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 provides ample opportunity to become integrated in each new clinical area, expand your expertise and skill set, mentor others, be involved in service development or research, and put your management and leadership skills into action in a supportive setting. Post holders should ensure a 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.
Direct Patient Care
* 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 or physical/mental disabilities, in a way that facilitates shared decision‑making.
* Optimise transfer of patient care through timely completion of medicines reconciliation and communication with GPs and community pharmacy teams.
* Participate in and promote antimicrobial stewardship, medication safety, and medication 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 an NMP and, when registered with the GPhC and the OUH, prescribe within the Trust’s policy for Non‑medical Prescribing.
* Support OUH dispensaries, and liaise with external agencies (such as aseptic production services or home‑care providers) to ensure safe, timely, and appropriate supply of medication to patients.
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, 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 focus on the values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement, and excellence.
Candidates who are successful at being shortlisted for this role will undergo a two‑stage interview process: a values‑based interview followed by a technical interview.
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
* Mentoring (trainee pharmacists/technicians/undergraduate students)
* Coaching & mentoring training
* Postgraduate clinical diploma tutor
* Foundation pharmacist tutor
Research & Evaluation
* Audit/quality improvement and associated training
* Service evaluation
* 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.
This advert closes on Thursday 6 Nov 2025.
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