Megan Davies

· Independent prescribing pharmacist in a gynaecology oncology clinic

· Line manager of foundation pharmacists and specialist clinical pharmacists

· Clinically validate systemic anti-cancer therapy prescriptions for all oncological conditions

· Provide clinical ward cover for oncology and haematology patients

· Set-up new chemotherapy regimens within the Trust

· Review and implement new clinical trials for oncology patients

· Designated pharmacist prescriber supervising a foundation pharmacist completing their independent prescribing course

· Part of a multi-disciplinary team that provides education and training sessions to the oncology department

· Deputise for the pharmacy team leader when on their non-working days and manage the oncology pharmacy team

Assisted in preparing department finance reports

· Work closely with the oncology clinicians to help patients gain approvals and access to treatments not routinely offered on the NHS where there is an evidence-base to support

• Validated inpatient drug charts to ensure all medicines are prescribed appropriately and
  safely in line with national and trust protocols
• Clinically validated systemic anti-cancer therapy prescriptions for all oncological conditions
• Conducted medication counselling sessions with patients to enhance their understanding of
  treatment regimens
• Acted as the authorised supervising pharmacist in the aseptic unit to oversee the preparation
  of sterile products
• Collaborated with a multi-disciplinary team to develop guidelines and produce patient-information leaflets.
• Acted as the medication safety champion for oncology, responsible for reporting common
  errors and delivering drug-related presentations to the rest of the pharmacy and nursing
  team

• Rotated through different clinical specialities to provide clinical ward cover. The areas covered included cardiology, care of the elderly, orthopaedics, general medicine and oncology
• Participated in multi-disciplinary team ward rounds, providing pharmaceutical advice to other
  healthcare professionals and patients
• Worked independently as on-call pharmacist, delivering pharmacy advice for a large teaching hospital
• Completed an independent prescribing course specialising in paediatric cardiology
• Developed and implemented a pre-pack dispensing system on the paediatric cardiology ward in response to an audit assessing delays in discharging patients
• Co-ordinated the paediatric warfarin clinic