Job summary
The Pharmacy team would like to invite rotational pharmacists (Band 6) who believe that they could undertake a senior rotational pharmacist role and who meet the person specification to apply for this role. Candidates who do not currently meet the person specification but who will do within the next 6 months are also invited to apply.

Main duties of the job
The principal requirements of the Senior Rotational Pharmacist role are as follows:

• Deputise for B8a pharmacists for short periods when necessary. This would include being able to confidently lead a team of pharmacy professionals on a day-to-day basis, delegating work and escalating concerns as appropriate.
• Mentor, teach and supervise trainee pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and more junior pharmacists
• Take ownership of a non-core speciality/topic area as link pharmacist. Roles include diabetes, pain management, stroke, etc.

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.

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
Qualifications
Essential

• MPharm (or equivalent qualification)
• Registered Pharmacist
• PgD in Pharmacy Practice (or working towards)*
• Further detail can be found in the role profile document.

Desirable

• Independent prescribing qualification

Experience
Essential

• Previous experience working in a hospital pharmacy environment
• Experience of good foundation in clinical pharmacy practice and providing pharmaceutical service to a specialty
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Good personal organisational and time management skills
• Ability to work unsupervised, under pressure, manage self and motivate others
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team
• Has a professional attitude and is able demonstrate adaptability and innovation in work practice
• Familiar with the use of a range of IT systems and functions.

Desirable

• Good negotiation and persuasive skills

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.
• * Candidates who can demonstrate completion of 120 Level 7 credits in a relevant discipline are considered to have met this criterion, regardless of whether a post-graduate diploma has been awarded. Candidates who have completed 60 Level 7 credits and who are committed to completing 120 credits in total are considered "working towards" the award.

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.