Job summary
Our Role
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.
Clinical Development Opportunities
Our Clinical Rotational Pharmacists participate in yearlong clinical rotations in a vast range of specialties, including, but not limited to:
- Urgent and Emergency Medicine
- Neurology
- Solid Organ Transplant
- Surgical specialties including vascular surgery and gastroenterology
- Medical specialties including renal and respiratory medicine
- Oncology, including preparative services
- Infectious Diseases
- Paediatrics
- Intensive Care
As a Clinical Rotational Pharmacist you will be providing patient facing care to the area that you have been assigned, alongside your local Lead or Advanced Clinical Pharmacist. Working with your local pharmacy team and the wide multidisciplinary team you will have the opportunity to expand your specialty knowledge and service.
Our Clinical Rotational Pharmacists are all trained to provide extended hours services to critical care and the emergency department. These services help to prompt the attainment of national medicines reconciliation standards and ensure follow up on the most unwell patients in the hospital, putting the patient at the heart of what we do.
Main duties of the job
Professional Development Opportunities
Our Clinical Rotational Pharmacists have the opportunity to develop skills in a range of other professional competencies where related to their clinical rotation, such as:
- Supporting medication safety and risk management, alongside attending Clinical Governance meetings
- Supervising, teaching and mentoring pharmacy colleagues and other healthcare professional
- Aiding Lead or Advanced Clinical Pharmacists in the implementing the NICE guidance, medication formulary reviews and horizon scanning for new medicines
- Working collaboratively with local specialist teams and primary care to induce, review and update joint prescribing guideline
- Developing leadership skills by under taking the role of chief Clinical Rotational Pharmacist
- Optimising, maintaining and evolving the use of our EPMA system, EPIC in line with CUH holding the highest international quality standard for digitalised inpatient care (HIMSS EMRAM stage 7
Education and Training Opportunities
The Pharmacy Department's education and training team is keen to develop all eligible pharmacists in areas including:
- Independent prescribing
- Supporting RPS Faculty portfolio development
- Participation in our well-established in house clinical pharmacy forum
- Opportunities to undertake further study e.g. MSc in either clinical, research or management qualifications
- Tutoring for pre-registration trainees or clinical pharmacy diploma students
About us
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 11000 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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 18th October 2023
Interviews are due to be held on 30th October2023
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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 18th October 2023
Interviews are due to be held on 30th October2023
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
- 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 2.
Desirable
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 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 2.
Desirable
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).