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A Vacancy at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.


An exciting opportunity has arisen to be the directorate pharmacist for Acute Medicine & Rehabilitation (AMR) at Oxford University Hospitals. You will have the opportunity to lead a pharmacy team providing a clinical services to AMR services at the John Radcliffe Hospital site. The post offers you exceptional opportunities to develop a specialist clinical role (to the enhanced care unit) alongside your operational skills, leading pharmacy services to a standalone hospital site.

Being responsible for developing pharmacy services across the AMR directorate which includes Medicine, Stroke, Ambulatory Shortstay, Admissions, Emergency department, Ambulatory and hospital at home. You will lead on the vision and strategy for this directorate, including writing business cases and mentoring junior pharmacists optimising patient flow across both Admissions to medicine will be key to success. You will play a pivotal role in leading the pharmacy team in achieving a number of targets including safety, operational, financial and productivity improvements and will be supported closely by the Divisional Pharmacist.

You will facilitate & support the learning and development your pharmacy team including appraisal, diploma tutoring and pre-registration pharmacist training. It would be highly advantageous if you are an independent prescriber to support the wider multi-disciplinary team and will have freedom to identify an area to maximise use of your skills to support the service.

We are looking for a highly motivated, confident and enthusiastic pharmacist with a demonstrable competency in hospital pharmacy practice who can apply their current clinical experience within this setting. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate an ability to think creatively, use their initiative and have a strong commitment to improving patient outcomes and experience. Making best use of the excellent skills of the team currently in place will be paramount in achieving success in this area. Previous experience in a medical setting would be desirable but not essential.

We are a forward thinking department who are implementing a series of new ways of working that will deliver significant improvements to our patients care and our financial goals. Electronic prescribing is in place for all patients.

If you are looking for a mix of clinical, operational, educational and leadership experience then this is the post for you.

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.

Practicing at a Highly Advanced level, our directorate lead role balances leadership and clinical practice to deliver compassionate excellence. Reporting to the Divisional Lead Pharmacist, they maintain a key relationship between their clinical directorate and the pharmacy directorate to ensure good medicine management and the delivery of patient focussed medicines optimisation.

The Directorate Lead Pharmacists act as role models in terms of Trust values and behaviours as well as clinical expertise. The post-holder will lead, develop, deliver, evaluate and be responsible for delivering a comprehensive pharmacy service and medicines optimisation advice to the directorate.

The Acute Medicine & Rehabilitation directorate includes Medicine, Stroke, Ambulatory Short stay wards, Admissions, Emergency department, Ambulatory and hospital at home. The role includes line management an expanding team of pharmacists responsible for day to day clinical cover for these areas. The postholder will provide operational oversight to pharmacy services on the John Radcliffe Hospital main site, and across the AMR directorate as a whole.



The post holder’s role within these specialities includes to:



1. Work collaboratively with the highly advanced pharmacist for hospital at home to optimise service within available resource.

2. Work collaboratively with the highly advanced pharmacist for specialist ambulatory to short same day discharges, short stay and medicine to support pharmacy service provision to areas on JR site, and ED providing in person support to junior staff working

3. Actively promote pharmacy services and service need within the Acute Medicine & Rehabilitation directorate.

4. Ensure pharmacy services are developed and expanded to meet the changing needs of the patient cohort under the care of the AMR directorate.

