Job summary
The Pharmacy Department at Cambridge University Hospitals is looking for a dedicated senior leader, skilled in both people management and provision of clinical pharmacy services to surgical patients, to join the pharmacy department as Lead Pharmacist Surgery. As a key driver of innovation and quality, the post holder will lead an expanding team of advanced and rotational pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to deliver excellent patient care across the surgical wards and related areas.
You will be expected to advance surgical medication management protocols, optimise workflows and foster collaboration with surgical teams.
The successful candidate can expect a supported induction period, training and development opportunities, clear leadership and management. They will be working in close collaboration with the Divisional leadership teams, operational management and senior management within pharmacy.
Please note we are happy to consider internal applications on a secondment basis. If you want to know more, please contact Fran Mitchell or Rachel Berry 01223 254246.
Main duties of the job
You will provide strategic leadership of clinical pharmacy services to surgery, delivering highly specialised pharmaceutical care to patients and working closely with other healthcare professionals within your area of expertise.
Active involvement in training and development of yourself and others is a key requirement. You will participate in quality improvement, new models of working, clinical audit, and continued professional development.
This is an ideal opportunity to provide an advanced clinical pharmacy service in your clinical area of choice; you will also be given opportunities for leadership and management development, providing the ideal environment to fulfil your potential for further career progression. You will work within a supportive and motivated team whilst also acting as a role model and mentor for junior colleagues.
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 on 4th October 2023.
Interviews are due to be held on 30th October 2023.
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 on 4th October 2023.
Interviews are due to be held on 30th October 2023.
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.
- Registered as a pharmacist with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
- Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice or Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent)*.
- Registered as an independent prescriber with the GPhC.
Desirable
- MSc in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent qualification)*.
- Leadership or management development course.
- Risk management training.
- Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
- Research degree (MSc,MRes, PhD) or working towards this qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Extensive recent post-registration hospital experience as a clinical pharmacist at band 8a in the specialist clinical area in a teaching hospital.
- Recent significant experience of patient consultation.
- Experienced clinical pharmacist who has covered a range of clinical specialities.
- Highly specialised knowledge of drugs and therapeutic trends in specialist clinical area.
- Significant experience of leading & managing a pharmacy service in the NHS.
- Experience of the practical implementation of national guidance in drug use (e.g. NICE).
- Experience of documenting pharmaceutical care issues in patient notes.
- Experience of writing professional reports.
- Experience of developing and reviewing patient group directions and shared care guidelines, drug policies and treatment guidelines.
- Evidence of having written, supervised, conducted and implemented the outcomes of clinical audit.
- Experience of the practical application of antimicrobial stewardship initiatives.Experience of drug expenditure analysis and reporting.
- Experience of the management of high cost and high-risk medicines.
- Experience as a personal tutor to a range of pre- and post-registration pharmacy staff groups.
- Experience of developing and leading on projects including change management and service development.
- Experience of working within a regional or national group to implement new or changed guidance.
- Previous management experience with responsibility for pharmacy staff.
- Experience of identifying key stakeholders and developing effective relationships rapidly.
- Experience in communicating with a wide variety of stakeholders including patients, MDT colleagues & Trust colleagues relaying complex medicines information clearly and calmly.
Desirable
- Extensive recent post-registration hospital experience as a clinical pharmacist at band 8b in the specialist clinical area in a teaching hospital.
- Experienced clinical pharmacist who has covered a range of clinical specialities in more than one hospital.
- Experienced clinical pharmacist who has covered a range of clinical specialities in more than one hospital.
- Experience of writing a business case.
- Experience of managing and supervising a research project.
- Experience of writing for pharmaceutical or educational publications.
- Experience of horizon scanning.
- Experience of leading on implementation of a national development or change in pharmacy practice.
- Expereince of strategic medicines optimisation with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Experience of planning and accrediting an educational course.
- Experience of research methodology, study design and grant application for practice research.
- Experience of participating in an Ethics or Research and Development Committee.
Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced detailed clinical knowledge of drugs and therapeutic trends within the specialist area.
- Knowledge of NICE, Health Education England (HEE), NHS Improvement patient safety teamguidance/alerts and their local implementation.
- Knowledge of UK healthcare systems and NHS changes.
- Computer literate with knoweldge of Word, Powerpoint and Excel (or equivalent IT systems).
- Familiar with the use of a range of visual aids for teaching.
- Knowledge of pharmacy computer systems.
- Knowledge of electronic prescribing IT systems.
- Knowledge and experience of clinical audit methodology.
- Knowledge and experience of critical appraisal skills.
- Knowledge of systems for non-medical prescribing.
- Knowledge of NHS commissioning processes.
Desirable
- Knowledge of electronic prescribing and medicines administration IT systems.
- Knowledge and experience of practice research methodology.
- Knowledge of organisational processes in primary care and wider NHS.
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate expert professional practice defined within the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Advanced Pharmacy Framework: Expert Professional Practice cluster at the level of Advanced Stage II. This may be tested by means of a clinical test during the interview process.
- Show evidence of good organisation skills, prioritisation and time management.
- Be self-motivated and enthusiastic.
- Have excellent written and verbal communication and consultation skills.
