Job summary
Are you passionate about paediatric care and ready to take your pharmacy career to the next level? We are looking for an Advanced Paediatric Pharmacist (Band 8a) to join our dynamic team within the Children's Hospital at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CHOX) and as part of the Neurosciences, Orthopaedics, Trauma, Specialist Surgery, Children's and Neonates (NOTSSCaN) division. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a leading tertiary centre, supporting a wide range of paediatric sub-specialties. You will play a key role in optimising medicines use, ensuring patient safety, and driving innovation in clinical pharmacy practice. The role combines hands-on clinical work, strategic service development, and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) to deliver the highest standards of care for children and young people.
Main duties of the job
What You'll Do:
Deliver expert ward-based clinical pharmacy services and participate in ward rounds, clinics, and MDT meetings.
Develop and maintain advanced clinical skills, including non-medical prescribing (NMP).
Lead on medicines optimisation, governance, and evidence-based practice for complex and high-cost therapies.
Contribute to the development of protocols and guidelines for safe, effective, and economical use of medicines.
Support strategic initiatives to enhance paediatric pharmacy services across the Trust.
Provide reciprocal cover and assist with dispensary duties when required.
What We're Looking For:
GPhC-registered pharmacist with paediatric experience.
Clinical knowledge and commitment to patient safety.
Communication and leadership skills to influence and collaborate effectively.
A proactive approach to service development and continuous improvement.
Why Join Us?
Work in one of the UK's leading teaching hospitals with diverse paediatric specialties.
Opportunities for continuous professional development (CPD), including advanced clinical roles and prescribing.
Be part of a supportive, forward-thinking pharmacy team making a real difference to children's health.
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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.
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.
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 to the ten core principles
Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. 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.
2. To promote safe, effective & economic use of medicines within the Trust.
3. To participate in, develop and provide clinical pharmacy services to paediatric clinical areas.
4. To provide specialised professional and technical education to enable the paediatric service to meet high standards of patient care and safety.
5. Routinely review, update, or develop paediatric medicines related guidelines.
6. Provide pharmaceutical advice to patients, parents or specialists regarding their medicines.
7. 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.
8. Support and deputise for the Directorate Pharmacist in the provision of a safe, effective and efficient clinical pharmacy service to the Childrens Hospital, in accordance with local and national standards and strategy.
9. To support the paediatric pharmacy team for inpatient PN and home PN management.
10. To champion the needs of paediatric patients in relevant forums e.g. pharmacy governance and medicines management committee.
11. To direct members of the team in an objective way, including audits.
12. To provide education and training to pharmacy and medical staff, students and trainees.
13. 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.
14. To work with the Education and Training Lead Pharmacist to ensure the organisation and implementation of appropriate training, including trainee pharmacists, students, pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. 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.
2. To promote safe, effective & economic use of medicines within the Trust.
3. To participate in, develop and provide clinical pharmacy services to paediatric clinical areas.
4. To provide specialised professional and technical education to enable the paediatric service to meet high standards of patient care and safety.
5. Routinely review, update, or develop paediatric medicines related guidelines.
6. Provide pharmaceutical advice to patients, parents or specialists regarding their medicines.
7. 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.
8. Support and deputise for the Directorate Pharmacist in the provision of a safe, effective and efficient clinical pharmacy service to the Childrens Hospital, in accordance with local and national standards and strategy.
9. To support the paediatric pharmacy team for inpatient PN and home PN management.
10. To champion the needs of paediatric patients in relevant forums e.g. pharmacy governance and medicines management committee.
11. To direct members of the team in an objective way, including audits.
12. To provide education and training to pharmacy and medical staff, students and trainees.
13. 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.
14. To work with the Education and Training Lead Pharmacist to ensure the organisation and implementation of appropriate training, including trainee pharmacists, students, pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals.
Person Specification
Essential and desirable
Essential
- Clinical Pharmacy Diploma or equivalent
- Non-medical prescribing (NMP) qualificaitons or due to be completed by March 2026
- At least two years as paediatric pharmacist at Band 7 or above
Desirable
- Paediatric TPN expereince
- Neonatal TPN expereince
- At least five years in hospital pharmacy
- At least three years as Band 7 paediateric pharmacist
- Prescribing in paediatrics for at least one year
- Developing or writing business cases especially for NICE TAs
- Managing high cost drugs (HCDs) and involved in budget planning for their use
- Line management expereince
- PICU and/or NICU expereince
Person Specification
Essential and desirable
Essential
- Clinical Pharmacy Diploma or equivalent
- Non-medical prescribing (NMP) qualificaitons or due to be completed by March 2026
- At least two years as paediatric pharmacist at Band 7 or above
Desirable
- Paediatric TPN expereince
- Neonatal TPN expereince
- At least five years in hospital pharmacy
- At least three years as Band 7 paediateric pharmacist
- Prescribing in paediatrics for at least one year
- Developing or writing business cases especially for NICE TAs
- Managing high cost drugs (HCDs) and involved in budget planning for their use
- Line management expereince
- PICU and/or NICU expereince
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, John Radcliffe Hospital
Headley Way
Oxford
OX3 9DU
Employer's website
https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
