Job summary
- Main area
- Division B-Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: 37.5 hours/week plus late duty and weekends as per job description
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 180-B-244340-RE
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Addenbrookes Hospital-Division B
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 p.a. pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/01/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 22/01/2025
Employer heading
Specialist Pharmacist Rheumatology
Band 7
Job overview
The Rheumatology Pharmacy team have an exciting opportunity to welcome a Band 7 Pharmacist into a non-rotational position.Ìý The CUH Rheumatology service continues to grow rapidly and support to this service therefore must expand.Ìý
We are looking for an organised, forward thinking and motivated Pharmacist to join our dynamic team.Ìý This is an exciting opportunity to work with a highly specialised patient cohort and specialist clinicians in rheumatology.Ìý Ìý
You will play a key role in the provision of specialist services: high cost drugs, medicines optimisation and the management of clinical queries to help us to deliver and improve the quality of patient treatment and care.Ìý Maintaining the safe supply of medicines and treatment to patients homes.Ìý
Rheumatology Pharmacy experience is not essential as full training will be given.Ìý
Our progressive and friendly pharmacy department consists of approximately 300 staff.Ìý The department provides clinical services to diverse patient groups across a wide range of therapeutic areas, including many highly specialised services.Ìý The majority of our pharmacists are prescribers and we have a number of consultant pharmacist posts.
CUH has been accredited at the highest international quality standard for use of technology, data and analytics (HIMSS Level 7).Ìý The Pharmacy team fully utilises our electronic patient record system (Epic) alongside technology such as robotics.
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Main duties of the job
- To provide an advanced a specialist clinical pharmacy service to ward(s)/clinics within specialist area.
- To deliver designated performance objectives specific to the allocated area(s).
- Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
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Working for our organisation
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
Our department is proud to prioritise the inclusion of all staff and we support everyone to achieve their potential.Ìý
As a department, the continuing professional development of all staff is a priority.Ìý This includes support for formal qualifications (e.g. prescribing courses – including funding and study leave), workplace learning from experienced colleagues and development of skills relating to training, management and research.Ìý Staff are encouraged to attend our regular in house training sessions and consultant pharmacist update sessions.Ìý We are keen to equip our band 7 pharmacists with the necessary knowledge, skills and experience needed to progress to band 8A roles.
Within CUH Pharmacy, there is a strong sense of team spirit and many opportunities to work with colleagues from other clinical specialties.
Well-being of staff is a priority within the department and our Pharmacy Staff Well-being Forum frequently hosts social events and coordinates efforts to positively support well-being of the Pharmacy team.
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 12th January 2025
Interviews are due to be held on 22nd January 2025
Click here to see what our staff think are the best things about working for CUH:
If you are interested to find out more, then we are very pleased to offer the following ways to find out more about this exciting role.Ìý
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
- Ìý Ìýapplied for a Graduate visa
- Ìý Ìýor you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
- Ìý Ìýor the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment.
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.Ìý
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
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 foundation training (pre-registration year).
- Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Completed Certificate (Year 1) of Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy/General Pharmacy Practice.
Desirable criteria
- Completed year 1 and year 2 of Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy/General Pharmacy Practice)*.
- Diploma / MSc in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent)*.
- Qualified and registered as an Independent prescriber.
- Risk management training.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Moderate post-registration hospital experience including prescription screening in inpatients/outpatients, medicines reconciliation, medicines information,
- Experienced clinical pharmacist who has covered a range of specialties. Medicine including elderly care, acute medicine, and including specialist medicine and Surgery including general surgery and other surgical specialties.
- 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 who has covered a range of specialties.
- 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
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good clinical knowledge of drugs and therapeutic trends.
- Knowledge of NICE and NHS guidance and subsequent examples of local implementation
- Knowledge of Health care systems and NHS change.
- Familiar with the use of a range of visual aids for teaching.
- Pharmacy computer systems training
Desirable criteria
- Clinical pharmacy knowledge of drug use in rheumatology
- Knowledge of formulary or NICE Technology Appraisals
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good organizational skills/time management.
- Able to prioritize workload and target efforts appropriately
- 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.
- Computer literate with experience of Word, PowerPoint and Excel
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.
- Ability to take initiative and lead on projects including change management
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
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jennifer Ramshaw
- Job title
- Advanced Clinical Pharmacist Rheumatology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Can also contact Frances Smith [email protected]Ìý
Click here to see what our staff think are the best things about working for CUH:
If you are interested to find out more, then we are very pleased to offer the following ways to find out more about this exciting role.Ìý
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