Specialist Pharmacist Ambulatory Care
| Posting date: | 26 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £46,148.00 to £52,809.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £46148.00 - £52809.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 July 2025 |
| Location: | Oxford, OX3 9DU |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9321-25-0821 |
Summary
Ensure medicines are used appropriately, safely and cost-effectively in accordance with Trust policy, standard operating procedures and medicines legislation. Provide a ward-based clinical pharmacy service according to Trust agreed standards including: Individual prescription review to optimise therapy Confirmation of the patients medication history Advice on dosage, side-effects, cautions and monitoring required Advise on administration of medicines Appropriate and clear endorsing of prescriptions to ensure safe practice Monitor the effect and appropriateness of medication Education of patients on their medication Communication with other pharmacists to ensure efficient transfer of care and to ensure resident and weekend pharmacists have all necessary information. Discharge planning, including accreditation to list discharge prescriptions. 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. Use available information to influence prescribers and ensure the most cost-effective choice of therapy. Liaise with external agencies to ensure safe, timely and appropriate supply to patients eg Baxter, Homecare companies etc, where appropriate. Update and maintain patient records to ensure an accurate, contemporaneous health record complying with good information governance practices. Provide clinical pharmacy cover to other ward areas within the team on a reciprocal basis. Monitor medicines use within the ward area. This includes recording of significant clinical interventions and risk management including: Participation in investigating clinical incidents Recording significant clinical incidents/near misses Ensuring compliance with medicines legislation and local policies Monitor prescribing and drug expenditure within the rotational area, providing regular evaluated management reportsand giving advice on cost containment. 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 Trusts policy for Non-medical Prescribing. Support the development and implementation of treatment protocols and guidelines for use of medicines within the clinical area Contribute to local, national and international specialist interest groups and conferences/meetings. Act as knowledge base/resource for the specialist area and to keep up to date with current trends and research in the specialist area. 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. Actively contribute to the planning and efficient co-ordination of clinical pharmacy initiatives including discharge planning, prescribing protocols, pharmacists on consultant ward rounds etc. 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