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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Fixed term: 11 months
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
321-MRC-6230683-B7
Employer
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
John Radcliffe Hospital
Town
Oxford
Salary
£43,742 - £50,056 Per Annum / Pro Rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/05/2024 23:59

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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Acute General Medicine Specialist Pharmacist

NHS AfC: Band 7

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 of 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.

 

Many of our recruitment programmes use Value Based Interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values


 

Job overview

The main roles of the job are outlined below.

 

  1. Deliver compassionate excellence via a patient focused clinical pharmacy service, in accordance with national medicines optimisation principles and local clinical pharmacy procedures.
  2. To lead in developing the pharmacy service and adapting to changing service needs on a medical short stay ward.
  3. To lead and support training and development of rotational pharmacy colleagues including trainee pharmacists and the wider multidisciplinary team.
  4. To work closely with the wider pharmacy team to optimise transfer of patient care.
  5. To continually develop your knowledge and be an expert and advocate in acute medicine.
  6. To promote and represent antimicrobial stewardship, medicine effectiveness and medicine safety in Acute General Medicine.
  7. To work collaboratively with the Medicine Pharmacy team in accordance with Trust values.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Practice Role

  • To provide a ward-based clinical pharmacy service according to Trust agreed standards.
  • To maintain a clinical expertise and develop particular areas of interest as appropriate and in accordance with the Trust and Pharmacy strategy.
  • To provide clinical pharmacy cover to other ward areas within the team on a reciprocal basis.
  • To ensure medicines are used appropriately, safely and cost-effectively in accordance with Trust policy, standard operating procedures and medicines legislation.
  • To monitor medicines use within the ward area.  This includes recording of significant clinical interventions and risk management including:

Please refer to the JD for the full details of the post.

Working for our organisation

Are you an experienced clinical pharmacist looking to expand your skills and clinical expertise by providing an enhanced pharmacy service to an Acute Medical ward within the Acute Medicine and Rehabilitation  directorate? If so, we have an opportunity for you in the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is part of the acclaimed Shelford Group and is one of the largest teaching trusts in the UK. Our pharmacy department contains around 400 multidisciplinary healthcare staff who work across 4 different sites.

At OUH we have a reputation of excellence in our pharmacy team and in the quality of the service we provide. We have a supportive atmosphere in which we support your wellbeing and your development as a pharmacist. There are many opportunities for you to flourish in OUH- we have an excellent, dynamic and enthusiastic team who will encourage and inspire you in your learning and progression.

If this sounds appealing- we would like to hear from you! Please see contact details below if you would like to get further information.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

 

Please refer to above sections on job summary and main duties of the job and refer to the job description. We are happy to chat with you or arrange a visit to find out further details.

Person specification

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Essential criteria
  • Masters & GPHC registration
  • PGCert or equivalent
  • Direct patient care experience
  • QI Service Evaluation or audit experience
  • Excellent written communication skills
Desirable criteria
  • Independent prescriber
  • Leadership qualification
  • Hospital experience

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Fair Train work experience quality standard - gold standardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Embracing Equality Diversity InclusionDisability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Prince's Trust - Proud to support the Prince's trust - Youth can do itStep into healthArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Patricia Cawte-Dutheil
Job title
Lead Medicine Pharmacist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01865 221836
Additional information

 

 

Patricia Cawte-Dutheil

AMR directorate Lead pharmacist

[email protected]

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