching for the pharmacy and directorate teams as required. To act as knowledge base/resource for the specialist area and to keep up to date with current trends and research in the specialist area. Together with the rest of the members of the clinical pharmacy team to support the strategic developments of the service e.g. electronic prescribing, improved discharge processes, accredited technician checking etc. To actively contribute to the planning and efficient co-ordination of clinical pharmacy initiatives including discharge planning, prescribing protocols, pharmacists on consultant ward rounds etc. To contribute to and implement the clinical governance plans of the clinical area and the pharmacy clinical governance plans. Please See JD/PS attached to see more.