5. To have a clinical role supporting patients and reviewing their medications

6. To lead on a clinical strategy and vision for AMR directorate.


This advert closes on Sunday 3 Nov 2024

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Practicing at a Highly Advanced level, our directorate lead role balances leadership and clinical practice to deliver compassionate excellence. Reporting to the Divisional Lead Pharmacist, they maintain a key relationship between their clinical directorate and the pharmacy directorate to ensure good medicine management and the delivery of patient focussed medicines optimisation. The Directorate Lead Pharmacists act as role models in terms of Trust values and behaviours as well as clinical expertise. The post-holder will lead, develop, deliver, evaluate and be responsible for delivering a comprehensive pharmacy service and medicines optimisation advice to the directorate. The Acute Medicine & Rehabilitation directorate includes Medicine, Stroke, Ambulatory Short stay wards, Admissions, Emergency department, Ambulatory and hospital at home. The role includes line management an expanding team of pharmacists responsible for day to day clinical cover for these areas. The postholder will provide operational oversight to pharmacy services on the John Radcliffe Hospital main site, and across the AMR directorate as a whole. The post holders role within these specialities includes to: 1. Work collaboratively with the highly advanced pharmacist for hospital at home to optimise service within available resource. 2. Work collaboratively with the highly advanced pharmacist for specialist ambulatory to short same day discharges, short stay and medicine to support pharmacy service provision to areas on JR site, and ED providing in person support to junior staff working 3. Actively promote pharmacy services and service need within the Acute Medicine & Rehabilitation directorate. 4. Ensure pharmacy services are developed and expanded to meet the changing needs of the patient cohort under the care of the AMR directorate. 5. To have a clinical role supporting patients and reviewing their medications 6. To lead on a clinical strategy and vision for AMR directorate.

Please refer to the job description and guidance notes attached for further information on this role

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, 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. Support others with highly specialised advice and guidance on patient management in areas where evidence base is lacking or opinions are conflicting. Demonstrate an advanced level of clinical reasoning and judement. Train to become a NMP and when registered with the GPhC and the OUH, prescribe within the Trusts policy for Non-medical Prescribing. Within your own area of specialism independently manage patients, this may be via case referrals, outpatient or ambulatory review, or as part of a multidisciplinary ward round or MDT meeting. Support medicines optimisation for patients within the specialism across a whole system e.g. primary to secondary care within the ICB, or across a wider geography where teriary services are provided. 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. Take responsibility for the assessment of financial and clinical risk of use of unlicensed medicines, balancing this with the clinical situation posed. Supporting Professional Activities Leadership and Management Act as a role model for pharmacy within the Trust, demonstrating the GPhC Standards for Pharmacy Professionals and our Trust values. Be recongised as an ICB, regional, National or international expert within your specialist field. Support and promote the Trusts equality, diversity and inclusion principles. Plan and organise your own workload in alignment with professional and organisational priorities. Support others to do the same. Delegate and escalate appropriately. Accept professional accountability for all actions and advice. Report any unexpected or untoward events via the Trusts incident reporting system Lead, manage, motivate and develop pharmacy staff within your team. Line manage all designated staff in line with the Trusts HR policies and procedures, providing annual appraisal Participate in annual job planning and complete this for those you line manage. Lead on the recruitment, deployment and retention of colleagues within the Directorate. Plan and authorise rosters for your team, managing planned and unplanned leave as well as adhoc cover. Ensure a high quality, responsive, patient focussed clinical pharmacy service is provided by clinical pharmacists and ward-based technicians and assistants to all agreed areas within the Directorate. Actively promote the clinical pharmacy service and share achievements locally, regionally and nationally. Use experience and clinical judgement to assist in problem-solving and trouble-shooting within the clinical service and Pharmacy department. Ensure appropriate representation from your directorate at relevant Pharmacy directorate meetings as appropriate e.g. Home Care User Group, High Cost Medicines Group, Pharmacy Systems Optimisation, Governance, Ensure effective communication within the directorate pharmacy team, to the wider Pharmacy directorate and with your Divisional and Directorate leadership teams. Contiribute to the development and delivery of of Pharmacy Clinical Team Key Performance Indicators. Provide advice and guidance to the directorate on all aspects of medicines optimisation. Ensure compliance with medicines legislation and Trust policies and procedures. Anticipate and respond to clinical and business needs of the directorate. Contribute to business cases, identify and advise on any impact to the clinical and operational aspects of pharmacy services. Consider the environmental impact of changes, and work to reduce the carbon footprint from medicines use within the directorate. Support investigation and resolution of medication related incidents and complaints in the directorate. Support your teams in developing, implementing and monitoring Medicines Management policies and procedures, including MILs and injectable monographs. Be responsible for the interpretation and dissemination of drug usage and costs data to the directorate to support management of the drug budget. Support the introduction of new medicines to the directorate, by contributing to submissions to the Medicines Management and Therapeutics Committee (MMTC), Area Prescribing Committee, and Thames Valley Priorities Committee. In appropriate situations deputise for the Divisional Lead Pharmacist or Associate Director of Pharmacy (Clinical Services) as required Take on any additional specific roles as agreed with the Divisional Lead Pharmacist, in the process of one to ones, appraisal or job planning. Take on any additional specific roles as agreed with the Associate Director of Pharmacy (Clinical Services) or Clinical Director for Pharmacy and Sterile Services, on behalf of the Directorate, Division, or Trust.

