Resident Pharmacist

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Oxford; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Resident Pharmacist to join their dynamic pharmacy team in Oxford. This role offers numerous clinical rotations across multiple specialities, allowing pharmacists to enhance their skills and knowledge in patient care. The successful candidate will receive support in achieving a Clinical Diploma and independent prescribing qualification. A collaborative team environment and a salary range of £38,682 to £46,580 pro rata are part of this exciting opportunity.

Benefits

Paid study leave

Course fees for Clinical Diploma

Qualifications

• Qualified to masters degree level (4 year MPharm or equivalent).
• Registered as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Hospital experience in a clinical pharmacy setting.

Responsibilities

• Participate in out of hours resident pharmacist rota.
• Deliver a patient focused clinical pharmacy service.
• Analyze prescriptions and communicate with healthcare professionals.

Skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Clinical pharmacy knowledge

Ability to prioritize

Leadership

Education

Master's degree in Pharmacy (MPharm or equivalent)

Tools

Electronic Prescribing Systems

Job description

Go back Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Resident Pharmacist

The closing date is 29 January 2026

Do you want to kickstart your pharmacy career? Are you looking for a role to grow your clinical expertise every day? If so, this is a golden opportunity for registered pharmacist and current trainee pharmacists to apply to join an exceptional resident pharmacist team.

We have a reputation of excellence in our pharmacy team and the quality of the service we provide. We will support your wellbeing and development as a pharmacist and offer many opportunities for you to flourish in a dynamic and enthusiastic team. We encourage and inspire your learning and progression, with many resident pharmacists continuing their career within OUH.

Pharmacy provide a comprehensive range of pharmaceutical services and extended clinical roles to many clinical areas, including tertiary specialities.

We work closely with our clinical colleagues, including our eight consultant pharmacists, meaning you will have the best possible platform to develop your skills and knowledge and be a part of a Trust providing world‑class clinical care.

Our rotations are across four main sites and most of your time will be spent in clinical areas, engaging with patients and colleagues.

Additional benefits include paid study leave and course fees to undertake a Clinical Diploma, and the opportunity to complete your independent prescribing qualification as part of the Clinical Diploma (if not already obtained) as part of the strategic objective of the department to have all clinical pharmacists as prescribers by 2028.

Main duties of the job

• Experience across multiple specialities and hospital sites allowing you to develop a wide experience for your clinical pharmacy portfolio, with the opportunity to complete nine four‑month rotations in areas such as:
  • General medicine
  • Surgery
  • Stroke
  • Intensive Care
  • Orthopaedics
  • Neurology/neurosurgery
  • Children's
  • Renal and Transplant
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • Cancer and Palliative Care
  • Medicines Information
• A postgraduate clinical diploma with Cardiff University
• Experience leading the dispensary during out‑of‑hours services
• Working as part of the Hospital at Night team, proactively reviewing patients requiring medicines optimisation
• Varied shift work to challenge and stretch you to become an expert at prioritisation and organisation

Join a team of friendly resident pharmacists who work collaboratively and are responsible for providing the Trust's out‑of‑hours Pharmacy service. This is achieved by working varied shift patterns across weekends and weekdays, alongside a variety of clinical rotations. A fantastic amount of peer support is provided by working within such a close‑knit team of like‑minded individuals. There is an experienced team of senior‑on‑call pharmacists who provide support throughout the night for calls which need senior advice.

About us

As one of the largest teaching trusts in the UK our pharmacy department work across 4 different sites. By joining the resident team you will have the opportunity to work across all sites with people from different cultures and backgrounds. Our pharmacy team pride themselves on delivering excellent and compassionate care, acting with integrity and respect, for the benefit of patients within the trust. Within the department there are eight consultant pharmacists across various specialities, who offer expertise and guidance to all aspiring clinical pharmacists. We focus on delivering the best clinical training and opportunity for learning, while simultaneously striving to improve pharmaceutical services.

Oxford, the "city of dreaming spires" is world renowned, and contains the oldest university in the English‑speaking world. It has a variety of famous monuments and buildings, cultural landmarks and historical artefacts, including the notorious Headington Shark. With close links to London and Birmingham and the picturesque Cotswolds within easy reach, Oxford offers that escape‑from‑the‑city atmosphere without compromising on availability to the big city attractions.

Job responsibilities

• To participate in the out of hours resident pharmacist rota, to all the Oxford University Hospitals. Service provision is also provided to other contracted organisations. The rota covers weekdays, weekends and bank holidays. This involves working late and night shift patterns. The out of hours service is supported by a senior pharmacist on call from home via a radio page.
• To record all out of hours calls on the on call records database in order to provide a measure of service use, to allow peer review, clinical governance, training and to ensure appropriate follow up of particular identified problems and/or patients.
• To participate in the provision of comprehensive pharmaceutical services for all Oxford University Hospitals.
• Complete a local induction programme including core training, and maintain core skills throughout employment.
• Act as a role model for pharmacy within the Trust, demonstrating Pharmacy Professional Standards and our Trust values.
• 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, communicate this in a way that supports shared decision making.
• Participate in and promote antimicrobial stewardship activities.
• Accurately and sensitively communicate medicines related information to a variety of healthcare professionals and patients including those with language difficulties, physical or mental disabilities.
• Plan and organise your own workload in alignment with professional and organisational priorities.
• Delegate and escalate appropriately.
• Support compliance with medicines related legislative and regulatory requirements, including maintaining the security and quality of medicines stock.
• Undertake Audits and Quality Improvement Projects to support our culture of continuous improvement.
• Report unexpected or untoward events via the Trust's incident reporting system.
• Where relevant to a rotation, complete training in clinical trials and support the supply of investigational medicinal products.
• Undertake a program of study leading to a Postgraduate Clinical Diploma over 2 or 3 years, with the opportunity to complete an independent prescribing qualification if not already obtained.
• Use independent prescribing within own competency, following Trust approval.
• Support the training and mentoring of our trainee pharmacists and technicians, as well as colleagues who are new to the Trust.
• Participate in weekend and bank holiday working according to the service needs.
• Any other reasonable duties as requested by the Clinical Director of Pharmacy, or Associate Director of Pharmacy Clinical Service.

Person Specification

• Qualified to masters degree level (4 year MPharm or equivalent)
• Registered as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council before starting in post (August 2026)
• Application of pharmacy knowledge to benefit patient care
• Medicine reconciliation at transfer of care
• Patient consultations
• Working with other health care professionals
• Service improvement
• Organised and methodical in approach
• Able to prioritise multiple tasks under restricted time pressure
• Capable of working autonomously with awareness of own limitations and knowing when to elevate
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Knowledge and experience in clinical pharmacy
• Hospital experience
• Audit/Quality improvement
• Use of Electronic Prescribing Systems
• Leadership

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a year, pro rata