Bank Oncology Pharmacist

Job Title: Oncology Pharmacist

Department: Pharmacy
Location: Cromwell Hospital, Cromwell Road, London SW5 0TU
Permanent / Contract: Bank Shifts
Salary Range: £ Competitive Hourly Rate
Role Specific Benefits: N/A
Full Time/Part Time: Bank Shifts

We are looking to appoint a Bank Oncology Pharmacist to provide a first-class clinical pharmacy service to our Oncology department and Chemotherapy Day Unit at the Cromwell Hospital. Our pharmacy is committed to providing a high-quality clinical service and improving patient safety through standard and innovative practices that support our working patterns in the hospital and our hospital objectives.

You’ll make this happen by:

• Providing a comprehensive and patient centred service to oncology and chemotherapy day unit patients at Bupa Cromwell Hospital.
• Ensuring medicines optimisation; safe, appropriate, accurate and cost-effective services to ensure patients receive their medication in a timely, professional, and efficient manner with all the necessary practical and clinical information.

The nature of the work provides a varied job with new challenges every day.

Applicants should have:

• A clinical diploma or equivalent qualification.
• Recent and significant experience of UK Aseptic Services and working within oncology and chemotherapy clinical environments.
• Demonstrable knowledge of good manufacturing practice (GMP) and quality assurance (QA) standards.

What you'll do:

• Provide a comprehensive and patient centred clinical pharmacy service to oncology and chemotherapy day unit patients at Cromwell Hospital in accordance with the hospital’s objectives in order to ensure safe, clinically effective, and cost-efficient use of drugs.
• Act as a specialist oncology pharmacist and provide a patient focused clinical pharmacy ward service to the oncology ward and chemotherapy day unit.
• Ensure safe management of oncology electronic prescribing system and appropriate management of introduction of new oncology medicines.
• Communicate information relating to medicines management within the oncology setting to clinical colleagues, nurses, independent prescribers, carers, and patients.
• Attend and actively contribute to oncology MDTs and ward rounds.

Key Skills / Qualifications Needed for This Role:

• Master’s or Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy (essential)
• Member of General Pharmaceutical Council (essential)
• Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy (essential)
• Broad clinical pharmacy background including ward-based work
• Recent and significant experience of UK aseptic services, oncology, and chemotherapy services (essential)
• Experience of initiating, leading, and developing services
• SACT knowledge acquired working as a cancer pharmacist (essential)

Our Benefits

These benefits have been carefully crafted to really make a difference to our people’s lives, supporting a work-life balance whilst keeping focus on mental and physical wellbeing:

• Highly competitive rates.
• Staff referral scheme open to bank staff (refer another bank member of staff and get remunerated for it).
• Access to development opportunities
• Welcoming environment.
• An hourly rate that incorporates payment of annual leave.
• Subsidised staff canteen and coffee shop led by expert caterers.
• Inclusion in the NEST government pension scheme.

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: careers@bupa.com