Wilson Jo-Anne

• Screening chemotherapy charts for the appropriate and safe administration of treatment to our patients.
• Ordering of chemotherapy from pharmaceutical compounder on behalf of prescribers.
• Working collaboratively with medical, nursing and administration staff.

Worked within the ACT-NOW project to characterise systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT) regimens:

• Analyzing New Zealand cancer treatment centres haematology regimens for variation.
• Prepared and ran workshops with Haematology working groups to discuss variations and reach consensus on what regimens to include in the Systemic Regimen Library (SRL)
• Created the authoring document for over 300 haematology SACT regimens for the New Zealand Formulary team to use to add regimes to srl.org.nz

A key member of the team in the production of a gap analysis of haematology cancer medications in New Zealand from February to July, 2024. The resulting analysis was presented October 2024.

• Scoring of key Haematology systemic anti-cancer treatment clinical papers using the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) scoring system.
• Specialized expertise to analyze and screen haematology SACT clinical papers to ascertain the magnitude of clinical benefit using the appropriate ESMO scoring tool.

Providing expert advice to the New Zealand Formulary team for SACT regimens

• supportive cares

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• Reviewing of chemotherapy regimens and supportive therapies and ensuring safe administration of chemotherapy
• Care of palliative patients
• Care of 'outlier' patients from other specialties
• Medication safety
• Updating of administration guidelines for each chemotherapy agent
• Review and updating of chemotherapy inpatient prescription charts

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• Ensured a smooth and efficient workflow through the dispensary with a focus of continuous quality improvement
• 10 pharmacy technicians directly as direct reports

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• Cardiac Care
• Respiratory Medicine
• Ear, Nose and Throat and Ophthalmology
• Paediatrics (including Paediatric Oncology/Haematology)
• Emergency Department
• Plastic Surgery
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