Lead Pharmacist Paediatric Haematology & Gene Therapies

Job summary

Are you ready for a new challenge? We are looking for an experienced pharmacist to join our friendly paediatric pharmacy team at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington.

What you'll do:o Deliver high-quality pharmaceutical care for children and young people with haemoglobinopathies as part of our stem cell transplantation programme.o Develop and advance the haemoglobinopathies gene therapy service.o Develop and review clinical guidelines and procedures.o Help manage medicines governance and support cost-effective prescribing.o Provide training and teaching for pharmacists and the wider team.o Get involved in risk management, audit, and quality improvement.o Support new drug applications.o Provide clinical and specialist support to the outpatient pharmacy partnership.o Deputise for the Senior Lead Pharmacist and other Leads, when needed.

Who we're looking for:o Solid foundation experience with hospital paediatric pharmacy.o Specialist experience in stem cell transplantation (training can be supported)o Someone motivated, enthusiastic, and keen to develop advanced practice skills.o Systemic anti-cancer treatment (SACT) accreditation in paediatrics.

What we offer:o A welcoming, enabling environment where everyone is valued.o Strong support for your education and training.o Opportunities to broaden your experience and progress your career.

Main duties of the job

To lead, deliver, and develop clinical pharmacy services for children within the haematology specialty, including those undergoing stem cell transplantation and autologous gene therapy treatments. To lead and deliver pharmacy services relating to apheresis of patients undergoing stem cell collection. To be an expert on pharmaceutical care for children. To check and verify systemic anti-cancer treatments (SACT) and conditioning cytotoxic therapies.

To work collaboratively with the Senior Lead Pharmacist Paediatrics to develop services To work collaboratively with other Lead Pharmacists to deliver care to stem cell transplant patients. To facilitate and support the safe, efficient and cost-effective use of drugs and to generate ideas for drug expenditure savings and quality improvement.

To support and develop the women & children's rotational band 7 pharmacists To actively contribute to the development, monitoring and integration of written policies/guidelines/PGDs to align with EBMT/JACIE accreditation requirements. To provide a comprehensive ward clinical pharmacy service within children's service and to train other pharmacists in these specialties.

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme.

Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities. We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Environmental sustainabilityClimate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people's health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045.

All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification

Education · Essential

Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent Active registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) Diploma or MSc in clinical pharmacy practice or equivalent Undertakes continuing professional development (CPD) and maintains a CPD portfolio BOPA SACT passport accreditation or equivalent experience

Desirable

Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) membership Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacy Group (NPPG) membership Non-medical prescriber annotation with GPhC UK BMT passport accreditation Management/Leadership qualifications

Experience · Essential

Post-registration training and experience in hospital pharmacy including substantial experience in paediatric pharmacy. Evidence of experience in all aspects of hospital pharmacy practice (medicines Information, ward services and dispensing) Evidence of experience in haematology/oncology, stem cell transplantation and verification of cytotoxics Multi-disciplinary ward round experience Evidence of experience in dealing with high cost drugs and NHSE commissioning (e.g. Blueteq)

Desirable

Previous experience in managing staff and conducting appraisals Financial reporting and management of appropriate clinical medicines expenditure Paediatric TPN experience, aseptics experience

Skills · Essential

Able to work under pressure and make clinical decisions with limited information. Ability to influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and senior management. Computer literacy to effectively use computer systems including Microsoft Office applications. Ability to analyse and provide valuable insight from drug usage reports.

Desirable

Microsoft Office applications at an advanced level Communicates best practice both inside and outside the organisation Demonstrate leadership skills Practice research

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) . From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).