Foundation Pharmacist

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust • Full-time • United Kingdom, England, Oxford • £33.71k - £40.59k / year • 2w ago

This is an ideal development post for a newly qualified pharmacist or for a pharmacist wanting to take their first steps into a hospital pharmacy career in a vibrant, nurturing and supportive setting. The role offers the opportunity to apply your pharmaceutical knowledge across a variety of different specialties and to continuously build both your confidence and knowledge base through formal and informal learning. Typically, rotations are 6 months in duration, they span across sites and include both medical and surgical clinical specialties. It will include taking responsibility and using initiative in managing your own workload blended with being a team player and knowing your limitations and asking for help and support as needed. You will be encouraged and supported in undertaking leadership tasks and to be involved in quality improvement and service development.

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Main Tasks and Responsibilities

1. Complete a local induction programme including core training, and maintain core skills throughout employment.
2. Act as a role model for pharmacy within the Trust, demonstrating Pharmacy Professional Standards and our Trust values
3. Deliver compassionate excellence via a patient focused clinical pharmacy service, in accordance with national medicines optimisation principles and local clinical pharmacy procedures.
4. Analyse prescriptions, alongside technical resources, patient records and information from patient consults to form an opinion on the most appropriate course of action and communicate this is in a way that supports shared decision making.
5. Participate in and promote antimicrobial stewardship activities.
6. Accurately and sensitively communicate medicines related information to a variety of healthcare professionals and patients including those with language difficulties, physical or mental disabilities.
7. Plan and organise your own workload in alignment with professional and organisational priorities.
8. Delegate and escalate appropriately.
9. Support compliance with medicines related legislative and regulatory requirements, including maintaining the security and quality of medicines stock.

OUH has a reputation for being a great place to work and this is well earned.

It has a track record for clinical and academic excellence.

You will be working in a Trust with a very diverse staff and skill set and range of tertiary specialities.

As well as being very patient focused, the Trust prides itself on the range of support services available for staff and its focus on staff wellbeing.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis 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.

10. Undertake Audits and Quality Improvement Projects to support our culture of continuous improvement.

11. Report any unexpected or untoward events via the Trusts incident reporting system.

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

13.Undertake a program of study leading to a Postgraduate Clinical Diploma

14. Support the training and mentoring of our trainee pharmacists and technicians, as well as colleagues who are new to the Trust.

15. Participate in unsociable hours weekend and bank holiday working according to the service needs.

16. Any other reasonable duties as requested by the Clinical Director of Pharmacy, or Associate Director of Pharmacy – Clinical Service.