Advanced Pharmacist Diabetes and Endocrine
- oxford, england, United Kingdom
- Permanent
- Full time
Job Description
Advanced Pharmacist Diabetes and Endocrine
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Main area Pharmacy Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
Site John Radcliffe Hospital Town Oxford Salary £57,528 - £64,750 Per Annum / Pro Rata Salary period Yearly Closing 16/08/ :59 Interview date 26/08/2026
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 thisDelivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
Many of our recruitment programmes useValue Based Interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit
Job overview
Are you looking for a new challenge and have a specialist interest in Diabetes or Endocrine? We are please to advertise a newly create post for Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (OCDEM) Clinical Service Unit (CSU)
We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed pharmacists to join our team. You will lead all aspects of diabetes and endocrine adult services within OCDEM which is a CSU within the Specialist Medicine Directorate.
The post holders will be active members of both the Pharmacy and Sterile Services and act as experts within Diabetes and Endocrine services.
Delivering clinical practice and service development for patient care ensuring the best experience and outcomes for patients from their medicines whenever and wherever their care is delivered.
There will be opportunities to develop clinical assessment skills, pharmacist-led clinics, be involved in the assessment of patients and delivery of care.
Main duties of the job
- Be or become a knowledge expert in clinical pharmacy relating to diabetes and endocrine including prescribing, screening, advising, and optimising medicines use in the area.
- Promote, monitor, and improve the safe and cost-effective use of medicines within diabetes and endocrine through regular communication, budgetary reports and feedback to the directorate including biologic medicines where appropriate.
- Develop and lead the pharmacy service to OCDEM CSU.
- Routinely review, update, or develop diabetes and endocrine, medicines related guidelines.
- To support the clinical management of patients who receive endocrine and diabetes treatments from the Trust.
- Have delegated responsibility for specific aspects of the diabetes pharmacy service and endocrine pharmacy service as agreed with the Directorate Pharmacist e.g. attendance at CSU executive or Governance meetings.
- Support and deputise for the Directorate Pharmacist in the provision of a safe, effective, and efficient clinical pharmacy service to the OCDEM CSU, in accordance with local and national standards and strategy.
- To support clinicians and Pharmacy homecare teams with the management of patients who have been enrolled onto homecare medicines supply
- To set up and lead pharmacist-led clinics for the treatment diabetes and endocrine and support MDTs.
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Working for our organisation
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.
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 theOUH YouTube channel .
Candidates who are successful at being shortlisted for this role will undergo a two stage interview process of a values based interview, followed by a a technical interview .
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Be or become a knowledge expert in clinical pharmacy relating to diabetes and endocrine including prescribing, screening, advising, and optimising medicines use in the area.
- Promote, monitor, and improve the safe and cost-effective use of medicines within diabetes and endocrine through regular communication, budgetary reports and feedback to the directorate including biologic medicines where appropriate.
- Develop and lead the pharmacy service to OCDEM CSU.
- Support and deputise for the Directorate Pharmacist in the provision of a safe, effective, and efficient clinical pharmacy service to the OCDEM CSU, in accordance with local and national standards and strategy.
- To champion the needs of diabetic and endocrine patients in relevant forums e.g. pharmacy governance.
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Person specification
Qualifications
- Qualified to masters degree level (4 year MPharm) or equivalent Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Post-Graduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma or equivalent experience.
- Leadership qualification or training.
- MSc in Clinical Pharmacy
- Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) or complete some of this course modules
Experience
- Broad clinical pharmacy provision in a number of different clinical areas or sectors.
- Working with senior clinicians and managers.
- Understanding of medication funding streams, drug usage and expenditure reports and use of financial reports to influence business cases and clinical practice.
- Delivering quality improvements
- Change management at a team level
- Negotiating and influencing
- Able to work autonomously or within a team
- Proven time management skills ability to work under pressure.
- Recent clinical experience in the Acute Medicine
- Positive attitude to all tasks and stakeholders
Sexual Safety Charter : In 2023NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit totheten core principles
Oxford University HOSPITALSPromotes a safe, respectful hiring environment.
Vacancy Closures: Please note, this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications are received.
Visa and Immigration : Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is able to offer Certificates of Sponsorship for all eligible roles for a Skilled Worker Visa without exception, provided the role meets the minimum salary and skill level criteria set by the Home Office (UKVI). All eligible candidates will be considered with equal consideration at all stages of the application and recruitment process.Skilled worker: Health and Care Visa | NHS Employers /Work in the UK - GOV.UK
COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at Oxfordshire County Council Website where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination.
Probation Period: This post is subject to a 6 month probationary period. If you currently hold a contract of employment with the Oxford University Hospitals, this will not apply. This statement does not apply to Medical staff or Executive Appointments.
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