Advanced Pharmacist - Education and Training
Job overview
We have an Advanced Pharmacist: Education and Training role for an enthusiastic pharmacist to come and lead education and training in our growing team!
Prior experience in cancer care in not required as you will be fully supported and trained by our friendly, dedicated team; you do require a thirst to learn, a passion to deliver excellent patient centred care and transferable leadership experience.
Clatterbridge is an exciting place to continue your clinical pharmacy journey in a purpose built city centre hospital in Liverpool with state of the art facilities, working within a cutting edge clinical environment. This role represents an opportunity to develop and further progress in the rewarding specialty that is cancer care.The successful candidates will also receive mentoring and support to grow as a leader.
Clatterbridge Cancer Centre provides excellent cancer care to patients across the North West (including North Wales and the Isle of Man). We have 3 site locations; the central Liverpool site and hub sites in the Wirral and Aintree.
Working pattern will be 37.5 hours per week which includes weekends. Contribution to the Bank holiday and on-call rota will be part of the post. For a detailed list of our employee benefits, please see the attached documents to this vacancy.
Main duties of the job
In this role you will have the opportunity to build and develop upon educational plans for the department.
Over the next few years we are planning to take on a greater role in pharmacist education , this would be a great time to join Clatterbridge Cancer Centre in this time of innovation.
You will also have the opportunity to work within the Aseptic Production Unit, quality assessing and releasing chemotherapy.
We can offer you;- The opportunity to undertake a non medical prescribing qualification if you do not already have this qualification
- Fully structured training and support to develop expertise in cancer care
- Mentorship and formal leadership training
- Development of management skills through line management
- Development of education and training through delivery of teaching to the MDT and mentorship you can deliver to junior pharmacists
- The opportunity to work at the forefront of exciting new treatments and technologies, being involved in trials ongoing in your clinical area.
- A supportive environment with opportunities to progress and further your career.
Working for our organisation
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre is one of three specialist cancer centres in England. With 1,800 specialist staff and three sites, we are one of the largest NHS providers of non-surgical cancer treatment. The Trust has a unique multi-site care model serving the 2.4 million population across Cheshire and Merseyside and is consistently rated by patients as one of the best performing hospitals.
Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.
Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.
We are -- Kind
- Empowered
- Responsible
- Inclusive
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details about this exciting role on offer at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Master of Pharmacy or equivalent
- MRPharmS
- Postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent
- Non-medical prescribing qualification
- Teaching and Assessing qualification or willing to work towards/ or equivalent relevant experience demonstrated by acting in senior roles responsible for staff training and development
- Oncology related qualification/diploma
- Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society and undertaking Faculty Submission
- Independent prescriber
Knowledge and Expertise
Essential criteria- Good change management
- Good pharmaceutical knowledge
- Knowledge of changing NHS environment & government initiatives
- Demonstrable appropriate post qualification hospital experience
- Evidence of managing a changing situation
- Oncology pharmacy practice experience
- Knowledge of current & future developments in cancer treatment
Experience
Essential criteria- Post qualification hospital experience
- Experience in supervising/mentoring less experience pharmacists
- Oncology pharmacy practice experience