Senior Specialist Pharmacist - Transplant and Respiratory Medicine
The closing date is 13 July 2025
Job summary
Royal Papworth Hospital is seeking a dynamic pharmacist to lead the pharmaceutical service to our transplant and specialist respiratory patients. This exciting role offers the opportunity to join a well established close team of senior pharmacists, specialist technicians, clinicians and specialist nurses to positively impact patient care.
The pharmacy department sits at the heart of our state-of-the-art, digitally enabled specialist cardio-respiratory hospital. The successful candidate will have a hospital background, ideally with experience in interstitial lung disease or sleep medicine or transplant medicine.
As a department we are committed to supporting flexible working and continuous education. If you are not already an independent prescriber we would be happy to support you to gain the qualification. Our staff are encouraged to attend conferences and networking events, participate in research and enrol on leadership courses.
We are also anticipating the opening of the new Cambridge South train station in early 2026, with excellent railway connections to the East of England and London, providing quick and convenient commuting access to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus.
Main duties of the job
You will provide expert pharmaceutical care across inpatient, outpatient, and homecare settings, optimising medicines to enhance patient outcomes. Working closely with consultants and clinicians, you'll ensure safe prescribing practices, contribute to policy development, and support the introduction of new medicines.
As a senior member of the team, you'll also play a key role in mentoring and training junior pharmacists and technicians, fostering a culture of professional development and innovation.
Key responsibilities:
*Deliver high-level medicines optimisation & expert pharmaceutical support
*Provide clinical leadership in transplant and respiratory medicine
*Engage in research, audits & service development
*Supervise and mentor junior staff
*Line manage a rotational pharmacist or technician
About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.
Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.
The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
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Details
Date posted
18 June 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£55,690 to £62,682 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
175-2526-1288PH
Job locations
Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Bio Medical Campus
Cambridge
CB2 0AY
Employer details
Employer name
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Bio Medical Campus
Cambridge
CB2 0AY
Employer's website
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