PN Transformation Lead Pharmacist in Oxford

Main area Pharmacy Clinical Grade NHS AfC: Band 8b Contract 18 months (18 months Fixed Term for project implementation) Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week Job ref 321-SW-8222697-B8b

Site John Radcliffe Hospital Town Oxford Salary £66,582 - £77,368 Per annum / pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 26/10/2026 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.

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 Excellenceand its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

Many of our recruitment programmes useValue Based Interviewingto 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 www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values

Job overview

The Parenteral Nutrition (PN) Transformation Lead Pharmacist acts alongside the Nutrition Consultant Pharmacist as an expert within the Adult Nutrition Team to provide a dynamic link between clinical practice and service development by creating new models for delivering patient care ensuring the best experience and outcomes for patients from their PN. The post will work with existing teams to lead and deliver implementation of the PN improvement Programme across adult, children and neonate services. The focus will be to improve ordering efficiencies resulting in reduced spend and to providing evidence and assurance of progress towards implemented change.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will drive the transformational change programme to deliver efficiencies, linking closely with clinical, admin and digital colleagues to determine and implement the proposed changes. You will be a credible expert in PN, have excellent proven project management skills and be a great people person. Reporting back on progress will also be a key deliverable..

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. Specifically for this role, OUH is an accredited Regional IF Centre

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 .

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To provide additional senior pharmacy leadership for the Trustwide PN transformation project, delivering safe, standardised and financially sustainable PN services across adult, paediatric and neonatal pathways.
• To lead implementation of the PN improvement programme across a range of strategies including increased pre-ordering, appropriate use of standard off-the-shelf PN bags, restricted formulary development for less complicated Type 1 PN patients, and reduction of avoidable waste, duplicate orders and late ordering charges.
• To work across Divisions, CSS Pharmacy, Digital, Finance, Procurement, commissioning and clinical nutrition teams to deliver a coordinated programme of change with clear governance, milestones, benefits tracking and risk management.
• To build effective operational processes that improve accountability for PN expenditure, improve invoice reconciliation and coding accuracy, and support delivery of forecast Cost Improvement Programme and invest‑to‑save benefits.
• To support safer and more timely PN provision by reducing delays in treatment, improving ordering discipline and reducing delayed discharges associated with PN ordering or supply processes.
• To lead engagement with adult, paediatric and neonatal PN stakeholders, including intestinal failure teams, surgery, critical care, urology, transplant, paediatric and neonatal services, ensuring service changes are clinically appropriate and operationally deliverable.
• To develop and implement standardised PN ordering, approval, formulary and monitoring processes that support appropriate patient selection, safe prescribing and consistent supply arrangements.
• To oversee the delivery of digital improvements required to create an end‑to‑end PN ordering, tracking and reporting process, working with pharmacy digital colleagues and operational users to ensure safe adoption.
• To support and deputise for the Consultant Nutrition Pharmacist to manage and strategically lead and co‑coordinate the adult nutrition pharmacy team in the provision of a safe, effective and efficient clinical pharmacy service to the Gastroenterology, Endoscopy & Theatres (GET) Directorate, in accordance with local and national standards and strategy.
• To ensure the safe and effective use of PN across the Trust through provision of medicine related aspects of patient care, promoting economy and improvements in quality, safety and cost effectiveness, and medicines optimisation.
• To provide leadership, supervision and workstream coordination for project resources, including pharmacy, digital and analyst support, ensuring roles, outputs and dependencies are clear.
• To produce regular reports for the SRO, divisional leadership, finance, pharmacy governance groups and relevant committees, demonstrating progress against financial, workforce, activity, quality and safety metrics.

Education, Qualifications and training

• Degree in Pharmacy (Masters) or equivalent
• Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Post-Graduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma or equivalent experience
• Experience of working as a clinical pharmacist at a high level in PN
• Proven experience of working at a strategic level with senior clinicians and managers and experience of working in an integrated directorate team
• Experience and proven ability in project manangement
• Good information technology skill
• Experience of implementing CIP or other cost reduction programmes

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Vacancy Closures: Please note, this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications are received.

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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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The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Application numbers

Please note that this job advertisement will close automatically once the application limit is reached, regardless of whether this occurs before the advertised closing date.

Name Kathryn Buchanan Job title SUWON Divisional Lead Pharmacist Email address kathryn.buchanan@ouh.nhs.uk Telephone number 01865222016 Additional information

Clare Faulkner, NOTSSCaN Divisional Lead Pharmacist, clare.faulkner@ouh.nhs.uk

Band 5 NurseandBand 2 Healthcare Support Workerrecruitment iscentralised, meaning when you apply you will be considered fora number of rolesacross the Trust. If you have any questions please email: nursing.careers@ouh.nhs.uk .

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