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Job summary

Main area
Division B-Pharmacy
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent/Secondment/Fixed term. Full Time or Part Time/ Flexible working hours may be considered
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (2 Late duties per month (11-7 or 12-8). 1 in 6 weekends (Saturday and Sunday 9-5))
Job ref
180-B-244138-RE1
Employer
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Addenbrookes Hospital-Division B
Town
Cambridge
Salary
£43,742 - £50,056 p.a. pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
10/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Clinical Rotational Pharmacist

Band 7

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic Pharmacist to join our team of Clinical Rotational Pharmacists. The post will offer a range of exciting and unique clinical and professional development opportunities as you rotate within the Pharmacy Department. 

Main duties of the job

To provide an advanced clinical pharmacy service to ward(s) within specialist area.

To deliver designated performance objectives specific to the allocated rotation area(s).

Working for our organisation

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Please note:- Internal applicants on permanent contracts applying for a fixed term/secondment position, can only apply for this post as a secondment and must have the approval of your current line manager before applying. There are no restrictions if applying for a permanent position.  

This vacancy will close at midnight on 10th July 2024

Interviews are due to be held week commencing  22nd July 2024

Benefits to you

We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Masters level degree in pharmacy.
  • Post-graduate preregistration year.
  • Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council.
  • Completed Certificate (Year 1) of Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy/General Pharmacy Practice and studying for completion of year
Desirable criteria
  • Completed year 1 and year 2 of Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy/General Pharmacy Practice)*.
  • MSc in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent)*.
  • Qualified and registered as an Independent prescriber.
  • Risk management training.
  • Professional and final accuracy checking

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Moderate post-registration hospital experience including prescription screening in inpatients/outpatients, medicines reconciliation, medicines information, experience of preparative services either TPN/chemotherapy.
  • Experienced clinical pharmacist who has covered a range of specialities. Medicine including elderly care, acute medicine, and including specialist medicine and Surgery including general surgery and other surgical specialities
  • Documentation in medical notes.
  • Writing reports
  • Writing or assisting in writing drug policies and guidelines/PGD development.
  • Evidence of having conducted a clinical audit
Desirable criteria
  • Recent post-registration hospital experience, ideally including previous experience in a teaching hospital and experience of more than one hospital.
  • Experienced clinical pharmacist (at band 7) including one or more of the following neurosciences, paediatrics, critical care, renal, transplant, oncology, haematology
  • Evidence of having written pharmaceutical and/or educational publications.
  • Experience as a personal tutor to a range of staff groups.
  • Drug expenditure analysis and reporting.
  • Horizon scanning.
  • Ability to take initiative and lead on projects including change management.

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Good clinical knowledge of drugs and therapeutic trends within general medicine and surgery.
  • Knowledge of NICE and NPSA guidance and subsequent examples of local implementation
  • Knowledge of Health care systems and NHS changes.
  • Computer literate with experience of Word, Powerpoint and Excel
  • Familiar with the use of a range of visual aids for teaching.
  • Pharmacy computer systems training.

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Good organisation skills/time management.
  • Able to prioritise workload and target efforts appropriately
  • Self motivated and enthusiastic.
  • Good written and verbal communication skills.
  • Able to give oral presentations appropriate to the level of the audience including students
  • Able to produce written reports.
  • Good consultation skills.
  • Proven ability to influence and negotiate with all grades of staff.
  • Able to work well in a team
  • Ability to listen and act on direction from senior pharmacists
  • Ability to review the pharmaceutical care of patients in a reasonable time frame including medicines reconciliation
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to remain calm and work effectively under pressure and to deadlines.
  • Able to produce written support materials for training.
  • Proven ability to teach and train a range of staff groups.

Additional Requirements

Essential criteria
  • The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Trust IDVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Age-Friendly Employer PledgeCare quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.We offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.NHS Rainbow badgeTime to changeDisability confident committedStep into health

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Kate Stopher
Job title
Lead Pharmacist- Medicine
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01223 217611
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