Total 335 Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in Peterborough

To assess, implement and evaluate programmes of physical, social and emotional care for children and adolescents in line with current evidence, Unit policies and guidelines and NMC Code of Practice. To develop an environment which supports the value of nursing care.To liaise and communicate with other members of the nursing and multi-disciplinary team in the planning and delivery of care. To act as an advocate for the children receiving care. To be involved in the development of evidence-based practice in the Childrens Service and to undertake reflective practice. To initiate and support innovative change within the Childrens Service in line with current clinical and academic evidence, national standards and relevant report.

Are you ready to make a significant impact with your exceptional administrative skills?

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our friendly and dynamic secretarial team within the Pathology department. This pivotal role supports the clinical and scientific teams with all administrative tasks, including patient reports and letters, ensuring they are readily available.

As our Senior Medical Secretary, you will:
• Provide efficient and comprehensive senior medical secretarial and administrative support within a specialty and across the service unit, including support to Pathology Consultants.
• Deputise for the Team Leader and provide PA support as needed.
• Supervise and train less experienced staff.
• Offer administrative support to leadership and clinical teams.
• Extract, collate, and deliver performance data in a format that meets departmental needs.
• Perform allocated clerical tasks to meet service requirements.
• Undergo training to adapt to new developments within the Service.

We are looking for a highly dedicated and organised individual with experience in managing their own and others' workloads. If you are ready to excel in a supportive, dynamic environment and play a crucial role in our department, we want to hear from you.

Join us and be a part of our dedicated Pathology administration team. Apply today and make a difference!
• Provide efficient and comprehensive senior medical secretarial and administrative support within a specialty and across the service unit, including support to Pathology Consultants.
• Deputise for the Team Leader and provide PA support as needed.
• Supervise and train less experienced staff.
• Offer administrative support to leadership and clinical teams.
• Extract, collate, and deliver performance data in a format that meets departmental needs.
• Perform allocated clerical tasks to meet service requirements.
• Undergo training to adapt to new developments within the Service.

We are dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusivity within our workforce and warmly welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, with a particular emphasis on encouraging those from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities, as well as candidates from our local area.

As part of our commitment to supporting our employees we offer a range of benefits including:
• Generous annual leave entitlement starting at 27 days and increasing to 29 days after five years of service and 33 days after 10 years of service, in addition to the national Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part time staff);
• Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme:
• Flexible working opportunities;
• Enhanced hourly rates for unsociable hours e.g. night shifts, weekends, bank holidays;
• Opportunities for career development and training to help you progress in your role;
• Wellbeing support and activities to promote a healthy work environment;
• Access to our in-house physiotherapy service;
• On-site canteens offering subsidised meals;
• Subsidised staff parking (currently free);
• Free Stagecoach Bus Travel to and from work within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

We strive to create a supportive and inclusive workplace where employees feel valued and empowered to excel in their roles. Join us and become part of a team dedicated to making a positive difference in our community.


Please refer to the attached job description for a full list of duties and main responsibilities for this role.


This advert closes on Friday 27 Sep 2024

The Trust have recently implemented a digital pre-assessment system to support standardisation of clinical assessments across sites, improve the service quality and efficiency. Preoperative Assessment is a nurse-led assessment service that is integral to supporting elective surgery – focusing on the identification of patients that are fit to proceed to surgery and supporting to optimise patients. The team are currently appointing a Band 5 Registered Nurse.The job role is to pre-assess patients planned to undergo a surgical procedure in line with the Trust’s guidelines, policies and procedures. To request investigations and tests, and interpret results, escalating as appropriate, and to support elective surgery within the Trust and work within a multidisciplinary team utilise effective communication.

**Post could be either PCH or HH and cross site working maybe required**
• The job role is to pre-assess patients planned to undergo a surgical procedure in line with the Trust’s guidelines, policies and procedures.
• To request investigations and tests, and interpret results, escalating as appropriate, and to support elective surgery within the Trust.
• To work within a multidisciplinary team utilise effective communication.

We are dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusivity within our workforce and warmly welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, with a particular emphasis on encouraging those from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities, as well as candidates from our local area.

