# Highly Specialist Pharmacist Transplant Advanced Heart Failure > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/highly-specialist-pharmacist-transplant-advanced-heart-failure/76702bb4-e61c-4d0e-b906-2f3c29959bed - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/highly-specialist-pharmacist-transplant-advanced-heart-failure/76702bb4-e61c-4d0e-b906-2f3c29959bed.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Cambridge - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Pharmacist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £66,582 to £77,368 a year - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working - **Closing date:** 2026-07-31T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-17T11:05:02.973Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9175-26-0182?employerCode=C9175 - **Application URL:** https://papworth.tal.net/vx/candidate/apply/1902?instant=apply - **Employer website:** https://www.royalpapworth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job summary Royal Papworth Hospital are looking for a dynamic clinical leader and expert practitioner to lead our cardiothoracic critical care pharmacy service. This role is based in our state-of-the-art hospital situated on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus on the outskirts of Cambridge. The unit is one of six cardiothoracic transplant centres in the UK. In this role you will lead a team of pharmacists to deliver exceptional quality, evidence based pharmaceutical care to cardiothoracic transplant recipients, and patients with advanced heart failure. Experience in working with this patient cohort and effective leadership capabilities are key requirements for this role. Within the pharmacy department you will work with the Chief Pharmacist and senior leadership team to deliver the Trust's vision "To bring tomorrow's treatments to today's patients" and provide an excellent staff experience. ### Main duties of the job The purpose of this role is to ensure that cardiothoracic transplant patients receive the highest quality pharmaceutical care. Expert Clinical Practice The post-holder will use their advanced skills and knowledge to optimise the pharmacological therapy of patients with advanced heart failure or who are transplant recipients, including patients undergoing renal replacement therapy and mechanical circulatory support. The post-holder will attend multidisciplinary ward rounds and meetings, using knowledge of the evidence base and effective communication skills to agree pharmaceutical care plans for complex patients. Leadership It is expected that the post-holder will develop and deliver a vision for transplant pharmacy services as well as providing operational leadership to the transplant pharmacy team. The post-holder will join the pharmacy leadership team and deputise for the chief and deputy chief pharmacist and other senior leaders as necessary. Education As an expert practitioner, the successful candidate will work to support the development of pharmacists and others across professional and organisational boundaries. Research The post-holder will undertake research, quality improvement and audit projects, and proactively share the results of these through professional networks, meetings, and publications. ### 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. For a street view tour: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/virtual-tour ### Details - Date posted: 17 July 2026 - Pay scheme: Agenda for change - Band: Band 8b - Salary: £66,582 to £77,368 a year - Contract: Permanent - Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working - Reference number: 175-2627-PH1902 - Job locations: Royal Papworth Hospital, Papworth Road, Cambridge Bio Medical Campus, Cambridge, CB2 0AY, United Kingdom ### 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 ### Experience **Essential** - Core Criteria - Expertise in the following areas: - *Specialist clinical expertise in the pharmaceutical management of cardiothoracic transplant recipients and patients with advanced heart failure including those requiring critical care. - *Research and audit activity - *Formal teaching/training/mentoring for staff development/supervision - *Experience leading a team / service area - Proficiency may be demonstrated through academic qualification (MSc Clinical Pharmacy Practice), professional credentialling and/or portfolio of equivalent evidence. - Additional Criteria - Experience of compiling financial reports on drug expenditure and use of financial reports to influence business cases and clinical practice. - Proven experience of managing and developing a service within defined resources - Demonstrable experience of change management at a pharmacy and organisational level - Understanding NHS finances - Excellent interpersonal skills - Able to communicate clearly to Healthcare professionals and other staff information which may be highly complex, contentious or sensitive - Visionary and ability to motivate others - Able to write detailed reports which can be analysed by other staff - Proven leadership skills and management - Meet tight deadlines and manage conflicting priorities - able to prioritise - Able to handle situations where there may be conflicting demands - Work autonomously prioritising own workload - Able to pro-actively deal with difficult situations **Desirable** - Experience as a clinical tutor for Higher Institution Diploma - Have undertaken training in leadership and management skills ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Pharmacist - Independent Prescriber **Desirable** - Member of relevant Professional Groups ### Additional Criteria **Essential** - As well as being able to demonstrate examples of how they work in a way that is consistent with our values of compassion, excellence and collaboration the successful candidate will be able to clearly demonstrate a commitment to driving culture change through equality, diversity and inclusion. - Ability to participate in on-call and weekend rotas ## Documents - [B8a Highly Specialist Pharmacist for Cardiothoracic Transpl.pdf (PDF, 421 KB)](document:2994512) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.