Deputy Lead Pharmacist: Clinical Leadership & Optimisation

NHS Jobs; Banbury; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Pharmacist to lead clinical pharmacy services across designated areas, delivering patient‑centred care and medicines optimisation. You will advise GPs and hospital teams, support staff training, and contribute to service improvement within a busy pharmacy department.

The role emphasises governance, policy development, and workforce leadership, ensuring compliance with professional standards and national guidance.

Qualifications

• Deliver specialist clinical pharmacy services in designated areas.
• Promote safe, effective, and economical use of medicines.
• Provide expert advice to GPs, clinicians, nursing staff, and other healthcare professionals on all aspects of medicines use.
• Follow Practice guidelines for pharmacy services.
• Propose and implement changes to policies and provide feedback on new/revised policies for their own area.
• Undertake surveys or audits to support safety, compliance or business development related to pharmacy service delivery.
• Support the development, implementation, and evaluation of new pharmacy-led services and clinical pathways.
• Contribute to digital transformation initiatives and the optimisation of electronic prescribing and medicines administration.

Responsibilities

• Deliver specialist clinical pharmacy services in designated areas, ensuring evidence based and patient centred care.
• Promote safe, effective, and economical use of medicines, aligned with national and local formulary guidance.
• Provide expert advice to GPs, clinicians, nursing staff, and other healthcare professionals on all aspects of medicines use.
• Follow Practice guidelines for pharmacy services.
• Will be required to propose and implement changes to policies and asked to provide feedback on new / revised policies for their own area.
• Undertake surveys or audits, as necessary to support with safety, compliance or business development specifically related to pharmacy service delivery.
• Support the development, implementation, and evaluation of new pharmacy-led services and clinical pathways. Contribute to digital transformation initiatives and the optimisation of electronic prescribing and medicines administration.
• Provide support to the centralisation of pharmacy services across PML.

Job description

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Pharmacist to lead clinical pharmacy services across designated areas, delivering patient‑centred care and medicines optimisation. You will advise GPs and hospital teams, support staff training, and contribute to service improvement within a busy pharmacy department.

The role emphasises governance, policy development, and workforce leadership, ensuring compliance with professional standards and national guidance.