Job summary

2 vacancies at band 7, and we are willing to offer Band 7 and/ or Band 6 to 7 transitional posts to candidates who do not meet all the Band 7 criteria,

We are in the fortunate position, after a successful business case, to offer two new clinical pharmacist posts to join our innovative and progressive Hampshire Hospitals Cancer Services Pharmacy team. This is a unique role in which you can develop your specialist skillset and advance your clinical skills.

• As an Specialist Pharmacist, you will have a patient facing role working within a multi-disciplinary team, on inpatient and day-case units to support the delivery of systemic cancer treatments.
• Through a competency based program, you will gain experience and training in Haematology and Oncology, enhancing your advanced clinical skills and building your non-clinical skills.
• The successful candidate will be provided with the support of a well-established team, opportunities to develop and embed their careers, and to make a difference to patients' lives.The successful applicant will also have excellent personal development opportunities including the opportunities to develop further as an Independent Prescribing Pharmacist, and to receive training and experience as a nationally accredited haematology and oncology ClinicalBOPA Pharmacist.

Main duties of the job

• To develop, deliver and evaluate the Trust's cancer services in line with the NHS Long Term Strategy for Cancer.
• To collaborate with the Lead Pharmacists for Cancer Services to ensure the provision of an effective, efficient, and high quality, patient focused clinical pharmacy service for all patients.
• To attend and participate in regional cancer services meetings and projects, with a view to improving HHFT services.
• To manage people to ensure the effective operation of the services provided by the Business Unit.
• To assist the Lead Speciality Pharmacists, Associate Director of Pharmacy, and senior managers in providing a comprehensive clinical pharmaceutical service for the patients of Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT).
• To act as one of the Authorised Pharmacists to final release aseptically prepared chemotherapy products for patient use - products prepared in the onsite aseptic unit, and those outsourced.

About us

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.