County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest integrated care providers in England, serving a population of around 600,000 people. We are a high performing organisation with a track record of success.
As a pharmacy service we pride ourselves in working at the leading edge of clinical pharmacy practice and medicines management with our teams achieving national recognition for innovative, high-quality patient care.
One of our Cancer Pharmacists has moved to a Consultant post, meaning we are looking for a reliable and forward thinking Senior Cancer Services Pharmacist to join the CDDFT team.
The post will be based at Darlington Memorial Hospital working in the Aseptic Unit supporting the provision of chemotherapy to three locations around the region, with the potential for future outpatient chemotherapy clinics.
The post-holder will work as part of our Pharmacy Cancer Services team based in the Darlington Aseptic Unit in the Pharmacy Department.
They will be the lead for training rotational and foundation year pharmacists during their time working in the unit.
The role includes in-depth clinical screening of new chemotherapy patients, screening cancer prescriptions and releasing aseptically prepared items from the S10 Aseptic Unit. The Trust supplies chemotherapy to 3 different locations, and works with clinicians from both James Cook University Hospital and Newcastle University Teaching Hospitals using the ChemoCare prescribing system.
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We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.
We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented
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From April 9th 2025 - Healthcare assistants - You must have a minimum of two years of experience working within the NHS as a HCA for the Trust to consider sponsorship (we will only consider sponsorship if you meet this criteria and have a current visa expiring within 3 months)
The post holder will help lead and manage a team of pharmacy staff and is responsible for managing the delivery of safe, effective and efficient pharmacy and medicines management services to a defined group of patients and service users
To act as an Authorised Pharmacist providing supervision of the Aseptic Unit
To provide and support the delivery and development of pharmacy and medicine management services within the trust, including involvement in research and audit
To maintain and develop a portfolio of personal clinical activity within the trust at a level commensurate with an advanced pharmacist.
To lead on education and training for pharmacists in the Cancer Services team
To provide expert advice in their specialist field to all members of the directorate, the Trust and the wider health economy.
To employ models of practice that recognises the needs of patients and carers whilst maintaining practice that is embedded in the principles of risk minimisation and patient safety
To supervise, support and develop other pharmacy staff, in particular junior pharmacists, pre-registration pharmacists, and other Trust personnel as required
To monitor the practice of other healthcare providers, including medical staff, to ensure that prescribing and medicines use is safe and effective for patients. This would include the resolution of local prescribing issues and contribution to the education and training of clinical and non-clinical staff to promote safe and effective medicines use within the trust.
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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Darlington Memorial Hospital NHS Trust
Hollyhurst Road
Darlington
County Durham
DL3 6HX
https://www.cddft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)