As part of our commitment to supporting our employees we offer a range of benefits including:
• Generous annual leave entitlement starting at 27 days and increasing to 29 days after five years of service and 33 days after 10 years of service, in addition to the national Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part time staff);
• Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme:
• Flexible working opportunities;
• Enhanced hourly rates for unsociable hours e.g. night shifts, weekends, bank holidays;
• Opportunities for career development and training to help you progress in your role;
• Wellbeing support and activities to promote a healthy work environment;
• Access to our in-house physiotherapy service;
• On-site canteens offering subsidised meals;
• Subsidised staff parking (currently free);
• Free Stagecoach Bus Travel to and from work within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

We strive to create a supportive and inclusive workplace where employees feel valued and empowered to excel in their roles. Join us and become part of a team dedicated to making a positive difference in our community.
• Use effective communication skills of negotiation, persuasion, and empathy to enable timely and effective communication in own team the wider multidisciplinary team and other departments.
• Complete a full pre-assessment ensuring ongoing investigations are completed, and results are actioned. Interpret results and escalate as appropriate.
• Provide medication advice to patients in preparation for their surgery.
• Complete pre-assessment of patients both for inpatient and day case, adhering to the service’s guidelines and policies. Referring any health issues arising from the patient’s pre-assessment to the appropriate individual/service.
• Order investigations and blood tests within scope of practice.
• Supervise Band 2 Healthcare Assistants with pre-assessment tests and investigations.


This advert closes on Sunday 29 Sep 2024

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities To provide specialist psychological assessments of children and adolescents referred to CAMHS, based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with young people, their families and others involved in the young persons care (including professionals from other agencies). To individually formulate, plan, implement and evaluate plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a young persons mental health or other complex psychological problems based on an appropriate conceptual framework adapting/utilising several psychological models and employing methods of proven efficacy, across a range of care settings. To be responsible for implementing psychological interventions in own area of speciality for individual children and young people, families/carers, and via groups, within and across teams, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing on different explanatory models including developmental, cognitive, learning theory, biological, and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses. To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options, taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual and their family and/or carers or group. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, psychological formulation, treatment and discharge of own clients, and to manage and maintain caseload in line with service requirements. To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan. To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies serving these children and their families. To communicate in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients and/or carers and to monitor progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care and joint work with other agencies. To communicate in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, to clients, family/carers, and others as appropriate, information that may be contentious or highly distressing concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management in line with Trust and inter-agency policies and procedures.

A Vacancy at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust.


We are currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Applied Psychologist or Accredited Cognitive Behaviour Therapist to join our Neurodevelopmental Team. This is a full-time permanent position but we will consider part time for the right candidate.

The team works with young people with a diagnosed moderate to severe Learning Disability and provide assessment and treatment for Autism and ADHD. The team provides mental health assessments of young people with a neurodevelopmental disorder and also psychological therapies for co-morbid mental health disorders.

The ideal candidate will have a strong team and work ethic, sense of accountability, interest in research and service development, accompanied by an ability to work under considerable pressure at times. This post is open to professionals with the right attributes to enhance a team.

In return we will provide the necessary support to ensure your development within your role. We are keen to support and develop our staff through a clear career pathway and encourage promotional opportunities within the Trust.

If you are looking for a new challenge, enjoy variety in your work and wish to be part of a multidisciplinary team striving to make a difference for our community by supporting people with neurodevelopmental disorders and co-morbid mental health issues, then we want to hear from you.
• To provide specialist evidence-based assessment and therapy to children and adolescents with mental health difficulties.
• To offer advice and consultation on young people’s psychological care to both professional colleagues and staff from other agencies.
• To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of both the trust’s and CAMHS’ policies and procedures.
• To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
1. To provide specialist psychological assessments of children and adolescents referred to CAMHS, based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with young people, their families and others involved in the young person’s care (including professionals from other agencies).
2. To individually formulate, plan, implement and evaluate plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a young person’s mental health or other complex psychological problems based on an appropriate conceptual framework adapting/utilising several psychological models and employing methods of proven efficacy, across a range of care settings.
3. To be responsible for implementing psychological interventions in own area of speciality for individual children and young people, families/carers, and via groups, within and across teams, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing on different explanatory models including developmental, cognitive, learning theory, biological, and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
4. To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options, taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual and their family and/or carers or group.
5. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, psychological formulation, treatment and discharge of own clients, and to manage and maintain caseload in line with service requirements.
6. To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients’ formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
7. To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies serving these children and their families.
8. To communicate in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients and/or carers and to monitor progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care and joint work with other agencies.
9. To communicate in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, to clients, family/carers, and others as appropriate, information that may be contentious or highly distressing concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care.
10. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management in line with Trust and inter-agency policies and procedures.


