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Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

About

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible.

Contact

Address: Trust Headquarters; Warneford Hospital; Warneford Lane; Headington; Oxford; Oxfordshire; OX3 7JX
Contact Number: 01865 901000

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Ref: 267-CS7163610 Vacancy ID: 7163610

Clinical Services Pharmacist - Oxford

Accepting applications until: 18-May-2025 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 18-May-2025 23:59

Location

Site: Warneford Hospital
Address: Warneford Road
Town: Oxford
Postcode: OX3 7JX
Major / Minor Region: Oxfordshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract

Fixed term: 12 months (on call rota approximately three weeks per year)

Hours

Full time
Part time

37.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum | pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 7)

Specialty

Main area: pharmacy

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.

We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.

We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.

Good luck and we hope to hear from you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Optimise drug therapy for individual patients by participation in MDT meetings, drug history taking and Pharmaceutical Care Planning.
Ensure objective monitoring of clinical response and side effects of medication as part of care planning
Ensure that prescribing and administration of medication adheres to best evidence and practice and to Trust policy.
Promote multi-disciplinary training regarding medication.
Provide coordinated medicine information to patients as part of the discharge-planning process.
Liaise with members of clinical team and external agencies as part of the CPA and discharge planning and to undertake needs assessment for individual patients e.g., compliance aid requirements
Document clinical pharmacy contacts, interventions, and records such as drug histories and treatment plans on the pharmacy system and trust EPR system.
Provide post-discharge care to patients, carers, and relatives as part of the support network, and to act as point of contact for CPNs, GPs and community pharmacists regarding interface issues
Provide medicines information and advice to patients, carers, hospital, and community staff.

Please refer to the job description attached for a comprehensive list of duties

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification

Aptitude and skills

Essential criteria

Attained General Level Framework competency standard or able to demonstrate comparable experience/qualification.

Desirable criteria

Awareness of quality and risk-management issues. Driver’s License

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Competence in the use of Microsoft Office (i.e., spreadsheets, word processing, presentation software). Ability to convey complex, sensitive information to other Healthcare professionals and patients.

Desirable criteria

Ability to manipulate and analyse electronic data.

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent. GPhC Registered. Evidence of CPD.

Desirable criteria

Certificate in Psychiatric Therapeutics.

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience in hospital pharmacy (can be desirable dependent on experience)

Desirable criteria

Experience in providing services to mental health units.

Personal qualities

Essential criteria

Flexible approach to work. Ability to work as part of a team. Ability to prioritise conflicting pressures to meet service requirements. Self-motivated.

Contractual requirements

Desirable criteria

Ability to travel between sites.

Documents

Further details / informal visits contact

Name

Aimee Chan

Job title

Clinical Lead pharmacist

Email address

[email protected]

Telephone number

07557 633893

Additional information

Alternative contact:

Amanda Hotston: Directorate Lead pharmacist for Mental health

Tel: 07385226982

email: [email protected]

At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.

Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.