Specialist Respiratory Pharmacist

The post-holder will:

• Become an expert in Respiratory Pharmacy with a focus on ILD.
• Respiratory medicine will include COPD, Interstitial Lung disease and pleural medicine as well as severe asthma.
• You will be responsible for delivering our ILD to provide excellent patient care. This will include all aspects of ILD treatment, homecare including related documentation and supporting clinics.
• To be a key role in the Respiratory Pharmacy team and wider multidisciplinary team with all related initiatives in teaching, service and guideline development.
• To demonstrate Trust values and professionalism in all day to day work and communications.
  
  Working knowledge of Office 365 applications, Experience using Electronic prescribing systems, MPharm in pharmacy or equivalent
• Registered as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
• Post Graduate Diploma/MSc or equivalent experience
• Independent Prescriber
• Leadership qualification
• Experience in respiratory, Direct patient care
• Working with other healthcare professionals
• Communicating complex information via multiple methods to a variety of recipients.
• Quality improvement, service evaluation or audit
• Mentoring and training others in a healthcare setting
• Taking the lead in a team or project
Desirable criteria
• Hospital experience in more than one setting or clinical area
• Appreciation of funding streams for medicines budgets.
• Demonstrating measurable outcomes from quality or service improvement
• Preparation of protocols or guidelines
Personal skillsEssential criteria
• Organised and able to manage own time.
• Evidence based, methodical approach
• Puzzle/Problem solver
• Autonomous with awareness of own limitations and knowing when to escalate
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Accountable and responsible for own decisions
Desirable criteria
• Excellent Clinical Prioritisation
• Evidence of balancing conflicting priorities
• Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
• Member of relevant professional group e.g. UKCPA
• Ability to travel to all sites including the use of public transport, Acts in accordance with the Trust values
• Adaptable and resilient
• Professional at all times
• Growth mindset, and continuing professional development.
• Appreciation of the value of equality diversity and inclusion
Desirable criteria
• Leadership
• Enthusiastic and positive approach
• Human factors training, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  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 of 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 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., At OUH we have a reputation of excellence in our pharmacy team and in the quality of the service we provide. We have a supportive atmosphere in which we support your wellbeing and your development as a pharmacist. There are many opportunities for you to flourish in OUH- we have an excellent, dynamic and enthusiastic team who will encourage and inspire you in your learning and progression. Our team provide a comprehensive range of pharmaceutical services and extended clinical roles to a vast number of leading edge clinical areas including many tertiary specialities. We work closely with our clinical teams and colleagues, divisions and academic institutions meaning you will have the best possible platform to develop your skills and knowledge and be a part of a Trust providing world class clinical care.