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Site Pharmacy Department, John Radcliffe Hospital Town Oxford Salary £47,810 - £54,710 Per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 06/11/2025 23:59
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.
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
Building on your foundation knowledge, experience and skills, you will be working in a dynamic and rewarding setting to deliver compassionate excellence. As a specialist pharmacist you will grow in all four pillars of practice in order to prepare for an advanced practice role.
In this post, you will have 12-month rotations across a range of clinical areas.
The one year rotation allows you ample opportunity to be become integrated in each new clinical area and expand your expertise and skillset, to mentor others, be involved in service development or research and to put your management and leadership skills into action in a supportive setting. The post holders should ensure timely, effective, two-way exchange of information between the pharmacy team and the clinical area as well as maintaining high standards of medicines management. Each rotation has a specific set of objectives which will be shared prior to annual rotation selection and agreed at the start of the rotation.
Main duties of the job
Deliver compassionate excellence via a patient focused clinical pharmacy service, in accordance with national medicines optimisation principles and local clinical pharmacy procedures.
Analyse prescriptions, alongside technical resources, patient records and information from patient consults to form an opinion on the most appropriate course of action.
Accurately and sensitively communicate medicines related information to a variety of healthcare professionals and patients including those with language difficulties, physical or mental disabilities, in a way that facilitates shared decision making.
Optimise transfer of patient care, though timely completion of medicines reconciliation and communication with GPs and community pharmacy teams.
Participate in and promote antimicrobial stewardship, medicines safety, and medicines effectiveness initiatives.
Where relevant to a rotation complete training in clinical trials and support the supply of investigational medicinal products.
Where a scope of practice has been identified within a rotation, train to become a NMP and when registered with the GPhC and the OUH to prescribe within the Trust’s policy for Non-medical Prescribing.
Support OUH dispensaries, and liaise with external agencies (such as aseptic production services or homecare providers) to ensure safe, timely and appropriate supply of medications to patients.
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.
Candidates who are successful at being shortlisted for this role will undergo a two stage interview process of a values based interview, followed by a a technical interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
What additional opportunities are available to me?
Professional Practice:
* Independent prescribing
* UKCPA and CPPE courses
* Time management
* Improving customer care
Collaborative working:
* Confidence/assertiveness training (e.g. NHS elect)
* Clinical governance meetings/MDT/board rounds
* Volunteering to join departmental wellbeing, EDI or other project groups
Leadership/Management:
* NHS leadership academy - Edward Jenner
* CPPE leading for change
* Value based appraisal training
* Line management/buddy system to support foundation pharmacists
Education & Training:
* Coaching & mentoring training
Research & Evaluation:
* Audit/quality improvement and associated training
* Academic Pharmacy Practice unit with the University of Reading
Please also see attached for an overview of career progression at OUH.
We are happy to chat with you or arrange a visit to find out further details.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Masters Degree (4 Year MPharm or equivalent) in Pharmacy
* Registered as pharmacist with the GPhC
* Post Graduate Certificate in Pharmacy Practice and due to complete the diploma, or equivalent external credentialling via CPPE/ RPS
* Post Graduate Diploma/MSc in Pharmacy Practice or experience/ qualification/ credentialling deemed equivalent.
* Completion of formal Leadership program
Experience
* Direct patient care in more than one setting or clinical area.
* Working with other health care professionals
* Communicating complex information via multiple methods to a variety of recipients.
* Quality improvement, service evaluation or audit
* Mentoring and training others in a healthcare setting
* Taking the lead in a team or project
* Hospital experience in more than one setting or clinical area
* Experience in Pharmaceutical care of patients in critical care or enhanced care setting
* Appreciation of funding streams for medicines budgets.
* Demonstrating measurable outcomes from quality or service improvement
* Preparation of protocols or guidelines
Personal skills
* Organised and able to manage own time.
* Evidence based, methodical approach
* Autonomous with awareness of own limitations and knowing when to escalate
* Excellent oral and written communication skills
* Accountable and responsible for own decisions
* Excellent Clinical Prioritisation
* Evidence of balancing conflicting priorities
* Member of relevant professional group e.g. UKCPA
COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at Oxfordshire County Council Website where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination.
Vacancy Closures: Please note, this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications are received.
Probation Period: This post is subject to a 6 month probationary period. If you currently hold a contract of employment with the Oxford University Hospitals, this will not apply. This statement does not apply to Medical staff or Executive Appointments.
Referencing: When providing employment reference details please provide correct work related email addresses so references can be sought promptly when we are looking to progress your application. Your first referee will need to be your line manager, supervisor or clinical lead from your current or most recent post or place of study. Please note that if you have previously worked for the Trust we will require a reference from your last Manager, this information is essential if your offer of employment is to be confirmed.
Next Steps: Please make sure that you read the job description and person specification, and that your supporting statement reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria. Candidates selected for interview will be contacted after the short-listing process, usually within 2 weeks. (Please note that shortlisting times vary when applying for a Medical position within the Trust). The majority of correspondence will be via the e-recruitment system; therefore you should check your emails regularly including junk mail folders in web-based email products.
No unsolicited recruitment agency telephone calls or emails.
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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.
Application numbers
Please note that this job advertisement will close automatically once the application limit is reached, regardless of whether this occurs before the advertised closing date.
Name Charlotte Saunders Job title Directorate Lead Pharmacist Neurosciences Email address charlotte.saunders1@ouh.nhs.uk
Domestic / catering / portering services at the John Radcliffe Hospital are provided by Mitie.
Domestic / catering / portering / maintenance engineer services at the Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre are provided by G4S.
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