Job Description

We are looking for intuitive, enthusiastic and versatile pharmacists to join our diverse and inclusive team to help us deliver excellent compassionate care to our patients. The pharmacy department at OUH comprises of over 100 staff in the clinical pharmacy team, and we work across all four hospital sites. We are continually trying to improve the service we provide, learning from each other to optimise what we do.



Why do our staff like working here?



Dynamic and rewarding setting.

Vast range of specialities with interesting patients with high levels of complexity.

Always something new , innovative and exciting happening - new cutting edge treatments and technologies.

Large group of supportive peers from diverse backgrounds.

Supportive department, with great learning and development opportunities.

Good career progression options to consultant level.

Pharmacists seen as valued members of the MDT who add positive contributions to patient care.

Working in teams with Consultant Pharmacists who are leading in their areas of specialisation nationally.



This post offers a unique opportunity to work across a highly specialist area in paediatrics and AMS.



This is a split post where you will spend half of your time with the Pharmacy Paediatric Team and the other half with the Paediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS)/Infection Disease (ID) Team.



1. To be an active member of the Pharmacy department and specified clinical area, and to ensure continuous two-way exchange of information to maintain high standards of medicines use within the Trust.



2. To promote safe, effective & economic use of medicines within the Trust by appropriate and timely provision of clinical service, to optimise patient care.



3. To provide education and training in paediatric pharmacy area to Pharmacy staff, students and trainees.



4. To participate in, develop and provide clinical pharmacy services to paediatric clinical areas, including specialist paediatric services.



5. To support the safe and effective use of medicines within clinical services.



6. To provide specialised professional and technical education to enable the paediatric service to meet high standards of patient care and safety.



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 .



Kindly refer to attached job description (JD) and person specification (PS) for detailed job description and main responsibilities



Contact Ebraheem Junaid ebraheem.junaid@ouh.nhs.uk ( Directorate Team Lead & Highly Advanced Pharmacist for Children & Neonates ) for any questions relating to this post.



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



If this is what you are looking for, then please come and join us. Let us know using the contact details below if you'd like an informal visit to the department or conversation before applying or have any questions .