Specialist Pharmacist Ambulatory Care | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 26 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £46,148 - £52,809 Per Annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 July 2025 |
| Location: | Oxford, OX3 9DU |
| Company: | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7220107/321-MRC-7220107-B7 |
Summary
This is a key role within the pharmacy team delivering services to the ambulatory assessment units and ambulatory outreach team. The post holder will be an active member of both the pharmacy and sterile services directorate and the ambulatory and virtual ward clinical service unit to provide patient centres care to a high standard in accordance with OUH values. The post holder will need to be flexible and open to working across different settings.
To provide a clinical pharmacy service to the ambulatory clinical areas including ambulatory assessment unit (AAU), Rowan ambulatory unit (RAU) and the ambulatory outreach team (AOT) which encompasses CovidCare@Home, Hospital at Home and Complex Outpatient Antimicrobial Therapy (COPAT).
To support the development, implementation and management of home administered antibody therapies for treatment of Covid-19.
To be a medicines expert within ambulatory services, providing support on medicine safe storage, patients medication and treatment choices and monitoring, and medicine related developments within the team. To support the development of the service. To deputise for the Lead Pharmacist as needed including line management roles.
To work closely with the pharmacy team lead for ambulatory care in the implementation, review and audit of the introduction of ward based and at home pharmacy services and new technology.
To provide specialist advice and counselling to patients both on the ward and through telemed consultations.
To work closely with a ward based technician, to support the AAU satellite in providing ward based pharmacy services
To be a pharmacy representative within the ambulatory care area and to represent the area within Pharmacy. To liaise with the pharmacy service including the dispensaries in promoting understanding of AOT services and supporting any related changes and developments.
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1. Ensure medicines are used appropriately, safely and cost-effectively in accordance with Trust policy, standard operating procedures and medicines legislation.
2. Provide a ward-based clinical pharmacy service according to Trust agreed standards including:1. Individual prescription review to optimise therapy
2. Confirmation of the patient’s medication history
3. Advice on dosage, side-effects, cautions and monitoring required
4. Advise on administration of medicines
5. Appropriate and clear endorsing of prescriptions to ensure safe practice
6. Monitor the effect and appropriateness of medication
7. Education of patients on their medication
3. Communication with other pharmacists to ensure efficient transfer of care and to ensure resident and weekend pharmacists have all necessary information.
4. Discharge planning, including accreditation to list discharge prescriptions.
5. Participate in ward rounds, clinical meetings or out-patient clinics as appropriate in order to provide pharmaceutical advice to prescribers and other health care professionals.
6. Use available information to influence prescribers and ensure the most cost-effective choice of therapy.
7. Liaise with external agencies to ensure safe, timely and appropriate supply to patients eg Baxter, Homecare companies etc, where appropriate.
8. Update and maintain patient records to ensure an accurate, contemporaneous health record complying with good information governance practices.
9. Provide clinical pharmacy cover to other ward areas within the team on a reciprocal basis.
10. Monitor medicines use within the ward area. This includes recording of significant clinical interventions and risk management including:1. Participation in investigating clinical incidents
2. Recording significant clinical incidents/near misses
3. Ensuring compliance with medicines legislation and local policies
11. Monitor prescribing and drug expenditure within the rotational area, providing regular evaluated management reportsand giving advice on cost containment.
12. Where a scope of practice has been identified, train to become a NMP and when registered with the GPhC and the OUH to prescribe within the Trust’s policy for Non-medical Prescribing.
13. Support the development and implementation of treatment protocols and guidelines for use of medicines within the clinical area
14. Contribute to local, national and international specialist interest groups and conferences/meetings.
15. Act as knowledge base/resource for the specialist area and to keep up to date with current trends and research in the specialist area.
16. With the rest of the members of the clinical pharmacy team to support the strategic developments of the service e.g. electronic prescribing, improved discharge processes, accredited technician checking etc.
17. Actively contribute to the planning and efficient co-ordination of clinical pharmacy initiatives including discharge planning, prescribing protocols, pharmacists on consultant ward rounds etc.
18. Contribute to and implement the clinical governance plans of the clinical area and the pharmacy clinical governance plans. See Job description for full list of role and responsibilities
This advert closes on Thursday 10 Jul 2025
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