Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Women's Health

Job overview

The Pharmacy Department at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is ambitious and forward thinking, striving to ensure that the patient is always at the heart of everything we do.

We have an exciting new opportunity for an experienced clinical pharmacist to join our team and provide advanced clinical services to Women's Health services.

Main duties of the job

• Liaise with the relevant senior pharmacy, medical and nursing/midwifery staff, other allied health professionals (AHPs) and managers to promote safe, evidence based and cost-effective use of medication in Women’s Health services.
• Provide an advanced clinical pharmacy service todesignated wards as part of the pharmacy team.
• Provide specialist pharmacist advice and service to designated wards / clinical areas.
• Participate in and lead where required on novel pharmacy projects in the care of patients under Women’s Services, including further development of the Clinical Pharmacy Service to Women’s Health.
• Identify and undertake service evaluation and audit to inform practice developments and underpin delivery of an effective, evidence-based pharmacy service.
• Act as a pharmacist independent prescriber in women’s services or work towards achieving this qualification.
• Provide pharmacy leadership to Women’s Services
• Deliver the additional duties described in Appendix 1

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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 the 31st August 2025

Interviews are due to be held on the 10th September 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.