Job summary
Do you want a new challenge? Do you want to develop your clinical and leadership potential and progress your career?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for Highly Specialist Pharmacist within the WTWA hospitals (part of part of the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust) and we are looking for an enthusiastic highly motivated clinical pharmacist to join the pharmacy team supporting the Medical Division.
The successful candidate will support medicines optimisation & service developments, drive the delivery of risk management, patient safety and quality improvement initiatives within the division and demonstrate good leadership skills. This varied and challenging role presents a great opportunity to make a real difference to patient care, demonstrate your ability to innovate and implement change following the introduction of HIVE and to lead, support and progress the pharmacy services across the Trust.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for providing and developing high quality, patient focused, clinical pharmacy services to the complex health directorate. Based at Trafford General Hospital, you will work across Wythenshawe and Trafford hospitals, supporting both the development of the service, and the junior pharmacists who provide day to day clinical services to the site.
You will regularly participate in consultants led ward rounds, provide expert medicines advice to staff and patients, review medication incidents & clinical guidelines, whilst ensuring key governance priorities are met around high-risk drugs, polypharmacy, frailty and falls risk reduction in a growing elderly population.
In addition to having a good understanding of medicine, you must be dynamic, resilient, and be able to manage and motivate others. You will have the ability to influence the multidisciplinary team and engage with key stakeholders and develop initiatives to support patient flow.
This role will also have some site lead responsibilities, and you will work collaboratively with pharmacy colleagues across MFT to review and optimise how TGH pharmacy services are delivered following the implementation of HIVE.
You will participate in the departments weekend and late night rotas
This role would be perfect for a dedicated, flexible, innovative pharmacist who wants to balance remaining integral to a clinical service with having the opportunity to develop their leadership skills and / or implement change
About us
MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & 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 brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've 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 new Green Plan which will set 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Vocational 4 year masters degree in pharmacy 1 year pre registration training and experience Member of the General Pharmaceutical CouncilMasters Degree in Pharmacy
- Post-graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent documented clinical experience
Desirable
- Independent prescriber
- Leadership / management qualification
Experience and skills
Essential
- A minimum of 4 years post registration hospital experience or equivalent documented clinical experience, two years of which must have been at band 7 or above
- Experience of working in medicine, within a hospital setting
- Experience in training and supervising others
- Ability to integrate into wider MDT / experience of supporting MDT meeting or committee
- Audit / research experience
- Experience of leading a directorate team to deliver a high quality pharmacy service
- Setting and delivering high standard of care
- Experience of working frail elderly patients
Desirable
- Experience of service improvement
- Evidence of published research / audit
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Vocational 4 year masters degree in pharmacy 1 year pre registration training and experience Member of the General Pharmaceutical CouncilMasters Degree in Pharmacy
- Post-graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent documented clinical experience
Desirable
- Independent prescriber
- Leadership / management qualification
Experience and skills
Essential
- A minimum of 4 years post registration hospital experience or equivalent documented clinical experience, two years of which must have been at band 7 or above
- Experience of working in medicine, within a hospital setting
- Experience in training and supervising others
- Ability to integrate into wider MDT / experience of supporting MDT meeting or committee
- Audit / research experience
- Experience of leading a directorate team to deliver a high quality pharmacy service
- Setting and delivering high standard of care
- Experience of working frail elderly patients
Desirable
- Experience of service improvement
- Evidence of published research / audit
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
