Specialist Pharmacist Adult Critical Care

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Oxford; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS teaching trust in Oxford is seeking a Specialist Pharmacist for their Adult Critical Care unit. This role focuses on providing high-quality pharmaceutical care to ICU patients, engaging with a multidisciplinary team to enhance patient outcomes. Candidates should possess an MPharm degree and be registered with GPhC.

Qualifications

• Experience in critical care pharmacy.
• Ability to communicate complex information effectively.
• Direct patient care in multiple settings.

Responsibilities

• Deliver compassionate clinical pharmacy services.
• Review and optimize prescriptions for patients.
• Participate in multidisciplinary team ward rounds.

Skills

Teamwork

Patient Care

Communication

Education

Masters Degree in Pharmacy (MPharm)

Registered with GPhC

Post Graduate Certificate in Pharmacy Practice

Job description

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NHS AfC: Band 7

Main area Adult Critical Care Pharmacist Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 321-CSS-7227632-B7

Site Pharmacy Department, John Radcliffe Hospital Town Oxford Salary £46,148 - £52,809 Per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 26/06/2025 23:59 Interview date 10/07/2025

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 thisDelivering Compassionate Excellenceand its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

Many of our recruitment programmes useValue Based Interviewingto identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visitwww.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values

Job overview

Do you enjoy the challenges of meeting complex pharmaceutical care needs, with the back-up of an experienced clinical pharmacy team? Are you enthusiastic, self-motivated and keen to improve the direct care of patients?

Following the existing postholder's internal promotion, we have an opportunity for a Specialist Pharmacist to join the OUH Adult Critical Care Pharmacy team. We are a very supportive team comprising Consultant Pharmacist, Advanced Pharmacists and Specialist Pharmacists and we look forward to sharing our enthusiasm for improving pharmaceutical care for our patients with you. The focus of the job will be clinical pharmacy provision to the 30-bed Oxford Adult Critical Care Unit (OCCU), where you will look after general and trauma ICU patients as well as patients from specialised services such as Transplant and Haematology over our two sites. There will be opportunity to gain experience in project work across the Critical Care, Anaesthetics, Pre-op Assessment, Pain & Resuscitation (CAPR) Directorate.

Main duties of the job

The Specialist Pharmacist Adult Critical Care supports Highly Specialist Pharmacists and the Consultant Pharmacist Critical Care, and works alongside other Specialist Pharmacists in the CAPR pharmacy team to deliver safe, effective and efficient clinical pharmacy services to OCCU . This will include reviewing and optimising prescriptions, attendance at and contribution to MDT ward rounds, as well as providing advice and teaching for junior pharmacy staff and other critical care healthcare professionals, appropriate to the postholder’s level of experience.

The postholder will, with appropriate support, deputise for the Senior Pharmacists in Critical Care at medicines or governance related unit level meetings, e.g. the OCC Quality & Safety Meeting, to enable the clinical units to meet high standards of patient care and safety. They will support the CAPR directorate pharmacy team in producing medicines evaluation, medicines protocols and treatment guidelines as well as participating in medicines-related audits or other projects related to Adult Critical Care or related areas as determined by team objectives.

The postholder will occasionally support the CAPR Lead Directorate Pharmacist in providing clinical pharmacy services to other specialities, e.g. Anaesthetics, within their level of skills or following appropriate training if required.

Working for our organisation

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 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 .

Candidates who are successful at being shortlisted for this role will undergo a two stage interview process of a values based interview, followed by a a technical interview .

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main Tasks and Responsibilities

1. Deliver compassionate excellence via a patient focused clinical pharmacy service, in accordance with national medicines optimisation principles and local clinical pharmacy procedures.

2. Analyse prescriptions, alongside technical resources, patient records and information from patient consults to form an opinion on the most appropriate course of action.

3. Accurately and sensitively communicate medicines related information to a variety of healthcare professionals and patients including those with language difficulties, physical or mental disabilities, in a way that facilitates shared decision making.

4. Optimise transfer of patient care, though timely completion of medicines reconciliation and communication with GPs and community pharmacy teams.

5. Participate in and promote antimicrobial stewardship, medicines safety, and medicines effectiveness initiatives.

6. Where relevant to a rotation complete training in clinical trials and support the supply of investigational medicinal products.

7. Where a scope of practice has been identified within a rotation, train to become a NMP

8. For registered professionals authorised to prescribe: In roles requiring therapeutic medications and treatments, and after approval from the Trust’s respective Non-Medical Prescribing Lead, the practitioner will prescribe medications safely and effectively in line with their scope of practice, utilising local or organisational guidelines, national guidelines, and adhering to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) Prescribing Standards, and those of the GPhC

9. Support OUH dispensaries, and liaise with external agencies (Such as aseptic production services or homecare providers) to ensure safe, timely and appropriate supply of medications to patients.

Refer to attached job description and person specification for Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

Qualifications

• Masters Degre (4 Year MPharm or equivalent) in Pharmacy
• Registered as pharmacist with the GPhC
• Post Graduate Certificate in Pharmacy Practice and due to complete the diploma, or equivalent external credentialling via CPPE/ RPS
• Post Graduate Diploma/MSc in Pharmacy Practice or experience/ qualification/ credentialling deemed equivalent.
• Completion of formal Leadership program

Experience

• Direct patient care in more than one one setting or clinical area.
• Working with other health care professionals
• Communicating complex information via multiple methods to a variety of recipients.
• Quality improvement, service evaluation or audit
• Mentoring and training others in a healthcare setting
• Taking the lead in a team or project
• Hospital experience in more than one setting or clinical area
• Experience in Pharmaceutical care of patients in critical care or enhanced care setting
• Appreciation of funding streams for medicines budgets.
• Demonstrating measurable outcomes from quality or service improvement
• Preparation of protocols or guidelines

Personal skills

• Organised and able to manage own time.
• Evidence based, methodical approach
• Autonomous with awareness of own limitations and knowing when to escalate
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Accountable and responsible for own decisions
• Excellent Clinical Prioritisation
• Evidence of balancing conflicting priorities
• Member of relevant professional group e.g. UKCPA

COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment , we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at Oxfordshire County Council Website where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination.

Vacancy Closures: Please note, this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications are received.

Probation Period: This post is subject to a 6 month probationary period. If you currently hold a contract of employment with the Oxford University Hospitals, this will not apply. This statement does not apply to Medical staff or Executive Appointments.

Referencing: When providing employment reference details please provide correct work related email addresses so references can be sought promptly when we are looking to progress your application. Your first referee will need to be your line manager, supervisor or clinical lead from your current or most recent post or place of study. Please note that if you have previously worked for the Trust we will require a reference from your last Manager, this information is essential if your offer of employment is to be confirmed.

Next Steps: Please make sure that you read the job description and person specification, and that your supporting statement reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria. Candidates selected for interview will be contacted after the short-listing process, usually within 2 weeks. (Please note that shortlisting times vary when applying for a Medical position within the Trust). The majority of correspondence will be via the e-recruitment system; therefore you should check your emails regularly including junk mail folders in web-based email products.

No unsolicited recruitment agency telephone calls or emails.

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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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