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Job overview

Are you looking for a new challenge? We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed candidate to join our Specialist Medicine and Education and Training team!
You will join a leading-edge multi-disciplinary team in delivering a first-class pharmacy service to our Infectious Diseases ward and HIV outpatient clinics. Patient counselling and tailoring treatments is pivotal in this patient group. This is a unique joint specialist role involving working as a specialist educator in a fantastic friendly E&T team to deliver excellent training to our 10 foundation trainee pharmacists
This rewarding role is varied and dynamic with a considerable opportunity for direct patient contact. It provides abundant opportunity for being resourceful in applying all your knowledge, problem solving, team working and communication skills with ample opportunity to develop and hone your leadership skills. The ideal candidate should have excellent organisational, people skills and be non-judgemental.
Therefore, no two days are the same – in the education role this could include developing the reformed curriculum, being a designated supervisor to your own trainee, overseeing the training experience or delivering small group teaching.
The candidates should have a diploma in pharmacy practice or equivalent alongside a range of clinical pharmacy experience. Experience in HIV/ID and a prescribing qualification are desirable qualities. Candidates willing to gain the IP qualification will be considered. 

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

1. Be a Pharmacy specialist in this area and participate in, develop and provide excellent clinical pharmacy services to the Infectious Diseases inpatient ward, HIV/ID and Oxford Sexual Health Service clinics and allied services.
2. To be proactive in supporting the MDT including teaching and training activities.
3. Support and deputise for the Directorate Lead Pharmacist in the provision of a safe, effective and efficient clinical pharmacy service to Specialist Medicine Directorate, in accordance with local and national standards and strategy.
4. Have delegated responsibility for specific aspects of the pharmacy service in Oxford Sexual Health Services or infectious diseases e.g. Medicines Management, as agreed with the Directorate or Divisional Lead Pharmacists
5. To ensure the provision of an effective learning environment within the pharmacy department of OUH NHS Foundation Trust, which will strengthen foundation trainee pharmacist training.
6. To act as a Local Learning Set Facilitator to support the development and delivery of a training programme as required
7. To oversee the quality assurance of Foundation Trainee Pharmacist Training at OUH.
8. To liaise and network with other Education Programme Directors within NHS England South East.
9. To input into the strategic planning of the implementation of the GPhC initial education and training for pharmacists, especially supporting reforms with independent prescribing and Designated Prescribing Practitioners.

Working for our organisation

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.