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Job requirements
Essential
24 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Good organisational skills/time management.
- Skills
Able to prioritise workload and target efforts appropriately
- Skills
Self-motivated and enthusiastic.
- Skills
Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Skills
Able to give oral presentations appropriate to the level of the audience including students
- Skills
Able to produce written reports.
- Skills
Good consultation skills.
- Skills
Proven ability to influence and negotiate with all grades of staff.
- Skills
Able to work well in a team
- Skills
Ability to listen and act on direction from senior pharmacists
- Skills
Ability to review the pharmaceutical care of patients in a reasonable time frame
- Skills
Computer literate with experience of Word, PowerPoint and Excel
- Knowledge
Good clinical knowledge of drugs and therapeutic trends
- Knowledge
Knowledge of homecare services & The Hackett report
- Knowledge
Knowledge of NICE and NHS guidance and subsequent examples of local implementation
- Knowledge
Knowledge of Health care systems and NHS change.
- Knowledge
Familiar with the use of a range of visual aids for teaching.
- Experience
Moderate post-registration experience of working in a hospital or community pharmacy including prescription screening.
- Experience
Experience of managing a team or a pharmacy
- Qualifications
Masters level degree in pharmacy.
- Qualifications
Post-graduate foundation training (preregistration year).
- Qualifications
Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Qualifications
Completed Certificate (Year 1) of Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy/General Pharmacy Practice or equivalent experience or willing to commit to postgraduate training.
- Additional Requirements
The ability to understand and always behave, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
Desirable
20 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Ability to remain calm and work effectively under pressure and to deadlines.
- Skills
Able to produce written support materials for training.
- Skills
Proven ability to teach and train a range of staff groups.
- Knowledge
Knowledge of pharmacy procurement in the NHS
- Knowledge
Knowledge of formulary or NICE Technology Appraisals
- Experience
Recent post-registration hospital experience, ideally including previous experience in a teaching hospital and experience of more than one hospital.
- Experience
Experienced clinical pharmacist who has covered a range of specialties.
- Experience
Evidence of having written pharmaceutical and/or educational publications.
- Experience
Experience as a personal tutor in a range of staff groups.
- Experience
Drug expenditure analysis and reporting.
- Experience
Horizon scanning.
- Experience
Ability to take initiative and lead on projects including change management.
- Experience
Experience of using pharmacy systems e.g. Epic
- Experience
Experience of writing reports/ business cases
- Experience
Evidence of having conducted a clinical audit
- Qualifications
Completed years 1 and year 2 of Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy/General Pharmacy Practice)
- Qualifications
Diploma / MSc in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent)
- Qualifications
Qualified and registered as an Independent prescriber.
- Qualifications
Risk management training.
- Qualifications
Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (or working towards)
Job overview
The Pharmacy Homecare Service have a exciting opportunity to welcome a Band 7 Pharmacist into the team. The UK Pharmacy Homecare sector is growing rapidly and the CUH pharmacy homecare team currently manages the supply of medicines directly to the homes of over 11,000 patients.
We are looking for a organised, forward thinking and motivated Pharmacist to join our dynamic team. This is a exciting opportunity to work with a highly specialised patient cohort and various clinical teams including to name a few, Rheumatology, Dermatology, Gastroenterology and Vasculitis.
You will play a key role in the provision of specialist services: high cost drugs, medicines optimisation and the management of clinical queries to help us to deliver and improve the quality of patient treatment and care. Maintaining the safe supply of medicines and treatment to patients homes.
Homecare Pharmacy experience is not essential as full training will be given.
Main duties of the job
- To work as a Specialist Pharmacist in the Homecare team which provides a service to a variety of specialist clinical areas as part of the overall pharmacy service
- To pharmaceutically verify/clinically screen homecare prescriptions
- To deputise for the Lead Pharmacy Homecare Specialist
- To liaise with the relevant senior pharmacy, medical and nursing staff, other allied health professionals (AHP's) and managers to promote safe, evidence based and cost-effective use of homecare medicines
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
All roles in the Trust include a mandatory 12-week training period. Therefore successful candidates are expected to have the Right to Work for a period of at least 6 months from the proposed start date. Immigration and Right to Work status will be discussed with successful candidates at conditional offer. CUH will not offer sponsorship to candidates that have applied for a fee waiver.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 17th September 2026
Interview date - TBC
Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?
- Our values and reputation for outstanding care
- Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
- Career and development opportunities
- Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
- Research experience and opportunities
- Lovely location and quality of life
- Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)
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.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Specialist Pharmacist - Homecare with Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Cambridge, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Pharmacist role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 p.a. pro rata. The contract type is Permanent: Weekends and late shift commitment as per job description. The application deadline is 17 Sep 2026.
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