This advert closes on Thursday 26 Sep 2024

1. The post holder will provide a good role model, develop and maintain good systems of communication, be able to communicate with a wide range of people in a range of situations

2. Reporting verbally and in writing with regards to client's progress, assessments and care planning to the wider multi-disciplinary team

3. Maintain accurate and complete records

4. Discussing with client and their families / carers regarding care planning, assessments, and treatment

5. Be able to acknowledge the barriers to effective communication and adapt communication style in response

6. The post holder will be involved in self-development and contribute to the development of others.

7. Engaging in reflective practice and implement evidence-base to practice, linking to appraisal standards.

8. Identification of individual development needs and accessing learning opportunities available.

9. Encouraging and enabling others to develop and apply knowledge and skills, by acting as a supervisor and mentor.

10. Contribute to developing the workplace as a learning environment.

11. To assist Team manager in undertaking appraisals of other team members.

12. Maintain professional standards in line with NMC code of conduct and Trust Nursing Strategy.

13. The post holder will monitor and maintain the health safety and security of self and others.

14. Identifying and assessing potential risks involved in work activities and processes for self and others.

15. Managing identified risks.

16. Ensuring that health and safety legislation is adhered to.

17. Manage emergency situations, taking action as appropriate.

18. Reporting actual and potential incidents.

19. Attend Trust mandatory training

20. The post holder will contribute to the continuous improvement of services

21. Identifying the implications of direction, policy and strategy on current practice in a constructive and timely manner

22. Actively involve service users and the public in service improvements

23. Timely investigations and response made when dealing with PALs issues in line with Trust policy

24. The post holder will contribute to improving quality services

25. Acting consistently with legislation, policy and procedures

26. Be involved in the management and administration of medications, including Clozapine and Depots.

The post holder will work within their clinical competence as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide expertise in clinical medicines management. This involves providing face to face structured medication reviews, managing long term conditions, ensuring safe prescribing at the transfer of care, implementing systems for safer prescribing, repeat prescription reauthorisation and dealing with acute prescription requests. The post holder will perform face to face medication review of patients with polypharmacy, especially for older people, people in residential care homes and those with multiple comorbidities. The post holder will provide leadership on quality improvement and clinical audit, and manage some aspects of the Quality and Outcomes Framework. This role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivation and passion to deliver an excellent service within general practice. The post holder will be supported to develop their role to become a non-medical prescriber, if that qualification is not already held. Patient Facing Long-Term Conditions Clinics See where appropriate patients with single or multiple medical problems where medicine optimisation is required e.g. COPD, asthma. Review the on-going need for each medicine, a review of monitoring needs and an opportunity to support patients with their medicines taking ensuring they get the best use of their medicines i.e. medicines optimisation. Make appropriate recommendations to GPs for medicine improvement. Patient facing Clinical Medication Review Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for senior clinical pharmacist, nurses and or GP on prescribing and monitoring. Patient facing Care Home Medication Review Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for the senior clinical pharmacist, nurses or GPs on prescribing and monitoring. Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration Patient facing domiciliary clinical medication review Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for the senior clinical pharmacists, nurses and GPs on prescribing and monitoring. Attend and refer patients to multidisciplinary case conferences. Management of common/minor/self-limiting ailments Managing caseload of patients with common minor self-limiting ailments while working within a scope of practice and limits of competence. Signposting to community pharmacy and referring to GPs or other healthcare professionals where appropriate Patient facing Medicines Support Provide patient facing clinics for those with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines in the practice Medicine Information to Practice Staff and Patients Answers relevant medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other practice staff, other healthcare teams e.g. community pharmacy and patients with queries about medicines. Suggesting and recommending solutions. Providing follow up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes Unplanned Hospital admissions Review the use of medicines most commonly associated with unplanned hospital admissions and readmissions through audit and individual patient reviews. Put in place changes to reduce the prescribing of these medicines to high risk patient groups. Management of medicines at discharge from hospital To reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into care homes, including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge. Set up and manage systems to ensure continuity of medicines supply to high risk groups of patients e.g. those with medicine compliance aids or those in care homes. Service Development Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of new services that have medicinal components e.g. advice on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets. Medicines quality improvement Undertake clinical audits of prescribing in areas directed by the GPs, feedback the results and implement changes in conjunction with the practice team. Implementation of local and national guidelines and formulary recommendations Monitor practice prescribing against the local health economys RAG list and make recommendations to GPs for medicines that should be prescribed by hospital doctors red drugs or subject to shared care amber drugs. Assist practices in seeing and maintaining a practice formulary that is hosted on the practices computer system. Auditing practices compliance against NICE technology assessment guidance. Operating arrangements: Responsibility for one or more sites dependent upon patient list size Based across one or more sites with the opportunity to work remotely from other sites This is an evolving role and the responsibilities may augment over time in consultation with the post-holder From time to time the post-holder may be required to work from other sites Other Tasks Duties may be varied from time to time under the direction of the line manager dependent on current and evolving practice workload and staffing levels. Other administration and professional responsibilities: Participate in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the practice team Ensure appropriate items of service claims are made accurately, reporting any problems to the practice administrator Ensure collection and maintenance of any required statistical information Attend and participate in practice meetings as required Training and personal development: Maintain professional registration with the GPhC. If it is necessary to expand the role to include additional responsibilities, full training will be given.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities The post holder will demonstrate specialist knowledge and skills and have undertaken appropriate post registration training. To have an understanding of Health and Social care policy and legislation for the service user group in relation to your professional practice. To independently prioritise, maintain and manage a complex specialist personal caseload. To be highly proficient in the assessment, identification, treatment and management of the specialist health and nursing needs of the learning disability population. This includes risk assessment, assessment of complex conditions e.g. challenging behaviour including forensic issues, palliative care, mental health, epilepsy etc. To liaise and communicate effectively and sensitively with other professionals in the MDT and external agencies (e.g. Mental Health Teams, Drug and Alcohol, Palliative and Childrens Services) providing highly specialist advice as necessary. To lead in, implement and evaluate specialist programmes of care which support the health care of individuals or groups with Learning disabilities and complex needs. Lead in the co ordination of complex case work as a case manager for individuals. To have a good understanding of the specific needs of the service user group including at times of crisis. E.g. during placement breakdowns, mental health and physical health relapse, times of transition and periods of challenging behaviour. To work collaboratively with service users, their carers and families as appropriate, to make decisions relevant to the service users individual needs. To recognise the impact of a persons communication needs and tailor interaction to meet this need. To plan, implement and regularly review integrated individual support plans for each client in conjunction with team members as appropriate. To work in service users homes and a variety of community settings where conditions may pose a risk, including lone working. To have skills to input, analyse and present data/statistics to inform evidence based practice. To write timely professional reports/ records and action plans in line with professional guidelines that complies with CPFT record keeping policies. To provide specialist clinical advice in relation to individual case work to other professionals within the LDP.

