Job Description

This is a post that promotes, monitor and improve the safe and cost-effective use of medicines within the sub-specialties in Children's Directorate through regular clinical service and planning, communication, budgetary report and feedback to the directorate leads.



It ensures patients safety and enhances therapeutic outcomes in very specialist areas of paediatrics that require expert pharmacist support.



The post will ensure high-quality and standardised service provision to patients requiring nutritional support (including TPN), high-cost medications and medications delivered via Homecare services.



1. To maintain a clinical expertise and develop particular areas of interest as appropriate and in accordance with the Trust and Pharmacy strategies.



2. To provide a ward-based clinical pharmacy service .



3. Participate in ward rounds, clinical meetings or out-patient clinics as appropriate.



4. Maintain non-medical prescribing competencies, or 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.



5. Contribute to the monitoring of safe, effective, and economic use of medicines in the directorate.



6. Participate in the production, critical appraisal, and reviews of medicines with evidence-based practice.



7. Contribute to the development, implementation and monitoring of protocols for medicines, particularly for high cost, high use and high risk medicines, in response to clinical and business needs.



8. Be aware of Medicines Management/Medicines Safety issues for clinical area/directorate.



9. To provide clinical pharmacy cover to other ward areas within the team (or if required between pharmacy teams) on a reciprocal basis.



10. Support dispensary by participating in screening and dispensing as per rata.



11. To monitor PN and use of other medicines. This includes recording of significant clinical interventions and risk management.



12. Support the strategic developments of the service.



13. Actively contribute to the planning and efficient co-ordination of clinical pharmacy initiatives.



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.



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If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.

The purpose of the job is:

To be an active member of the Pharmacy department and specified clinical area, and to ensure continuous two-way exchange of information to maintain high standards of medicines use within the Trust.



To promote safe, effective & economic use of medicines within the Trust.



To participate in, develop and provide clinical pharmacy services to paediatric clinical areas, including specialist paediatric services.



To provide specialised professional and technical education to enable the paediatric service to meet high standards of patient care and safety.



Routinely review, update, or develop paediatric medicines related guidelines and shared care protocols.



Provide pharmaceutical advice to patients, parents or specialists regarding their medicines.



Have delegated responsibility for specific aspects of the paediatric pharmacy service as agreed with the Directorate Lead Pharmacist. e.g. weekly rotas, attendance at Directorate executive or Governance meetings and MDTs.



Support and deputise for the Directorate Pharmacist in the provision of a safe, effective and efficient clinical pharmacy service to the Children's Hospital, in accordance with local and national standards and strategy.



To lead the paediatric nutrition (inc. TPN) pharmacy team in conjunction with the paediatric pharmacy team lead by liaising with the wider team, including to inpatient and homecare patients.



To be responsible for Home PN management, including commissioning agreements.



Liaison and development of formulation strategy with the contracted supplier of parenteral nutrition (PN). To link with external PN providers and form a good working relationship to develop service improvements to benefit both services.



To champion the needs of paediatric patients in relevant forums e.g pharmacy governance and medicines management committee



To direct members of the team in an objective way, including audits.



To provide education and training to Pharmacy and medical staff, students and trainees.



Support and mentor junior pharmacists in the paediatric pharmacy team, ensuring they have education and training relevant to their development, regular one to ones and appraisals.



To work with the Education and Training Lead Pharmacist to ensure the organisation and implementation of appropriate nutrition training for other staff involved with nutrition, including pre-registration pharmacists, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals.