Specialist Pharmacist - General Surgery

If you are keen to further develop your skills learnt as a foundation pharmacist, we may have the perfect opportunity for you to join our team of surgical pharmacists. By applying for this job you will have the opportunity to join the progressive and pioneering pharmacy department at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We are looking for intuitive, enthusiastic and versatile pharmacists to join our diverse and inclusive team.

The team offers you:

o Experience across hospital sites and general surgical specialties, allowing you to become integrated in our surgical service

o The opportunity to undertake prescribing courses and prior completion of a postgraduate clinical diploma.

o The chance to take on leadership/mentoring responsibilities such as trainee pharmacist tutor or postgraduate clinical pharmacy tutor., 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 in general surgery you will grow in all four pillars of practice in order to prepare for an advanced practice role.

In this post you will be a specialist pharmacist across our surgical units at OUH. This includes emergency surgery at the John Radcliffe Hospital and the surgical specialities at the Churchill Hospital. You will gain experience in a number of areas including:

Emergency/acute surgery

Breast surgery

Colorectal surgery (including patients with inflammatory bowel disease and malignant conditions)

Oesophagogastric, hepatobiliary and endocrine surgery

Colorectal enhanced care unit

Emergency surgery ambulatory unit

This post will give you an opportunity to expand your expertise and skillset, mentor others, be involved in service development or research and to put your management and leadership skills into action in a supportive setting. The post holder should ensure timely, effective, two-way exchange of information between the pharmacy teams and the clinical area as well as maintaining high standards of medicines management.

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 thisDelivering Compassionate Excellenceand 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 theOUH YouTube channel.