Practicing at a Highly Advanced level in post operative enhanced care, our directorate lead role balances leadership and clinical practice to deliver compassionate excellence. Reporting to the Divisional Lead Pharmacist, they maintain a key relationship between their clinical directorate and the pharmacy directorate to ensure good medicine management and the delivery of patient focussed medicines optimisation. The Directorate Lead Pharmacists act as role models in terms of Trust values and behaviours as well as clinical expertise. The post-holder will lead, develop, deliver, evaluate and be responsible for delivering a comprehensive pharmacy service and medicines optimisation advice to the directorate. The T&O directorate includes Trauma (JR site), Orthopaedics (Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre - NOC site) and Rheumatology (NOC site) and the role includes line management an expanding team of pharmacists responsible for day to day clinical cover for these areas. The post holder will provide operational oversight to pharmacy services on the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre site, and across the T&O directorate as a whole. The post holders role within these specialities includes to: Work collaboratively with the highly advanced pharmacist for rheumatology to optimise service within available resource. Work collaboratively with the highly advanced pharmacist for specialist surgery and ophthalmology to support pharmacy service provision to trauma areas on JR site, providing in person support to junior staff working on trauma wards at the JR at least one day per fortnight. Actively promote pharmacy services and service need within the trauma and orthopaedics directorate. Ensure pharmacy services are developed and expanded to meet the changing needs of the patient cohort under the care of the T&O directorate, and on the NOC site.

