Advanced Clinical Pharmacist Critical Care and Immunoglobulins
| Posting date: | 18 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £55,690 - £62,682 p.a. pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 January 2026 |
| Location: | Cambridge, CB2 0QQ |
| Company: | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7677605/180-B-254249 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) is seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Critical Care Pharmacist to join our dynamic and well-established critical care pharmacy and immunoglobulin teams on a fixed-term basis / secondment for a period of 12 months.
This advanced role requires previous critical care experience and you will provide clinical pharmacy input to adult critical care areas and to the immunoglobulin service.
Responsibilities within this advanced clinical pharmacy role, optimising safe and effective use of medicines is shared across adult critical care units and immunoglobulins with an approximate split of 75% and 25% respectively, adjusted as needed in view of service delivery pressures.
The ability to work collaboratively with pharmacy colleagues, the multidisciplinary critical care and immunoglobulin teams is essential to maintain our highly respected service and drive audit, service development and quality improvement. The role also requires supporting education, training, and supervision of pharmacists, trainees, and other healthcare professionals.
Our service to adult critical care runs across seven days and includes a commitment to working one weekend in every six weeks.
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.
• Line manage Band 7 critical care pharmacists and pharmacy technician(s)
• Lead and support clinical governance for immunoglobulin use and in adult critical care
• Where qualified to do so, prescribe within agreed scope and CUH pharmacist prescribing policy
• Support EoE SRIAP treatment decisions and response assessment in line with standards and guidelines
• Attend and contribute to regional immunoglobulin panels and working groups
• Support compliance with EOEIAP, NHSE and national immunoglobulin database standards
• Lead and contribute to novel pharmacy projects in designated clinical areas
• Contribute to regional workstreams via the EoE Critical Care Pharmacists Network and Subregional Immunoglobulin Assessment Panel
• Undertake and support research and transition research in to practice to inform evidence-based practice development
• Liaise with senior multidisciplinary staff to promote safe, effective and cost-effective medicines use in critical care
• Support safe prescribing and administration of high-risk medicines commonly used in adult critical care
• Contribute to multidisciplinary ward/board rounds, case discussions and service meetings.
• Support the education and development of junior pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy assistants.
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Please note:- Internal applicants on permanent contracts can apply for this post as a secondment or fixed term contract. For secondments, you must have the approval of your line manager before applying. If you are an internal applicant currently on a fixed term contract, you are able to apply for this as a fixed term position.
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 January 2026
Interviews are due to be held on 13th January 2026
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)
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.
This advert closes on Sunday 4 Jan 2026
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) is seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Critical Care Pharmacist to join our dynamic and well-established critical care pharmacy and immunoglobulin teams on a fixed-term basis / secondment for a period of 12 months.
This advanced role requires previous critical care experience and you will provide clinical pharmacy input to adult critical care areas and to the immunoglobulin service.
Responsibilities within this advanced clinical pharmacy role, optimising safe and effective use of medicines is shared across adult critical care units and immunoglobulins with an approximate split of 75% and 25% respectively, adjusted as needed in view of service delivery pressures.
The ability to work collaboratively with pharmacy colleagues, the multidisciplinary critical care and immunoglobulin teams is essential to maintain our highly respected service and drive audit, service development and quality improvement. The role also requires supporting education, training, and supervision of pharmacists, trainees, and other healthcare professionals.
Our service to adult critical care runs across seven days and includes a commitment to working one weekend in every six weeks.
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.
• Line manage Band 7 critical care pharmacists and pharmacy technician(s)
• Lead and support clinical governance for immunoglobulin use and in adult critical care
• Where qualified to do so, prescribe within agreed scope and CUH pharmacist prescribing policy
• Support EoE SRIAP treatment decisions and response assessment in line with standards and guidelines
• Attend and contribute to regional immunoglobulin panels and working groups
• Support compliance with EOEIAP, NHSE and national immunoglobulin database standards
• Lead and contribute to novel pharmacy projects in designated clinical areas
• Contribute to regional workstreams via the EoE Critical Care Pharmacists Network and Subregional Immunoglobulin Assessment Panel
• Undertake and support research and transition research in to practice to inform evidence-based practice development
• Liaise with senior multidisciplinary staff to promote safe, effective and cost-effective medicines use in critical care
• Support safe prescribing and administration of high-risk medicines commonly used in adult critical care
• Contribute to multidisciplinary ward/board rounds, case discussions and service meetings.
• Support the education and development of junior pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy assistants.
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Please note:- Internal applicants on permanent contracts can apply for this post as a secondment or fixed term contract. For secondments, you must have the approval of your line manager before applying. If you are an internal applicant currently on a fixed term contract, you are able to apply for this as a fixed term position.
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 January 2026
Interviews are due to be held on 13th January 2026
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)
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.
This advert closes on Sunday 4 Jan 2026