We have an exciting opportunity to recruit an experienced and enthusiastic Senior Community Learning Disability Nurses (Band 6) to work across the Peterborough area. You will have a wealth of specialist experience relevant to working within a community based multi-disciplinary team supporting people with learning disabilities and will have a demonstrable ability to provide strong clinical leadership and supervisory support.

As a Senior Nurse, you will contribute effectively to the ongoing development of the service in line with National Policies and evidence based practice. As an autonomous practitioner you will manage a specialist case load providing assessment and interventions in relation to the health needs of adults with a learning disability.

You will provide professional supervision to other staff and students including appraisals and professional development and will have a clinical role in the Peterborough locality initially but may be required to work within other localities. There will be an expectation that you will also contribute to the planning, development, and evaluation of learning disability services, including contributing to defined projects as delegated by the CLTT/LDP management team via the Lead Nurse.

Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle.You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.


• To participate in the delivery of a countywide specialist LD nursing by managing a caseload of clients with complex learning disabilities.
• To provide professional supervision to other staff /students as appropriate including appraisal and professional development particularly mandatory training.
• To contribute to the planning, development, and evaluation of learning disability services, including contributing to defined projects as delegated by the CLTT and LDP management team via the Lead Nurse.
• As an autonomous practitioner to manage a specialist case load providing assessment, identification and treatment of the health needs of adults with a learning disability.
• To participate in multi disciplinary/ multi agency working within the CLTT and LDP and with key partners.

*DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
• The post holder will demonstrate specialist knowledge and skills and have undertaken appropriate post registration training.
• To have an understanding of Health and Social care policy and legislation for the service user group in relation to your professional practice.
• To independently prioritise, maintain and manage a complex specialist personal caseload.
• To be highly proficient in the assessment, identification, treatment and management of the specialist health and nursing needs of the learning disability population. This includes risk assessment, assessment of complex conditions e.g. challenging behaviour including forensic issues, palliative care, mental health, epilepsy etc.
• To liaise and communicate effectively and sensitively with other professionals in the MDT and external agencies (e.g. Mental Health Teams, Drug and Alcohol, Palliative and Children’s Service’s) providing highly specialist advice as necessary.
• To lead in, implement and evaluate specialist programmes of care which support the health care of individuals or groups with Learning disabilities and complex needs.
• Lead in the co ordination of complex case work as a case manager for individuals.
• To have a good understanding of the specific needs of the service user group including at times of crisis. E.g. during placement breakdowns, mental health and physical health relapse, times of transition and periods of challenging behaviour.
• To work collaboratively with service users, their carers and families as appropriate, to make decisions relevant to the service user’s individual needs.
• To recognise the impact of a person’s communication needs and tailor interaction to meet this need.
• To plan, implement and regularly review integrated individual support plans for each client in conjunction with team members as appropriate.
• To work in service user’s homes and a variety of community settings where conditions may pose a risk, including lone working.
• To have skills to input, analyse and present data/statistics to inform evidence based practice.
• To write timely professional reports/ records and action plans in line with professional guidelines that complies with CPFT record keeping policies.
• To provide specialist clinical advice in relation to individual case work to other professionals within the LDP.


This advert closes on Tuesday 24 Sep 2024

We are currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Band 8a Advanced Clinical Pharmacist to join our pharmacy team, based at the Cavell Centre in Peterborough.

Our pharmacists play an integral role as members of the multi-disciplinary team by ensuring medicines are prescribed and used in a way that is evidence based, safe and cost effective to the benefit of our patients. This post will suit a pharmacist wishing to join a vibrant working environment with a desire to further improve on their current clinical knowledge and skills. The successful candidate will be expected to influence prescribing and to continue to integrate pharmacy into the wider multidisciplinary team.

The ideal candidate will have a commitment to teamwork, a sense of
accountability, plus an ability to work under pressure.

We will provide the necessary support to ensure your development within your role.

We are keen to support and develop our staff and encourage promotion
opportunities within the Trust.

The job will involve working closely with our small team of experienced
pharmacists, technicians and support workers supplying medication and a pharmacy service to inpatient mental health, intermediate care, palliative care and rehabilitation wards, as well as community based mental health teams and integrated care teams, plus being part of the clozapine clinic.

As part of a small team you will be involved in all aspects of the pharmacy service. The team supports patients across Peterborough and north Cambridgeshire and therefore you will be expected to travel off site on a regular basis to provide our comprehensive pharmacy service to these locations.

The ideal candidate will undertake clinical pharmacy research and audit to influence practice within the Trust and inform the development of protocols and guidelines associated with the use of medicines in mental health, learning disability and community healthcare services.

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
• Participation in multidisciplinary team meetings to identify medication problems and provide advice.
• To offer prescribing advice to medical staff and non-medical prescribers especially when complex problems arise with medication combinations and doses.
• Conducting medication education sessions for service users and carers, either on a one-to-one or group basis.
• Reviewing medication charts on wards and in the pharmacy to ensure their accuracy and appropriateness.
• To undertake dispensing accuracy checking within the pharmacy when necessary Interpreting medicines information to provide advice for individual service user circumstances.
• Advising on medicines risk management issues such as the reduction of medication incidents and ensuring compliance with medicines legislation.
• Giving medicines management advice to medical, nursing, and other staff, and medicines information to all members of staff.
• Liaising with GPs and community pharmacists, and involvement in discharge planning to ensure community medication needs of service users are fulfilled.
• To contribute to aspects of the specialist medicine provision system operated by CPFT for clozapine.
• Supporting the clinical pharmacy service clinical input to community health services including hospital settings where necessary.


This advert closes on Monday 23 Sep 2024

We are looking for a positive and enthusiastic pharmacist to join our friendly pharmacy team at Cavell Centre, Peterborough.

We work as part of Trustwide pharmacy team to deliver a complete medicines service to mental health services and community health services for adults and older people in Cambridgeshire.

We ideally want someone with mental health experience, but we would consider people that don't, but would like to make a move into the mental health specialty. We would support you in that transition.

The post holder would be expected to contribute to a Trust wide 'out-of-hours' service on a rota will all other mental health pharmacists in the team. This requires the successful person to be able to travel to the work base outside of standard working hours.

