Senior Specialist Pharmacist - Transplant and Respiratory Medicine

NHS; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS organization, Royal Papworth Hospital seeks a Senior Specialist Pharmacist for Transplant and Respiratory Medicine. This role involves leading pharmaceutical services and guiding junior staff in a collaborative environment, emphasizing professional development and flexible working. Join a trusted institution committed to excellence in patient care and innovation.

Benefits

Support for independent prescriber qualification

Continuous education opportunities

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Registration with the GPhC required.
• Experience in transplant or thoracic pharmacy is ideal.
• Independent prescriber or willingness to work towards it.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert pharmaceutical care across various patient settings.
• Lead the service for transplant and specialist respiratory medicine.
• Mentor and train junior staff.

Skills

Clinical Leadership

Mentoring

Project Management

Supervision

Education

M Pharm (or equivalent)

Post graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy practice or equivalent

Post graduate MSc

Job description

Go back Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Specialist Pharmacist - Transplant and Respiratory Medicine

The closing date is 13 July 2025

Royal Papworth Hospital is seeking a dynamic pharmacist to lead the pharmaceutical service to our transplant and specialist respiratory patients. This exciting role offers the opportunity to join a well established close team of senior pharmacists, specialist technicians, clinicians and specialist nurses to positively impact patient care.

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 interstitial lung disease or sleep medicine or transplant medicine.

As a department we are committed to supporting flexible working and continuous education. If you are not already an independent prescriber we would be happy to support you to gain the qualification. Our staff are encouraged to attend conferences and networking events, participate in research and enrol on leadership courses.

We are also anticipating the opening of the new Cambridge South train station in early 2026, with excellent railway connections to the East of England and London, providing quick and convenient commuting access to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Main duties of the job

You will provide expert pharmaceutical care across inpatient, outpatient, and homecare settings, optimising medicines to enhance patient outcomes. Working closely with consultants and clinicians, you'll ensure safe prescribing practices, contribute to policy development, and support the introduction of new medicines.

As a senior member of the team, you'll also play a key role in mentoring and training junior pharmacists and technicians, fostering a culture of professional development and innovation.

Key responsibilities:

*Provide clinical leadership in transplant and respiratory medicine

*Supervise and mentor junior staff

*Line manage a rotational pharmacist or technician

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.

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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

• M Pharm (or equivalent)
• Registration with the GPhC
• Independent prescriber (or willing to work towards)
• Post graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy practice or equivalent
• Membership of RPS and/or UKCPA
• Credentialed at Core Advanced level by RPS or RPS faculty advanced stage 2.
• Post graduate MSc

Experience

• Previous experience in providing a specialist pharmacy service on either an interim or permanent basis. Experience in transplantation or specialist thoracic services ideal.
• Experience of undertaking project and audit work
• Experience of leadership
• Experience of supervising, mentoring and teaching
• Leadership qualification or course attendance

Additional Criteria

• 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.

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust