Advanced Pharmacist

We have an opportunity for an 3 year fixed term secondment to cover this Advanced Pharmacist role for Renal, Urology & Transplant Pharmacy Team. Practicing at an advanced level clinically, you will support the whole directorate but will develop and maintain a particular focus for Renal Dialysis patients.

The Renal Pharmacy team takes pride in delivering compassionate excellence to the diverse range of medical and surgical patients that the directorate is responsible for. This is an exciting and varied role, within an innovative and forward-thinking pharmacy team.

Main duties of the job

1. To participate in the provision of a safe, effective and efficient clinical pharmacy service to the Renal, Transplant and Urology Directorate.

2. To practice as an advanced clinical pharmacist and provide specialist review of renal and transplant patients, including prescribing as part of the multi-disciplinary team on wards and in clinics.

3. To have delegated responsibility for specific aspects of the renal pharmacy service as agreed with the Consultant Pharmacist Transplantation and Renal Services and Divisional Pharmacist Team Leader.

4. To promote and deliver medicines optimisation to ensure evidence based and cost effective use of treatments.

5. To provide specialised professional and technical education to enable the clinical units to meet high standards of patient care and safety.

6. To provide a framework for the safe, efficient and cost effective use of medicine resources within the specialist area, by the provision of education and training, procedures, policies and guidelines, and medicines usage information.

7. To develop and maintain highly specialist renal and transplant knowledge. To act as a role model within the specialist pharmacy and multidisciplinary teams to ensure a consistently high pharmaceutical service in line with national standards, Trust strategy and the NHS Plan.

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 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., 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. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk

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, Sexual Safety Charter: In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles

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If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.