- Be able to give oral presentations appropriate to the level of the audience including students.
- Be able to produce high quality written reports.
- Be able to influence and negotiate with all grades of staff.
- Have excellent patient consultation skills.
- Be able to lead, manage and work well in a team.
- Be able to listen to and act on the direction of senior management.
- Be able to oversee the provision of high quality pharmaceutical care of patients by the pharmacy team and identify / resolve issues arising.
- Show the ability to empathise with patients / carers.
- Be able to produce high quality written reports.
- Be able to remain calm and work effectively under pressure to deadlines to achieve results.
- Be able to teach, train, coach and mentor a range of staff groups.
- Be able to produce support materials for staff training and development.
Desirable
- The appointee will be able to write research proposals and successful grant applications
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.
- Registered as a pharmacist with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
- Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice or Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent)*.
- Registered as an independent prescriber with the GPhC.
Desirable
- MSc in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent qualification)*.
- Leadership or management development course.
- Risk management training.
- Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
- Research degree (MSc,MRes, PhD) or working towards this qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Extensive recent post-registration hospital experience as a clinical pharmacist at band 8a in the specialist clinical area in a teaching hospital.
- Recent significant experience of patient consultation.
- Experienced clinical pharmacist who has covered a range of clinical specialities.
- Highly specialised knowledge of drugs and therapeutic trends in specialist clinical area.
- Significant experience of leading & managing a pharmacy service in the NHS.
- Experience of the practical implementation of national guidance in drug use (e.g. NICE).
- Experience of documenting pharmaceutical care issues in patient notes.
- Experience of writing professional reports.
- Experience of developing and reviewing patient group directions and shared care guidelines, drug policies and treatment guidelines.
- Evidence of having written, supervised, conducted and implemented the outcomes of clinical audit.
- Experience of the practical application of antimicrobial stewardship initiatives.Experience of drug expenditure analysis and reporting.
- Experience of the management of high cost and high-risk medicines.
- Experience as a personal tutor to a range of pre- and post-registration pharmacy staff groups.
- Experience of developing and leading on projects including change management and service development.
- Experience of working within a regional or national group to implement new or changed guidance.
- Previous management experience with responsibility for pharmacy staff.
- Experience of identifying key stakeholders and developing effective relationships rapidly.
- Experience in communicating with a wide variety of stakeholders including patients, MDT colleagues & Trust colleagues relaying complex medicines information clearly and calmly.
Desirable
- Extensive recent post-registration hospital experience as a clinical pharmacist at band 8b in the specialist clinical area in a teaching hospital.
- Experienced clinical pharmacist who has covered a range of clinical specialities in more than one hospital.
- Experienced clinical pharmacist who has covered a range of clinical specialities in more than one hospital.
- Experience of writing a business case.
- Experience of managing and supervising a research project.
- Experience of writing for pharmaceutical or educational publications.
- Experience of horizon scanning.
- Experience of leading on implementation of a national development or change in pharmacy practice.
- Expereince of strategic medicines optimisation with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Experience of planning and accrediting an educational course.
- Experience of research methodology, study design and grant application for practice research.
- Experience of participating in an Ethics or Research and Development Committee.
Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced detailed clinical knowledge of drugs and therapeutic trends within the specialist area.
- Knowledge of NICE, Health Education England (HEE), NHS Improvement patient safety teamguidance/alerts and their local implementation.
- Knowledge of UK healthcare systems and NHS changes.
- Computer literate with knoweldge of Word, Powerpoint and Excel (or equivalent IT systems).
- Familiar with the use of a range of visual aids for teaching.
- Knowledge of pharmacy computer systems.
- Knowledge of electronic prescribing IT systems.
- Knowledge and experience of clinical audit methodology.
- Knowledge and experience of critical appraisal skills.
- Knowledge of systems for non-medical prescribing.
- Knowledge of NHS commissioning processes.
Desirable
- Knowledge of electronic prescribing and medicines administration IT systems.
- Knowledge and experience of practice research methodology.
- Knowledge of organisational processes in primary care and wider NHS.
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate expert professional practice defined within the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Advanced Pharmacy Framework: Expert Professional Practice cluster at the level of Advanced Stage II. This may be tested by means of a clinical test during the interview process.
- Show evidence of good organisation skills, prioritisation and time management.
- Be self-motivated and enthusiastic.
- Have excellent written and verbal communication and consultation skills.
- Be able to give oral presentations appropriate to the level of the audience including students.
- Be able to produce high quality written reports.
- Be able to influence and negotiate with all grades of staff.
- Have excellent patient consultation skills.
- Be able to lead, manage and work well in a team.
- Be able to listen to and act on the direction of senior management.
- Be able to oversee the provision of high quality pharmaceutical care of patients by the pharmacy team and identify / resolve issues arising.
- Show the ability to empathise with patients / carers.
- Be able to produce high quality written reports.
- Be able to remain calm and work effectively under pressure to deadlines to achieve results.
- Be able to teach, train, coach and mentor a range of staff groups.
- Be able to produce support materials for staff training and development.
Desirable
- The appointee will be able to write research proposals and successful grant applications
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).