This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced and enthusiastic Pharmacist to join our existing Rheumatology pharmacist and work alongside the multidisciplinary team providing care to Rheumatology patients at CUH. Rheumatology is an exciting and rapidly evolving medical specialty that treats a broad range of conditions. In this post you will have the opportunity to run outpatient clinics, performing patient consultations, ensuring their medications promote the best quality of life.
This is a new additional post and as such you will have the opportunity to develop the role/service to meet the needs of patients and the specialty providing co-leadership to the speciality. There will be ample opportunity to develop your leadership and management skills as well as leading on the medicines governance aspects of this specialty across the Trust with a specialist interest in Connective Tissue Disorders, Metabolic Bone disease and General Rheumatology services.
Liaise with the relevant senior pharmacy, medical and nursing staff, other allied health professionals (AHPs) and managers to promote safe, evidence based and cost-effective use of medication in Rheumatology. Provide an advanced clinical pharmacy service to Rheumatology clinics as part of the MDT. Provide specialist pharmacist advice and services to the Rheumatology MDT and patients under their care. Prescribe medication for individual patients within the agreed scope of practice and according to the CUH pharmacist prescribing policy. Participate in and lead where required on novel pharmacy projects in the care of Rheumatology patients including pharmacist participation in outpatient clinics and optimizing the management of Rheumatology patients receiving medicines via Homecare. Provide pharmacist-led clinics for consenting of new treatments, reviewing patients for drug interactions, dose adjustments, and new starters/switches 3-monthly reviews as part of the MDT. Participation in weekly Rheumatology team meetings including education and business meetings. Lead on governance; repeat prescribing, blood monitoring and protocol development in Rheumatology as part of the MDT. Manage new therapies introduction to the formulary and lead on relevant NICE TA’s as part of the MDT. Identify and undertake research to inform practice developments and underpin delivery of an effective, evidence-based pharmacy service. Provide pharmacy leadership to the rheumatology specialty
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 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.
Our department is proud to prioritise the inclusion of all staff and we support everyone to achieve their potential.
As a department, the continuing professional development of all staff is a priority. This includes support for formal qualifications (e.g. prescribing courses – including funding and study leave), workplace learning from experienced colleagues and development of skills relating to training, management and research. Staff are encouraged to attend our regular in house training sessions and consultant pharmacist update sessions.
Within CUH Pharmacy, there is a strong sense of team spirit and many opportunities to work with colleagues from other clinical specialties.
Well-being of staff is a priority within the department and our Pharmacy Staff Well-being Forum frequently hosts social events and coordinates efforts to positively support well-being of the Pharmacy team.
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Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
- applied for a Graduate visa
- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 5th March 2025
Interviews are due to be held on 14th March 2025
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
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.
This advert closes on Wednesday 5 Mar 2025