Are you an enthusiastic pharmacist seeking an opportunity to make a difference?
Royal Papworth Hospital invites you to join our team, providing high quality pharmaceutical care to patients in our specialist cardio-respiratory centre. The pharmacy department sits at the heart of our state-of-the-art, digitally enabled hospital.
In this role, you will be leading on the Research and Innovation domain of our Pharmacy Vision with the overall objective of ensuring the department is internationally recognised as a centre of excellence for research and innovation in Cardiothoracic Pharmacy.
To support the DHSC strategic aims for the UK to be a world leader in commercial clinical trials, you will enable the Trust to expand its research portfolio by conducting feasibility assessment and study set-up activities for a number of our Research Delivery Teams based in the VPD Heart and Lung Research Institute adjacent to Royal Papworth Hospital.
We welcome diversity in our department and look to celebrate the unique contribution of each team member. As a team we are supportive of flexible working and would look to agree a working pattern which meets the needs of both the individual and the service. To fulfil the requirements of this post, we are looking for an individual, or job share, to work 37.5hrs per week.
If you are passionate about the safe and effective use of medicines and thrive in a collaborative, innovative environment, we want to hear from you.
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.
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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.
Master of pharmacy (or equivalent) degree
Post graduate diploma in pharmacy practice or similar subject
Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training - may be acquired once in post
Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC
Independent prescribing
Postgraduate qualification in clinical research
Significant hospital experience
Experience of managing a service and/or line management
Knowledge of legislation and guidance relevant to clinical trials
Good verbal and written communication skills
Methodical, able to prioritise own work and that of others
Ability to problem solve and to appropriately escalate concerns
Good personal organisation and time management skills
Ability to work unsupervised and to manage self and motivate others
Ability to work under pressure and to switch between tasks as priorities change
Demonstrates a professional attitude and is able to demonstrate adaptability and innovation in work practice.
Experience working in clinical trials or research
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.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