The person we are looking for is someone that can positively contribute to the clinical medicines management of people with mental health challenges. The successful candidate will work closely with inpatient multidisciplinary teams to support safe and effective use of medicines and support a large number of outpatients through their work with clinics, community team and dispensary services within the Trust.

The successful candidate will contribute to the clinical pharmacy service provided to all inpatient services, and to the dispensary. The role will also involve the handling of medicines information questions, work with clinical trials, policy and procedure development. We expect the person to be able to provide bespoke patient-centred pharmacy care to anyone that requires it from anywhere in the service.

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

To assist with medicines management service and dispensing service at Cavell Centre Hospital.

To assist with medicines management service at Nort Cambridgeshire Hospital.

To assist with medicines management service at Intermediate Care Centre.

To optimise patient care in defined wards/teams alongside other pharmacy staff by:

a. Participating (in conjunction with pharmacy technicians) in medicines reconciliation and medication interviews with service users.

b. Participating in medicines management schemes on the wards, including patient’s own drugs, self-administration, medicines reconciliation, and medicines supply.

c. Counselling and/or education of service users about their medicines and provide information and advice about medicines to service users, carers and other health professionals e.g., medical and nursing staff.

d. Active involvement in discharge planning for service users to ensure a seamless medicines pathway into primary care.

e. Participating in multidisciplinary team meetings or case conferences to identify medication problems and provide advice.

f. Reviewing and monitoring prescription charts and monitoring the outcomes of treatment.

g. To support prescribing in line with evidence-based practice, following local and national guidelines.

To support the education and training of medicines matters for CPFT staff and service users.


This advert closes on Monday 23 Sep 2024

GENERAL NURSING DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Performs first aid / resuscitation as necessary and attends and keeps updated Basic Life Support training. Has an awareness of Health & Safety issues with specific regard to obtaining/disposing and collection of specimens. Ensures that all equipment used is safe and reports any concerns to the Business Manager or Partners. Ensures prescriptions they generate are appropriate, effective and safe and adheres to the relevant guidelines. To maintain accurate, contemporaneous healthcare records appropriate to the consultation. Ensure evidenced-based care is delivered at the highest standards ensuring delivery of high quality patient care. Works with local policies and procedures. Enhance own performance through Continuous Professional Development, imparting own knowledge and behaviours to meet the needs of the service. To achieve and demonstrate agreed standards of personal and professional development in order to meet the needs of the service. To participate in the audit process, evaluation and implementing plans and practice change in order to meet patient need. Contribute positively to the effectiveness and efficiency of the team and work colleagues. Pathological specimens and investigatory procedures Undertake the collection of pathological specimens including intravenous blood samples, swabs etc. Perform investigatory procedures requested by the GPs. Administration and professional responsibilities Participates in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the Practice team Ensure accurate and legible notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in the patients notes Ensure the clinical computer system is kept up to date, with accurate details recorded and amended Ensure appropriate items of service claims are made accurately, reporting any problems to the Business Manager. Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient health care and registration with the Practice Ensure collection and maintenance of statistical information required for regular and ad hoc reports and audit Attend and participate in Practice meetings as required Restocking and maintenance of clinical areas and consulting rooms PROFESSIONAL Professional Development/Responsibility: Ensures competency to undertake the duties outlined in this job description, attending relevant study days, as agreed by the Lead GP/Nurse to ensure her/his practice is within the framework of the NMC code of practice Ensures attendance at those mandatory Study Days that are necessary to fulfil the role of Nurse Practitioner. Carries out teaching/mentorship to other clinicians/health workers as necessary. Collaborates with other clinicians to formulate evidence based/relevant guidelines, policies and protocols. Undertakes any research/audit as felt necessary by the practice.

