Responsibilities
* Be responsible for developing and maintaining expert knowledge in clinical pharmacy within Neuro-Critical Care, including prescribing, screening, and optimising medicines. Promote, monitor, and improve safe, clinically effective, and cost-effective use of medicines across the neurosciences directorate.
* Lead the NICU pharmacy service and be responsible for the routine review, update, and development of medicines-related guidelines/policies.
* Provide specialist pharmaceutical advice to patients, carers, and clinical teams and hold delegated responsibility for defined areas of the neurosciences pharmacy service, as agreed with the Directorate Pharmacist.
* Support and deputise for the Directorate Pharmacist in delivering a safe, effective, and efficient pharmacy service in accordance with local and national standards, policies, and strategic objectives. Represent the needs of neurosciences patients in relevant governance forums.
* Deliver specialised education and training to clinical staff to support high standards of patient care and medicines safety, including guideline development and participation in clinical meetings and teaching.
* Support, supervise, and mentor junior pharmacists, ensuring appropriate education, training, and professional development. Contribute to workforce planning and service development to optimise resource use and meet standards and demand.
Qualifications
* Post-graduate clinical diploma
* Leadership qualification or training
* Broad clinical pharmacy provision in a number of different clinical areas or sectors
* Independent Prescriber
Desirable criteria
* Working across organisational boundaries
* Line management
* You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
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