Senior specialist pharmacist - RSSC and ILD

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 24 November 2024

Job summary

Royal Papworth Hospital are looking to recruit an experienced pharmacist specialising in Interstitial Lung Disease and Sleep services to join our team. 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 thoracic medicine. During this six month secondment the post holder will support the ILD and Sleep specialists with procedure development and formulary applications. The role will involve working alongside Cystic Fibrosis and Pulmonary Hypertension pharmacists to provide a service to inpatients across our thoracic wards as well as screening ILD and Sleep homecare prescriptions.

Main duties of the job

As a member of the multidisciplinary team, you will lead on the provision of pharmaceutical care to RSSC and ILD patients. This will include taking an accurate drug history from patients, ensuring thorough documentation in the patient's notes and advising patients on the management of their medication. You will promote safe prescribing practice and provide pharmaceutical advice to other members of the multidisciplinary team within these specialist areas.

As a senior member of the pharmacy team, you will provide training, mentoring and line management to junior staff.

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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Date posted

08 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

175-2425-1-PH947

Job locations

Royal Papworth Hospital

Papworth Road

Cambridge Bio Medical Campus

Cambridge

CB2 0AY

Job description

Job responsibilities

On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

M Pharm (or equivalent)
Registration with the GPhC
Independent prescriber
Post graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy practice or equivalent

Desirable

Membership of RPS and/or UKCPA
Accreditation with RPS faculty
Post graduate MSc

Experience

Essential

Previous experience in thoracic pharmacy services.
Experience of undertaking project and audit work
Experience of leadership
Experience of supervising, mentoring and teaching

Desirable

Leadership qualification or course attendance

Additional Criteria

Essential

Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

M Pharm (or equivalent)
Registration with the GPhC
Independent prescriber
Post graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy practice or equivalent

Desirable

Membership of RPS and/or UKCPA
Accreditation with RPS faculty
Post graduate MSc

Experience

Essential

Previous experience in thoracic pharmacy services.
Experience of undertaking project and audit work
Experience of leadership
Experience of supervising, mentoring and teaching

Desirable

Leadership qualification or course attendance

Additional Criteria

Essential

Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration

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.