Job title Clinical Pharmacist Line manager Led Pharmacist Accountable to Practice Manager, The Partners Job summary The post holder is a clinical pharmacist who acts within their professional boundaries, working alongside a team of pharmacists in general practice. They will improve patients health outcomes and the efficiency of the primary care team by providing direct, accessible and timely medicines and expertise including face to face contact with patients. The post holder will be an integral part of the general practice team, as well as part of a wider pharmacist network and multi-disciplinary team. They will work to optimise medication issues to improve patient care and safety, and support clinical staff in the management of patients. As part of their employment, the post holder will achieve qualifications from an accredited training pathway, including independent prescribing, equipping the clinical pharmacist to be able to practise and prescribe safely and effectively in a primary care setting. The supervision and mentorship network will be provided to support the clinical pharmacist. Primary key responsibilities The clinical pharmacist in a general practice organisation has the following key responsibilities in relation to delivering health services. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels. a. Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role to clinically assess and treat patients using their expert knowledge of medicines for specific disease areas b. Be a prescriber, or completing training to become a prescriber, and work with and alongside the general practice team c. Be responsible for the care management of patients with chronic diseases and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy, especially the elderly, people in care homes, those with multiple co-morbidities (in particular frailty, COPD and asthma) and people with learning disabilities or autism (through STOMP Stop Over Medication Programme) d. Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines whilst helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients at the organisation and to help in tackling inequalities e. Through structured medication reviews, support patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste and promote self-care f. Develop relationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals across the wider health and social care system g. Provide support and guidance on clinical aspects of shared care protocols, clinical research with medicines, liaison with specialist pharmacists (including mental health and reduction of inappropriate antipsychotic use in people with learning difficulties), liaison with community pharmacists, and anticoagulation h. Be part of a professional clinical network and have access to appropriate clinical supervision. Appropriate clinical supervision means: i. Each clinical pharmacist must receive a regular supervision session with your line manager and/or GP clinical supervior ii. Each clinical pharmacist will have access to an assigned GP clinical supervisor for support and development i. To consult patients within defined levels of competence and independently prescribe acute and repeat medication j. To receive referrals and directed patients from triage services and other clinicians k. To receive and resolve medicines queries from patients and other staff l. To provide medication review services for patients in the practice and during domiciliary visits to the local nursing home m. To manage a caseload of complex patients n. To manage a therapeutic drug monitoring system and the recall of patients taking high risk drugs, i.e., anticoagulants, anticonvulsants and DMARDs, etc. o. To deliver long term condition clinics and home visits, particularly for patients with complicated medication regimes, and prescribe accordingly p. To provide pharmaceutical consultations to patients with long term conditions as an integral part of the multidisciplinary team q. To review medications for newly registered patients r. To Assist with MHRA alerts for the practice ensure they are distributed and actioned where required and regular audits undertaken. s. To improve patient and carer understanding of confidence in and compliance with their medication t. To maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation u. To encourage cost-effective prescribing throughout the organisation v. To provide advice and answer medication related queries from patients and staff w. To provide support in regards the organisations medicines optimisation systems, including the repeat prescribing and medication review systems x. To improve the quality and effectiveness of prescribing through clinical audit and education, to improve performance against NICE standards and clinical and prescribing guidance. y. To develop yourself and the role through participation in clinical supervision, training and service redesign activities z. To support clinicians with the management of patients suffering from drug and alcohol dependencies aa. To actively signpost patients to the correct healthcare professional bb. To manage a caseload of complex patients and potential care institutions and to provide advice for the GP management of more complex patients or areas such as addictive behaviours, severe mental illness or end of life care cc. To review the latest guidance, ensuring the organisation conforms to NICE, CQC etc. dd. To provide targeted support and proactive reviews for vulnerable, complex patients and those at risk of admission and re-admission to secondary care ee. To handle prescription queries and requests directly ff. To support in the delivery of enhanced services and other service requirements on behalf of the organization To participate in the management of patient complaints when requested to do so, and participate in the identification of any necessary learning brought about through clinical incidents and near-miss events gg. To undertake all mandatory training and induction programmes hh. To contribute to and embrace the spectrum of clinical governance ii. To attend a formal appraisal with your line manager and practice manager at least every 12 months. Once a performance/training objective has been set, progress will be reviewed on a regular basis so that new objectives can be agreed jj. To contribute to public health campaigns (e.g., COVID-19 or flu clinics) through advice or direct care Secondary responsibilities In addition to the primary responsibilities, the clinical pharmacist may be requested to: a. Support delivery of QOF, incentive schemes, QIPP and other quality or cost effectiveness initiatives b. Agree and review prescribing formularies and protocols, and monitor compliance levels c. Improve the data quality of medicines records and linking to conditions d. Work with community pharmacists, hospital pharmacists and other stakeholders in the medicines supply chain to improve patient experience and manage incidents e. Undertake any tasks consistent with the level of the post and the scope of the role, ensuring that work is delivered in a timely and effective manner f. Duties may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the post or the level of responsibility

