SACT E Prescribing Deputy Pharmacist

o Support the Lead Pharmacist in the delivery of the electronic prescribing service on behalf of cancer services for SBU and Hywel Dda (HD) Health Boards.

o Supervision and support for SACT E Prescribing Service Manager.

o Maintain and drive development of the electronic prescribing system for cancer services. This system provides an integrated prescribing solution for adult Oncology and Haematology patients throughout the South West Wales region.

o Deliver ongoing training programmes for nursing, pharmacy and medical teams to ensure appropriate use of the system. Monitor and report on use of the system to ensure high standards are maintained in the prescribing process.

o Maintain a focus on patient safety, clinical governance and service improvement at all times.

o Undertake and support complex audit and research both locally and nationally in cancer services.

o Work in close partnership/collaboration with the multidisciplinary Upper Gastrointestinal oncology team, providing professional advice and expertise.

o Monitor and evaluate advised interventions to ensure clinically effective care is given and provide professional advice to patients and carers.

o Ensure the timely implementation of new protocols for prescribing within relevant deadlines, whether clinical, financial or political.

o Risk assess and prioritise many complex conflicting demands from a wide range of sources to balance clinical risk with financial and strategic requirements. Ensure the greatest benefit and least risk from the limited resources available.

o Collate and interpret very complex, highly specialist and sometimes conflicting information from a range of available specialist resources and propose the best approach based on this evidence.

o Work with clinicians to develop very complex treatment protocols and guidelines for use across the region. Share protocols with colleagues across Wales where suitable. Have an in depth, highly specialist knowledge and extensive experience of a range of specialities particularly; oncology, haematology, clinical trials, information governance, Good Clinical Practice, GDPR and Good Manufacturing Practice.

o Provide expert specialist professional advice on clinical, pharmacy technical and electronic prescribing issues to a wide range of colleagues with varying levels of understanding and ability. Some of the advice given may be contentious and requires sound evidence and judgement to support it.

o Work with the IT system supplier to develop, test and pilot new modules of the system.

o Support a reporting service on SACT prescribing locally and nationally.

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Collaborate with NHS Health Board Lead Clinicians, Pharmacists and Nurses to enable agreement of new, and modifications to existing, SACT treatment protocols for entry onto the system.

Liaise with Health Board Clinicians and Pharmacists to ensure SACT treatment protocols are verified and signed off as approved…