Advanced Pharmacist - Musculoskeletal (MSK) Directorate

Job overview

We are excited to advertise a secondment opportunity for a proactive Pharmacist to represent the Musculoskeletal (MSK) Directorate at Addenbrooke's Hospital.

You will provide clinical leadership to the MSK (aka Trauma and Orthopaedic) teams at CUH, collaborating with the MDT and wider Pharmacy teams to ensure high quality pharmaceutical care is received by patients.

You will work closely alongside the Lead Pharmacist for Surgery and have the opportunity to develop your management and leadership skills in a welcoming team environment.

Please note this is a Part Time role for 29 hours per week, due to commence in August 2026.

Main duties of the job

To provide and oversee the Clinical Pharmacy Service to three Wards under the MSK Directorate. This includes clinical duties such as medicines reconciliation, patient counselling and medicines optimisation.

You will also represent Pharmacy at a Directorate level, attending clinical governance meetings,  overseeing active trials and contributing to guideline / PGD developments.

Actively oversee the training and development of junior Pharmacists and provision of regular training sessions to the wider MSK MDT.

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.

The advert will close at midnight on 25 March 2026.

Interviews are due to be held on 9 April 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.