Advanced Paediatric Pharmacist for Paediatric Critical Care B8a


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£57,528 - £64,750
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Oxford, OX3 9DU
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	3 Aug 2026
Closing date:	11 Aug 2026

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Summary

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.

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