Resident Pharmacist: Sponsorship Available

Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We are looking for highly motivated, enthusiastic, adaptable Pharmacists who can demonstrate that they meet our Trust values. You must be able to work as part of the Pharmacy, and wider multi-disciplinary team, to deliver excellent pharmaceutical care and services to our patients.

The Department of Pharmacy at CUH is ambitious and forward thinking, striving to ensure that the patient is always at the heart of everything we do. We are a large department with over 300 staff comprising of approximately 100 pharmacists and 70 pharmacy technicians. We have a dedicated Education and Training team to support the learning and development of all our employees.

You will join a friendly team of 14 Resident Pharmacists providing pharmaceutical services and support our Pharmacy’s out of hours service on a rotational basis.

You will undertake a rotational training programme which includes Clinical Services, Dispensary, medicines information, clinical trials and Preparative Services. Each rotation incorporates dedicated clinical time and you will gain experience across a range of clinical specialities including Medicine, Surgery, Neurosciences, Paediatrics and Oncology. During your early years, you will be provided with a wide range of opportunities to develop the skills, behaviours and attitudes that you will continue to use throughout your career in hospital Pharmacy.

Main duties of the job

1. To provide pharmaceutical services as required in each section of the rotation.2. To provide a clinical pharmacy service to allocated wards.3. To participate in the Resident first on-call Service to Addenbrooke’s Hospital and other hospitals as required.4. To undertake postgraduate studies appropriate to the level of competence and availability of funding.

Free accommodation in a shared flat is provided with this position.

You will receive guidance and feedback to aid your development as well as gaining additional support via our clinical supervision programme. We run regular pharmacist teaching sessions within the department which includes dedicated rotational pharmacist teaching sessions delivered on a variety of topics by specialist pharmacists as well as external speakers.

We fund a range of postgraduate pharmacy practice diplomas to support our pharmacists through the first few years of their careers; all pharmacists undertaking these programmes are assigned a personal tutor from within the department.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • MPharm or equivalent EU qualification
  • Registered with GPhC as a Pharmacist

Desirable

  • Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society
  • Post graduate certificate or diploma in Pharmacy practice

Experience

Essential

  • Postgraduate training recognised by GPhC
  • Proven ability to work as part of a team to deliver a service.
  • Proven ability to take decisions independently

Desirable

  • Experience working in a UK hospital pharmacy

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge and practical experience of clinical audit
  • Knowledge of clinical pharmacy in at least one specialty
  • Knowledge of and ability to follow national protocols and guidance as well as Trust policies.

Desirable

  • Knowledge of research and audit methodologies

Skills

Essential

  • Computer literate with experience of Word, PowerPoint and Excel
  • Good communicator – written and verbal skills
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Good consultation skills
  • Able to act independently or as part of a team
  • Able to recognise own limitations
  • Able to cope under pressure
  • Able to solve problems
  • Able to act on own initiative
  • Flexible and adaptable.
  • Skilled in the application of clinical knowledge to optimise patient care/safety, relative to the level expected of a Band 6 rotational pharmacist

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Closing Date: 23 August 2026

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