Specialist Pharmacist - Infectious diseases

Specialist Pharmacist
- Infectious diseases NHS AfC:
Band 7

Main area Pharmacy
- Infectious Diseases Grade NHS AfC:
Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekend and late shift as per the out of hours rota) Job
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Site cross site Town Oxford Salary £49,387 - £56,515 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 09/10/2026 23:59

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.

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This is a key role within the pharmacy team delivering services to the Specialist Medicine Directorate. The post-holder will be an active member of both the Pharmacy & Sterile Services Directorate and the HIV /  Sexual Health Clinical Service Units (CSU), to ensure continuous two-way exchange of information and maintain high standards of medicines use within the Directorate.

The post-holder will:

1.Participate in, develop and provide clinical pharmacy services to the Infectious Diseases inpatient ward, HIV/ Oxford Sexual Health Service clinics

2.Provide pharmaceutical advice on request to GP’s, Terence Higgins Trust and other care workers involved in the treatment of HIV.

3.Provide specialised professional and technical education to health care staff and non-NHS staff e.g. THT, Ley community, Oxford Brookes University on drugs in treatment of HIV and HIV related diseases.

4.Provide specialist advice and counselling to patients recieving antiretroviral therapy or TB therapies.

5.Maintain records of patients on antiretrovirals.

6.Promote and ensure the safe and effective use of medicines within the directorate to achieve high standards of medicines related aspects of patient care.

7.Encourage the cost effective use of medicines and to improve the quality of pharmaceutical care for patients. Including management of medication supplies via homecare.

Clinical Practice Role

1. To provide a ward-based clinical pharmacy service according to Trust agreed standards including:

• Individual prescription review to optimise therapy
• Confirmation of the patient’s medication history
• Advice on dosage, side-effects, cautions and monitoring required
• Advise on administration of medicines
• Appropriate and clear endorsing of prescriptions to ensure safe practice
• Monitor the effect and appropriateness of medication
• Education of patients on their medication

2. To provide clinical pharmacy cover to other ward areas within the team on a reciprocal basis.

3. To ensure medicines are used appropriately, safely and cost-effectively in accordance with Trust policy, standard operating procedures and medicines legislation.

4. To monitor medicines use within the ward area. This includes recording of…