Clinical Nutrition & Intestinal Failure Pharmacist

OUH; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Specialist Nutrition and Intestinal Failure Pharmacist to join its Pharmacy team at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. The role focuses on clinical nutrition, inpatient PN rounds, and home PN support within a nationally designated specialist centre.

The post holder will contribute to MDT meetings, advise on PN medicines management, and participate in training for staff, while supporting service transformation and improvements in PN

Qualifications

• MPharm in pharmacy or equivalent.
• Registered as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent experience.
• Direct patient care.
• Quality improvement, service evaluation or audit.
• Post Graduate Diploma/MSc or equivalent experience.
• Experience in nutrition and/or intestinal failure.

Responsibilities

• Advise on medicines management for nutrition support patients.
• Participate in daily inpatient PN ward rounds on Churchill and John Radcliffe sites.
• Liaise with nursing/medical staff for vascular access device insertion.
• Act as a non-medical prescriber for PN patients.
• Attend nutrition MDT meetings (inpatients and outpatients).
• Advise on home PN management to the nutrition team and patients.
• Negotiate service provision with external providers (e.g., homecare PN).
• Report and investigate adverse incidents related to nutrition support.
• Assist in financial and commissioning reporting for the intestinal failure service.
• Participate in SHIFNET, BPNG or other PN groups.
• Provide teaching on PN to pharmacy, nursing, medical staff and allied health professionals.

Skills

Clinical nutrition knowledge

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Prescribing responsibilities

Education

MPharm in pharmacy or equivalent

GPhC registration

Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy

Postgraduate Diploma/MSc

Nutrition/intestinal failure experience

Job description

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Specialist Nutrition and Intestinal Failure Pharmacist to join its Pharmacy team at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. The role focuses on clinical nutrition, inpatient PN rounds, and home PN support within a nationally designated specialist centre.

The post holder will contribute to MDT meetings, advise on PN medicines management, and participate in training for staff, while supporting service transformation and improvements in PN