Advanced Clinical Pharmacist

We are currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Band 8a Advanced Clinical Pharmacist to join our pharmacy team, based at the Cavell Centre in Peterborough.
Our pharmacists play an integral role as members of the multi-disciplinary team by ensuring medicines are prescribed and used in a way that is evidence based, safe and cost effective to the benefit of our patients. This post will suit a pharmacist wishing to join a vibrant working environment with a desire to further improve on their current clinical knowledge and skills. The successful candidate will be expected to influence prescribing and to continue to integrate pharmacy into the wider multidisciplinary team.
The ideal candidate will have a commitment to teamwork, a sense of
accountability, plus an ability to work under pressure.
We will provide the necessary support to ensure your development within your role.
We are keen to support and develop our staff and encourage promotion
opportunities within the Trust., The job will involve working closely with our small team of experienced
pharmacists, technicians and support workers supplying medication and a pharmacy service to inpatient mental health, intermediate care, palliative care and rehabilitation wards, as well as community based mental health teams and integrated care teams, plus being part of the clozapine clinic.
As part of a small team you will be involved in all aspects of the pharmacy service. The team supports patients across Peterborough and north Cambridgeshire and therefore you will be expected to travel off site on a regular basis to provide our comprehensive pharmacy service to these locations.
The ideal candidate will undertake clinical pharmacy research and audit to influence practice within the Trust and inform the development of protocols and guidelines associated with the use of medicines in mental health, learning disability and community healthcare services.

Working for our organisation
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities., + Participation in multidisciplinary team meetings to identify medication problems and provide advice.
+ To offer prescribing advice to medical staff and non-medical prescribers especially when complex problems arise with medication combinations and doses.
+ Conducting medication education sessions for service users and carers, either on a one-to-one or group basis.
+ Reviewing medication charts on wards and in the pharmacy to ensure their accuracy and appropriateness.
+ To undertake dispensing accuracy checking within the pharmacy when necessary Interpreting medicines information to provide advice for individual service user circumstances.
+ Advising on medicines risk management issues such as the reduction of medication incidents and ensuring compliance with medicines legislation.
+ Giving medicines management advice to medical, nursing, and other staff, and medicines information to all members of staff.
+ Liaising with GPs and community pharmacists, and involvement in discharge planning to ensure community medication needs of service users are fulfilled.
+ To contribute to aspects of the specialist medicine provision system operated by CPFT for clozapine.
+ Supporting the clinical pharmacy service clinical input to community health services including hospital settings where necessary.

Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.
We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:
+ Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
+ Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
+ Children and young people's mental health services;
+ Children's community services in Peterborough;
+ Social care;
+ Ground-breaking research
We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity.
CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.
Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a 'Red List' country.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.
If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.
All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.