Specialist Clinical Pharmacist: Clinical Practice Role: To provide and develop a comprehensive, highly specialised clinical pharmacy service to the cardiology and cardiac and thoracic surgical wards: Individual prescription review to optimise therapy Confirmation of the patients medication history Advice on dosage, side-effects, cautions and monitoring required Advise on administration of medicines Appropriate and clear endorsing of prescriptions to ensure safe practice Monitor the effect and appropriateness of medication Education of patients on their medication Involvement in discharge planning and provision of discharge medication To provide clinical pharmacy support to other ward areas within the Trust as appropriate on a reciprocal basis. To ensure medicines are used appropriately, safely and cost-effectively in accordance with Trust policy, standard operating proceduresand medicines legislation. To monitor the use of medicines within the ward areas. This includes recording of significant clinical interventions and involvement inrisk management issues which includes recording and investigating clinical incidents/near misses. Ensure compliance with medicines legislation and local policies To use available information to influence prescribers and ensure the most cost-effective choice of therapy in accordance with guidelinesas appropriate. To participate in ward rounds and clinical meetings as appropriate in order to provide pharmaceutical advice to prescribers and otherhealth care professionals. To ensure accurate patient medication records are updated and maintained electronically. To work closely with the ward-based technicians, where available, in providing ward-based pharmacy services. To liaise with external agencies to ensure safe, timely and appropriate supply of medicines to patients e.g. Baxter, Homecarecompanies etc., where appropriate. To participate in ward-based clinical and safe storage of medicine audits. To tutor rotational clinical pharmacists undertaking a Diploma in clinical pharmacy and other pharmacists including foundationpharmacists and to act as a role model and mentor for other pharmacists within the team and within pharmacy. To develop personal practice research in accordance with the Trust and pharmacy strategy. To contribute to local, national and international specialist interest groups and conferences/meetings. To become a non-medical prescriber and work as a non-medical prescriber within the directorate as appropriate To provide teaching for the pharmacy and directorate teams as required. To develop specialist knowledge and act as a knowledge base/resource for the specialist area and to keep up to date with currenttrends and research in the specialist area. To work with the clinical pharmacy team to support the strategic developments of the service e.g. electronic prescribing, improveddischarge processes, accredited technician checking etc. Actively contribute to the planning and efficient co-ordination of clinical pharmacy initiatives including discharge planning, prescribingprotocols, pharmacists on consultant ward rounds etcInterviewer information pack To contribute to and implement the clinical governance plans of the clinical area and the pharmacy as appropriate. To participate in dispensary, evening and weekend work as per rota allocation. Specialist Clinical Pharmacist: Key Directorate Roles: To liaise with the pharmacy team lead and the rest of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure adherence to guidelines where appropriate. To identify, review and implement processes, polices and procedures that significantly improve the cost-effective use of medicineswithin the directorate. To assist in the development and writing of medication related guidelines, in conjunction with the directorate and primary careteams as appropriate. To work with the Directorate Lead Pharmacist on monitoring of prescribing and drug expenditure within the directorate,and to give advice on cost containment where appropriate. To be involved in the preparation of new drug submissions for the Trust Medicines Management Therapeutic Committee (MMTC). Toprovide resources to ensure safe implementation of new medicines/technology into clinical practice. To provide teaching and induction to new medical and nursing staff as required. To manage foundation pharmacist rotations within the cardiac team. To organise the clinical and dispensary rotas for the team. To manage team meetings within team. Professional Role: To ensure confidentiality is always maintained. To be professionally accountable for actions and advice. To use experience and clinical judgment to assist in problem-solving and troubleshooting within the Pharmacy department. To give professional support to the site operational managers. To be aware of the training and competency assessment requirements of foundation pharmacists, diploma pharmacists and studentpharmacy technicians and to participate in their training and competency assessments as required. To support the dispensaries by participating in the screening and checking of prescriptions and dispensed items as part of the rosteredduties and as required. To participate in Continuous Professional Development. To participate in late duty, weekend and bank holiday working according to rotas. Any other reasonable duties as requested by the Clinical Director of Pharmacy and Sterile Services. To participate in any future 7 day working patterns should the pharmacy department change its current working patterns.

A Vacancy at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.


This post offers the opportunity to work in a key role in a small dynamic team to deliver a high quality clinical pharmacy service to the Oxford Heart Centre. You will work in the specialist areas of cardiology, cardiac and thoracic surgery as well as cardiothoracic critical care.

Building on your foundation knowledge, experience and skills, you will be working in a small and dynamic team 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.



Main duties of the job
Overall Objectives
• To participate in, develop and provide clinical pharmacy services to the Cardiology, Cardiac & Thoracic Directorate with specific
responsibility for clinical services to the cardiology wards including the acute cardiac care unit and the cardio-thoracic ward on a
rotational basis.
• To support the cardio-thoracic critical care pharmacist and provide clinical pharmacy cover services as required.
• To provide clinical pharmacy support to the cardiology day case unit and cardiac angiography suite as required depending on the
development of pharmacy services to this clinical area
• To promote and ensure the safe and effective use of medicines within the directorate to achieve high standards of medicines related
aspects of patient care.
• To encourage the cost-effective use of medicines and to improve the quality of pharmaceutical care for patients.
• To provide specialised professional and technical education to enable the clinical units to meet high standards of patient care and
safety.
• To be an active member of the pharmacy department and the specialist directorate pharmacy team and ensure continuous two-way
exchange of information to maintain high standards of medicines use within the Trust.



Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis 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 theOUH YouTube channel.