Theatre Nurse/ODP - Recovery The role At Ramsay Health Care UK, we know our people are our most important asset. Join our Theatre department as an Recovery Nurse/ODP and support on our journey of 'people caring for people'. You'll have the best facilities - many of our theatres have laminar airflow systems and state of the art integrated theatre technology. You'll also have access to the Ramsay Academy, with potential to gain your ALS, and the chance to develop your career across our 30+ network of independent hospitals across the UK. Like us, you have a can do attitude, and you're committed to delivering the highest quality clinical outcomes in a supported environment, where you will be valued for your skills and expertise. What you'll bring with you NMC registration with no restrictions or conditions Recovery experience ALS qualification would be desirable, but not essential Proven ability to work effectively in a team environment as well as independently Flexible and positive attitude A warm, considerate and empathetic character Benefits 25 Days Leave + Bank Holidays Buy & Sell Flexi Leave Options Private Pension where Ramsay will match up to 5% after a qualifying period Flexible shift patterns available where possible Enhanced Competitive Parental Leave Policies (launched 2023) Private Healthcare for you and dependents includes online GP Life Assurance (Death in Service) Free Training and Development via the Academy Free Parking on site for workers (where possible) Subsidised staff restaurant (where possible) Over 8,000 discounts and special offers via benefits portal Book discounted cinema tickets on the dedicated cinema portal The Blue Light Card Scheme About Us: Ramsay Health Care UK is a well-established global hospital group with over 50 years' experience. It is well respected within the healthcare industry and is one of the leading providers of independent hospital services in England. We love people with a positive, "can do" attitude who want to make a difference in their work. "Our employees are Ramsay." The skills and commitment of our employees forms the basis for our success. "The Ramsay Way" culture recognises that people - staff and doctors - are Ramsay Health Care's most important asset and this has been key to our ongoing success. For further information or an informal conversation about the role, please contact mathew Marskell via email-

Bank Senior Hand/MSK Physiotherapist Fitzwilliam Hospital The role To provide the highest standard of individualised patient care in MSK and Hand Therapy. You will demonstrate a more advanced knowledge/skill set and clinical reasoning in the area of Hand Therapy and work collaboratively with our current Hand Therapist and our MSK/Orthopaedic rehab team. You will have opportunity to assist in the triaging of patient referrals and to gain experience of dealing with more complex cases within the OP case list. Where you'll be based Fitzwilliam Hospital is one of Cambridgeshire's leading independent hospitals with a reputation for delivering high quality healthcare treatments and services since 1983. The hospital is situated in the quiet landscaped grounds of the Milton Estate in Peterborough and has 54 single bedrooms and one twin-bedded room, all with en suite facilities. The hospital provides services for both private and NHS patients. By investing in advanced medical technology, the hospital offers a state-of-the-art range of treatments and services. The fully equipped ultra clean air theatre suite is particularly suitable for orthopaedic procedures such as spinal surgery, arthroscopy, hip replacements and knee. What you'll bring with you Relevant degree in Physiotherapy with relevant Hand Therapy/MSK experience Current HCPC Registration Current member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy BAHT Level 1 or equivalent Evidence of static splinting experience Ability to undertake a full clinical caseload of MSK outpatients including direct referrals and post-op patients with a wide variety of conditions Sound written and verbal communication skills Ability to work effectively inn a team environment and independently. Benefits Competitive hourly rates plus enhancements Free DBS Contributory pension scheme Excellent training and development opportunities Free parking and subsidised staff restaurant (subject to site facilities) Free uniform Access to Blue Light Card About us We're Ramsay Health UK. With 35 hospitals, 7,600 staff and 200,000 patients treated every year, we're one of the leading independent healthcare providers in England. We deliver a wide and comprehensive range of specialised clinical services from routine to complex surgery, day case procedures, cancer care, diagnostic services and physiotherapy. In addition, we also have our three standalone decontamination units which are essential to supporting our clinical outcomes. 94% of our facilities are rated 'Good' by the CQC, and we are extremely proud of the high quality of our staff as well as excellent relationships with doctors and our strong, longstanding partnership with the NHS. We're part of a global hospital group with over 50 years' experience that operates in 11 countries across the world. As people caring for people, our ethos helps make a huge difference in the lives of millions. We know that our people are our most important asset to our organisation, and are the key to our success and continuing growth. To apply Please contact (Kate Booth) on () for an informal chat, or to ask any questions you may have before you apply. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all. This position is subject to an Enhanced DBS check. We reserve the right to close our adverts prior to the announced closing date to ensure a quality recruitment process.