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international reputation for the excellence of its services and its role in teaching and research? If so, this is a golden opportunity.The Antimicrobial Stewardship team are looking for a pharmacist who is excited about the vision we share at the Oxford University Hospitals NHSTrust (OUH). This is a new post created to help support the Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) and Infection Prevention and Control agendas withinthe Trust. This a permanent post working across the 4 hospital sites and will be part of a 7 day a week AMS service.You will be working within the Antimicrobial Stewardship team (adults and paediatrics) to encourage multi-disciplinary teams to use antimicrobialsappropriately. You will have the opportunity to improve your expertise in antimicrobials, project management skills, communication, audit, researchand collaboration with other others.The person should be enthusiastic and have an understanding of the global and local challenges associated with antimicrobial resistance andantimicrobial stewardship. We will help you to further develop your knowledge about expert in antimicrobials and infection management.If this sounds appealing- we would like to hear from you! Please see contact details below if you would like to get further information.

Main duties of the job

Building on your foundation knowledge, experience and skills, you will be working in a dynamic and rewarding setting to deliver compassionate excellence. As a specialist pharmacist you will grow in all four pillars of practice in order to prepare for an advanced practice role.You will work as part of a multidisciplinary antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) team to deliver the AMS agenda. You will support clinicians in the safe prescribing of antimicrobials through ward rounds, responding to ad-hoc queries and proactive surveillance. With AMS team support, you will develop expert knowledge in antimicrobials and infection management such as the pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, spectrum of activity, safety profile and monitoring requirements of antimicrobials. You will support development of a Trust-wide culture which minimises healthcare-associated infection and supports excellent antimicrobial prescribing. Utilising the team's close working relationships with a wide range of pharmacy, medical and nursing colleagues you will collaboratively develop and implement evidence-based antimicrobial guidelines and undertake clinical audit pertaining to antimicrobial use.Education and training are critical to AMS you will deliver formal and in-formal training to a range of healthcare professional in relation to antimicrobial prescribing, monitoring and patient education. In all aspects of your role you will act as role model in AMS and infection prevention and control.

About us

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. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu

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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main tasks and responsibilities:

Direct Patient Care1.Deliver compassionate excellence via a patient focused clinical pharmacy service, in accordance with national medicines optimisation principles and local clinical pharmacy procedures.2.Analyse prescriptions, alongside technical resources, patient records and information from patient consults to form an opinion on the most appropriate course of action.3.Accurately and sensitively communicate medicines related information to a variety of healthcare professionals and patients including those with language difficulties, physical or mental disabilities, in a way that facilitates shared decision making.4.Optimise transfer of patient care, though timely completion of medicines reconciliation and communication with GPs and community pharmacy teams.5.Participate in and promote antimicrobial stewardship, medicines safety, and medicines effectiveness initiatives.6.Where relevant to a rotation complete training in clinical trials and support the supply of investigational medicinal products.7.Where a scope of practice has been identified within a rotation, train to become a NMP and when registered with the GPhC and the OUH to prescribe within the Trusts policy for Non-medical Prescribing.8. Support OUH dispensaries, and liaise with external agencies (Such as aseptic production services or homecare providers) to ensure safe, timely and appropriate supply of medications to patients.

Supporting Professional Activities9.Complete a local induction programme, including core training and maintain core skills throughout employment.10.Act as a role model for pharmacy within the Trust, demonstrating the GPhC Standards for Pharmacy Professionals and our Trust values.11.Support and promote the Trusts equality, diversity and inclusion principles and our sustainability model.12.Plan and organise your own workload in alignment with professional and organisational priorities.13.Delegate and escalate appropriately.14.Report any unexpected or untoward events via the Trusts incident reporting system.15.Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, and the support of your team lead, in developing the pharmacy service in line with the department and Trust strategies in response to changing service needs16.Support compliance with medicines related legislative and regulatory requirements, including maintaining the security and quality of medicines stock and be able to develop an action plan for improvements in a designated area.17.Support the development and implementation of treatment protocols and guidelines for use of medicines within the clinical area18.Contribute to and implement the clinical governance plans of the clinical area and the pharmacy clinical governance plans.19. Participate in, support and lead on Audits, Service evaluation and Quality/Cost Improvement Projects that align to our strategy and support our culture of continuous improvement.20.Provide specialised professional and technical education at a professional or under-graduate level and at a level that patient/carers can understand in both inpatient and outpatient clinical environments across the primary and secondary care settings.21.Tutor and support the training of trainee foundation pharmacists and technicians.22.Any other reasonable duties as requested by the Clinical Director of Pharmacy, or Associate Director of Pharmacy Clinical Service.Education and training are critical to AMS you will deliver formal and in-formal training to a range of healthcare professional in relation to antimicrobial prescribing, monitoring and patient education.

Person Specification

Masters Degree (4 year MPharm or equivalent)

Essential

• Masters Degree (4 year MPharm or equivalent)
• Registered as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Post Graduate Certificate in Pharmacy Practice and due to complete the diploma, or equivalent external credentialling via CPPE/ RPS

Desirable

• Post Graduate Diploma/MSc in Pharmacy Practice or experience/ qualification/ credentialling deemed equivalent.
• Independent Prescriber
• Edward Jenner Leadership programme or equivalent

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cross site

Pharmacy Department, Headley Way

Oxford

OX3 9DU

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