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. For a street view tour: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/virtual-tour 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 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. 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. 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. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). 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 https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/working-here (Opens in a new tab)