Specialist Clinical Pharmacist (Rotational)

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Are you searching for your opportunity to progress in hospital pharmacy?  Do you want to use your knowledge and experience to deliver excellent patient-centred care?  Yes, then these posts are meant for you !

Due to promotion, we are delighted to be able to offer a number of specialist clinical pharmacist posts at Wythenshawe and Trafford hospitals that will rotate annually through all clinical specialties within the department. 

It’s an exciting time for us following the launch of Hive EPR across Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and we are looking for enthusiastic and motivated pharmacists to come and join our teams in our transformational journey.

You will form an integral part of the pharmacy team and wider MDT, playing an essential role in optimising patient care and medicines use, and will contribute to the weekend, bank holiday, late night and on-call rotas as scheduled. You must be motivated to provide high quality care, improve the service and identify areas requiring service development to ensure patients' needs are met.

We are a supportive department and offer a variety of education and development opportunities, from weekly learning at lunch sessions, to supporting staff with postgraduate qualifications such as non-medical prescribing in accordance with the needs of the service.

Please see the job description for more information

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You will work on a rotational basis across a range of clinical specialties including: Acute Medicine, General Medicine & Complex Health, Medical Specialties, General and Specialist Surgery, Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery, Tertiary Respiratory services (including CF), Pulmonary oncology and palliative care, Tertiary Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery including Heart & Lung Transplantation, Paediatrics/neonatology and Women’s health, Critical care (acute ICU, cardiothoracic critical care including ECMO), neuro-rehab / stroke. Your role will also support Antimicrobial Stewardship and Medicines Safety agenda.

The post holder will be responsible for providing a high-quality pharmacy service to allocated clinical areas, ensuring timely and accurate medicines reconciliation on admission, ongoing inpatient monitoring and review in accordance with agreed acuity and complexity requirements, and optimising medications to deliver a safe and appropriate discharge service to patients. They will support the directorate lead pharmacist and be expected to actively participate in organisational medicines safety and risk management initiatives, including audit and incident reporting.

The post holder will also be involved in supporting the wider multidisciplinary team in the safe and effective use of medicines, and the promotion of the pharmacy service across the site.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year. 

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary. 

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022. 

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable. 

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.