Specialist Clinical Pharmacist: Clinical Practice Role:
• To provide and develop a comprehensive, highly specialised clinical pharmacy service to the cardiology and cardiac and thoracic surgical wards:
◦ Individual prescription review to optimise therapy
◦ Confirmation of the patient’s medication history
◦ Advice on dosage, side-effects, cautions and monitoring required
◦ Advise on administration of medicines
◦ Appropriate and clear endorsing of prescriptions to ensure safe practice
◦ Monitor the effect and appropriateness of medication
◦ Education of patients on their medication
◦ Involvement in discharge planning and provision of discharge medication
• To provide clinical pharmacy support to other ward areas within the Trust as appropriate 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 the use of medicines within the ward areas. This includes recording of significant clinical interventions and involvement in
risk management issues which includes recording and investigating clinical incidents/near misses.
• Ensure compliance with medicines legislation and local policies
• To use available information to influence prescribers and ensure the most cost-effective choice of therapy in accordance with guidelines
as appropriate.
• To participate in ward rounds and clinical meetings as appropriate in order to provide pharmaceutical advice to prescribers and other
health care professionals.
• To ensure accurate patient medication records are updated and maintained electronically.
• To work closely with the ward-based technicians, where available, in providing ward-based pharmacy services.
• To liaise with external agencies to ensure safe, timely and appropriate supply of medicines to patients e.g. Baxter, Homecare
companies etc., where appropriate.
• To participate in ward-based clinical and safe storage of medicine audits.
• To tutor rotational clinical pharmacists undertaking a Diploma in clinical pharmacy and other pharmacists including foundation
pharmacists and to act as a role model and mentor for other pharmacists within the team and within pharmacy.
• To develop personal practice research in accordance with the Trust and pharmacy strategy.
• To contribute to local, national and international specialist interest groups and conferences/meetings.
• To become a non-medical prescriber and work as a non-medical prescriber within the directorate as appropriate
• To provide teaching for the pharmacy and directorate teams as required.

• To develop specialist knowledge and act as a knowledge base/resource for the specialist area and to keep up to date with current
trends and research in the specialist area.
• To work with the clinical pharmacy team to support the strategic developments of the service e.g. electronic prescribing, improved
discharge processes, accredited technician checking etc.
• Actively contribute to the planning and efficient co-ordination of clinical pharmacy initiatives including discharge planning, prescribing
protocols, pharmacists on consultant ward rounds etc
Interviewer information pack
• To contribute to and implement the clinical governance plans of the clinical area and the pharmacy as appropriate.
• To participate in dispensary, evening and weekend work as per rota allocation.

Specialist Clinical Pharmacist: Key Directorate Roles:
• To liaise with the pharmacy team lead and the rest of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure adherence to guidelines where appropriate.
• To identify, review and implement processes, polices and procedures that significantly improve the cost-effective use of medicines
within the directorate.
• To assist in the development and writing of medication related guidelines, in conjunction with the directorate and primary care
teams as appropriate.
• To work with the Directorate Lead Pharmacist on monitoring of prescribing and drug expenditure within the directorate,
and to give advice on cost containment where appropriate.
• To be involved in the preparation of new drug submissions for the Trust Medicines Management Therapeutic Committee (MMTC). To
provide resources to ensure safe implementation of new medicines/technology into clinical practice.
• To provide teaching and induction to new medical and nursing staff as required.
• To manage foundation pharmacist rotations within the cardiac team.
• To organise the clinical and dispensary rotas for the team.
• To manage team meetings within team.

Professional Role:
• To ensure confidentiality is always maintained.
• To be professionally accountable for actions and advice.
• To use experience and clinical judgment to assist in problem-solving and troubleshooting within the Pharmacy department.
• To give professional support to the site operational managers.
• To be aware of the training and competency assessment requirements of foundation pharmacists, diploma pharmacists and student
pharmacy technicians and to participate in their training and competency assessments as required.
• To support the dispensaries by participating in the screening and checking of prescriptions and dispensed items as part of the rostered
duties and as required.
• To participate in Continuous Professional Development.
• To participate in late duty, weekend and bank holiday working according to rotas.
• Any other reasonable duties as requested by the Clinical Director of Pharmacy and Sterile Services.
• To participate in any future 7 day working patterns should the pharmacy department change its current working patterns.


This advert closes on Tuesday 30 Jul 2024

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