Advanced Specialist Pharmacist – Older People | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£66,582 - £77,368 p.a. pro rata
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Cambridge, CB2 0QQ
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	25 Aug 2026
Closing date:	24 Sept 2026

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Summary

- Support the Consultant Pharmacist in developing and delivering a strategy for care models that identify and manage older patients at greatest risk of severe medicine-related adverse effects.

- Be accountable for the delivery of delegated workstreams in line with system and service priorities

- Act as an expert resource in medicines optimisation in older people, liaising with the multidisciplinary team and system partners to promote safe, effective use of medicines in this patient group.

- Provide an advanced clinical pharmacy service to specific cohorts of older people.

- Collaborate with pharmacy teams from other providers and primary care to ensure service delivery to agreed standards in line with business planning requirements and NHS contracts e.g. DES

This is a system-wide post with a focus on provision of on-site clinical and professional support to partners across the footprint of North Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Care Partnership - Fenland, Huntingdon and Peterborough. CUH is the host organisation and the employer. The system Consultant/Lead Pharmacist – Older People, also hosted by CUH, is the line manager. Honorary contracts will be facilitated to enable delivery of direct patient care to patients under the care of partner organisations where necessary e.g. North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust (NWAFT) and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT).

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.

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.

This vacancy will close at midnight on 6th September 2026.

Interviews are due to be held on 14th September 2026.

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 6 Sep 2026

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