Job summary
- Main area
- Division B - Pharmacist
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 12 months (Secondment/Fixed Term, maternity cover)
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 180-B-264136-A
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Addenbrookes Hospital-Division B
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £49,387 - £56,515 p.a. pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/06/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Pharmacist - Formulary
Band 7
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and dedicated Pharmacist to join the Formulary Team for 1 year to cover maternity leave.
The role will equip you with new skills and knowledge in processes around formulary, commissioning and introduction of new drugs.
You will focus on the development and management of the formulary and associated prescribing guidance.
You will provide high quality advice and guidance, and influence and implement change relating to medicines use, liaising with a range of health and social care professionals within the trust and region.
You will need good organisational skills, the ability to work on your own initiative as well as excellent communication skills.
Main duties of the job
On behalf of the Trust, you will:
• be responsible for contributing to the management of the system-wide medicines formulary, including development, implementation and maintenance.
• Liaise with the relevant senior pharmacy, medical and nursing staff, other allied health professionals and managers to promote safe, evidence based and cost-effective use of medicines.
• Provide specialist pharmacist advice and service in relation to formulary matters.
• Assist the Principal Pharmacist - Pharmacy Commissioning & Formulary in providing advice to service users on commissioning matters as required.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Please note:- Internal applicants on permanent contracts can apply for this post as a secondment or fixed term contract. For secondments you must have the approval of your line manager before applying. If you are an internal applicant currently on a fixed term contract you are able to apply for this as a fixed term position.
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 28th June 2026
Interviews are due to be held on 7th July 2026
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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Masters level degree in pharmacy.
- Post-graduate preregistration year.
- Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Completed Certificate (Year 1) of Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy/General Pharmacy Practice and studying for completion of year 2 or completed equivalent qualification as assessed by the interview panel.
Desirable criteria
- Completed year 1 and year 2 of Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy/General Pharmacy Practice)
- MSc in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent)
- Qualified and registered as an Independent prescriber
- Risk management training
- Professional and final accuracy checking
- Member of the faculty of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (or working towards)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Moderate post-registration hospital experience including prescription screening in inpatients/outpatients, medicines reconciliation, medicines information, experience of preparative services either TPN/chemotherapy
- Experienced clinical pharmacist who has covered a range of specialities including elderly care, acute medicine, specialist medicine and surgery
- Documentation in medical notes.
- Writing reports
- Writing or assisting in writing drug policies and guidelines/PGD development
- Evidence of having conducted a clinical audit
Desirable criteria
- Recent post-registration hospital experience, ideally including previous experience in a teaching hospital and experience of more than one hospital
- Experienced clinical pharmacist (at band 7) including one or more of the following neurosciences, paediatrics, critical care, renal, transplant, oncology, haematology
- Evidence of having written pharmaceutical and/or educational publications.
- Experience as a personal tutor to a range of staff groups
- Drug expenditure analysis and reporting
- Horizon scanning
- Ability to take initiative and lead on projects including change management
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good clinical knowledge of drugs and therapeutic trends within general medicine and surgery
- Knowledge of NICE and NPSA guidance and subsequent examples of local implementation
- Knowledge of Health care systems and NHS changes
- Computer literate with experience of Word, Powerpoint and Excel
- Familiar with the use of a range of visual aids for teaching.
- Pharmacy computer systems training.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good organisation skills/time management
- Able to prioritise workload and target efforts appropriately
- Self-motivated and enthusiastic
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Able to give oral presentations appropriate to the level of the audience including students
- Able to produce written reports
- Good consultation skills.
- Proven ability to influence and negotiate with all grades of staff.
- Able to work well in a team
- Ability to listen and act on direction from senior pharmacists
- Ability to review the pharmaceutical care of patients in a reasonable time frame including medicines reconciliation
Desirable criteria
- Ability to remain calm and work effectively under pressure and to deadlines.
- Able to produce written support materials for training.
- Proven ability to teach and train a range of staff groups.
Additional requirements
Essential criteria
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Victoria Moore
- Job title
- Principal Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Victoria Moore
Principal Pharmacist – Pharmacy Commissioning & Formulary
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