Job summary
- Main area
- Division B - Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent: 1 in 6 weekends and 2 late duties per month
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 180-B-254232
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Addenbrookes Hospital - Division B
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 p.a. pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/12/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 19/12/2025
Employer heading
Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Infection Management
Band 8a
Job overview
The Pharmacy Department at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is ambitious and forward thinking, striving to ensure that the patient is always at the heart of everything we do.
We have an exciting new opportunity for an experienced clinical pharmacist to join the dynamic antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) team and lead on Trust-wide initiatives to optimise antimicrobial use, improve patient outcomes, and support national infection management priorities.
Main duties of the job
This leadership role is pivotal in driving AMS initiatives across the organisation, supporting safe and effective antimicrobial use, and contributing to national priorities in infection management.
As part of our multidisciplinary AMS team, you will:
Lead on stewardship strategies and quality improvement projects.
Collaborate with clinical teams to optimise antimicrobial prescribing.
Provide expert advice on complex infection cases and antimicrobial policy.
Support education and training for pharmacy and clinical colleagues.
Act as the pharmacy AMS lead in the management of medicines for outbreaks of known or emerging epidemic-prone diseases and oversee related vaccination programmes.
This is an excellent opportunity for pharmacists passionate about AMS who are ready to develop leadership skills and influence practice at a strategic level. You will be joining a forward-thinking department committed to innovation and patient safety.
Working for our organisation
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
For NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough based roles, all applicants from NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who have identified that they are at risk of redundancy will be prioritised over those not at risk. However, interviews cannot be guaranteed.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 4th December 2025
Interviews are due to be held on 19th December 2025
Benefits to you
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.
Person specification
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent. This behaviour is outlined on the final page of this person specification.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Masters level degree in pharmacy.
- Registered as a pharmacist with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
- Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy/General Pharmacy Practice (or equivalent).
- Registered as an independent prescriber with the GPhC, or commitment to completing this.
Desirable criteria
- MSc in Clinical Pharmacy.
- Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
- Member of the faculty of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (or working towards) at Advanced Stage II.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Recent significant post-registration experience.
- Recent significant experience of patient consultation.
- Experienced clinical pharmacist at band 7 or band 8a who has covered a range of specialities.
- Experience of documenting in medical notes.
- Experience of writing professional reports.
- Experience of writing drug policies and treatment guidelines.
- Experience of developing and reviewing patient group directions and shared care guidelines.
- Evidence of having conducted clinical audit.
- Experience of the practical application of antimicrobial stewardship initiatives.
- Experience of the management of high-cost and high-risk medicines.
- Experience as a personal tutor to a range of staff groups.
- Experience of developing and leading on projects including change management and service development.
Desirable criteria
- Recent significant post-registration hospital experience, ideally including previous experience in a teaching hospital and experience of more than one hospital.
- Experienced clinical pharmacist (at band 8a or 8b) including one or more of the following: surgery, neurosciences, critical care, antimicrobial stewardship, transplant, medicines information, acute and emergency medicine.
- Evidence of having written pharmaceutical and/or educational publications.
- Experience of drug expenditure analysis and reporting.
- Experience of horizon scanning.
- Recent practical experience of independent prescribing.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of NICE, Health Education England (HEE), NPSA guidance and their local implementation.
- Knowledge of UK healthcare systems and NHS changes.
- Computer literate with experience of Word, Powerpoint and Excel.
- Familiar with the use of a range of visual aids for teaching.
- Knowledge of pharmacy computer systems.
- Knowledge of electronic prescribing IT systems.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of electronic prescribing and medicines administration IT systems.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Show evidence of good organisation skills, prioritisation and time management.
- Be self-motivated and enthusiastic.
- Have excellent written and verbal communication and consultation skills.
- Be able to give oral presentations appropriate to the level of the audience including students.
- Be able to produce written reports.
- Have a proven ability to influence and negotiate with all grades of staff.
- Be able to manage and work well in a team.
- Be able to listen to and act on the direction of senior staff.
- Show the ability to empathise with patients / carers.
- Have a proven ability to teach and train a range of different staff groups including producing supporting training materials.
- .Be able to remain calm and work effectively under pressure to deadlines to achieve results.
Desirable criteria
- High level of IT literacy
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Reem Santos
- Job title
- Principal Pharmacist - Antimicrobial Stewardship
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01223 586948
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