Specialist Respiratory Pharmacist

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Oxford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in healthcare is seeking a dedicated pharmacist to join their dynamic Respiratory Medicine team. This role offers the opportunity to deepen your clinical knowledge and develop leadership skills while working with a motivated multidisciplinary team. You will play a key role in enhancing patient care in respiratory pharmacy, particularly focusing on interstitial lung disease. The organization values compassion, respect, and continuous improvement, providing a supportive environment for your professional development. If you are passionate about making a difference in patient care and thrive in a collaborative setting, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Registered pharmacist with an MPharm degree and experience in respiratory.
• Experience using electronic prescribing systems and Office 365.

Responsibilities

• Become an expert in Respiratory Pharmacy focusing on ILD.
• Deliver excellent patient care in respiratory medicine.

Skills

Respiratory Pharmacy

Office 365 applications

Electronic prescribing systems

Direct patient care

Quality improvement

Mentoring and training

Excellent communication skills

Education

MPharm in pharmacy or equivalent

Registered pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent experience

Post Graduate Diploma/MSc or equivalent experience

Job description

Band 5 Nurse and Band 2 Healthcare Support Worker recruitment is centralised, meaning when you apply you will be considered for a number of roles across the Trust. If you have any questions please email: [e-mail].

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, 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.

Job overview

This is an ideal role for a pharmacist wanting to work in a dynamic leading edge specialty - Respiratory Medicine. The respiratory department is an excellent research renowned Tertiary Centre and this role would enable you to deepen your clinical knowledge and skills and develop leadership skills in working with a very motivated wider multidisciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will:

• Become an expert in Respiratory Pharmacy with a focus on ILD.
• Respiratory medicine will include COPD, Interstitial Lung disease and pleural medicine as well as severe asthma.
• You will be responsible for delivering our ILD to provide excellent patient care.
• To be a key role in the Respiratory Pharmacy team and wider multidisciplinary team.
• To demonstrate Trust values and professionalism in all day to day work and communications.

Person specification

Technical Skills

• Working knowledge of Office 365 applications
• Experience using Electronic prescribing systems

Qualifications

• MPharm in pharmacy or equivalent
• Registered as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent experience
• Post Graduate Diploma/MSc or equivalent experience
• Experience in respiratory

Experience

• Direct patient care
• Working with other healthcare professionals
• Quality improvement, service evaluation or audit
• Mentoring and training others in a healthcare setting
• Hospital experience in more than one setting or clinical area

Personal skills

• Organised and able to manage own time.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Accountable and responsible for own decisions
• Ability to travel to all sites including the use of public transport

Behavioural Skills

• Acts in accordance with the Trust values
• Adaptable and resilient
• Professional at all times
• Growth mindset, and continuing professional development.

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. While COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.

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.

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