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Band 7
Main area Pharmacy Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (additional late night and weekend commitments as departmental requirements.) Job ref 321-MRC-7058704-B7-PUB
Site John Radcliffe Hospital Town Oxford Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rota Salary period Yearly Closing 18/04/2025 23:59 Interview date 24/04/2025
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.
Job overview
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.
We are looking for an intuitive, enthusiastic and versatile pharmacist to join our diverse and inclusive team to help us deliver excellent compassionate care to our patients via a patient-focused clinical pharmacy service.
This role is based at the John Radcliffe hospital within the Acute medicine pharmacy team. We are continually trying to improve the service we provide, learning from each other to optimise what we do and adapting to changing service needs on medical wards.
Main duties of the job
* 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 and contribute to clinical governance plans.
* To work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team in developing the pharmacy service.
Please refer to the JD for the full details of the post.
Person specification
* Masters degree (Mpharm or equivalent)
* Registered pharmacist with GPHC
* PG Cert in pharmacy practice and due to complete diploma or equivalent
* QI/service improvement/audit
* Office 365
* PG diploma/masters or equivalent
* NMP
* Leadership program
* Hospital experience
* Understanding of NHS finance
* Preparation of protocols/guidelines
* Electronic prescribing systems experience
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. While COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.
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.
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.
No unsolicited recruitment agency telephone calls or emails.
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