Clinical Pharmacist Parenteral Nutrition

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newtown, Cambridge

Clinical Pharmacist Parenteral Nutrition

£49387-£56515

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newtown, Cambridge

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 2 weeks ago, 20 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

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Full Job Description

Join one of the UK's most prestigious teaching hospital trusts and take your clinical pharmacy career to the next level. This is a dynamic, high-impact role at the heart of specialist nutrition care, offering you the opportunity to work at the cutting edge of parenteral nutrition (PN) services within a world-class multidisciplinary team.

You will deliver an advanced clinical pharmacy service across specialist wards, playing a central role in the Intestinal Failure Service -- supporting PN ward rounds, optimising patient-specific nutrition regimens, and providing expert pharmaceutical guidance to prescribers, nursing staff, and the wider MDT. This isn't a back-office role; you will be a visible, trusted clinical expert.

Beyond nutrition, you'll rotate across a range of specialties, broadening your clinical expertise while achieving meaningful, measurable performance objectives. You'll contribute to audit and research, shape drug treatment guidelines, train and mentor junior colleagues, and help drive service innovation across the Trust and into the community.

At Addenbrooke's, you won't just manage medicines -- you'll influence how care is delivered, improve patient outcomes, and help build the future of clinical pharmacy.

Main duties of the job

Following appropriate training, actively participate in and lead PN ward rounds twice weekly to review patients' needs and place orders for required PN.

After appropriate training and accreditation, participate as a non-medical member of the Intestinal Failure Service (IFS) team to order safe and effective PN for adult patients.

Assisting with checking clinical trials and specials.To liaise closely with pharmacy staff to answer any PN enquiries relating to individual patients.

To contribute to the development and maintenance of clinical care plans, policies and procedures for PN in liaison with the nutrition team.

To provide advice on all pharmaceutical aspects of PN care of patients to the IFS team, prescribers and nursing staff.

To be an active member of the IFS team; to develop and agree objectives compatible with the nutrition team and pharmacy department.To liaise closely with pharmaceutical preparative services (PPS) in service development issues concerning PN.

To assist in the development and to undertake projects to review and optimise PN use across the Trust and in the community.

To participate in audit, clinical and practice research relating to PN as appropriate within the Trust and community.

To develop and maintain appropriate information gathering mechanisms and to use this information for quality of care reporting, risk management and business planning. To support budget holders with queries and reports regarding the Trust spend on PN.

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.

Direct job link

https://www.jobs24.co.uk/job/clinical-pharmacist-parenteral-nutrition-126868202