Job summary
Employer heading
Specialist Acute and General Medicine Pharmacist
Band 7
Job overview
Specialist Acute & General Medicine Pharmacist Band 7 – Oxford Road Campus
There is an exciting opportunity to join our expanding Medicine Pharmacy Team at Manchester University Foundation Trust Pharmacy team at Oxford Road Campus.
Our vision is to improve the health and quality of life of our diverse population by building an organisation that:
- Excels in quality, safety, patient experience, research, innovation and teaching
- Attracts, develops and retains great people
- Is recognised internationally as a leading healthcare provide
Main duties of the job
As the successful candidate you will be part of the friendly and supportive Medicine Pharmacy team, providing a clinical pharmacy service with directorate responsibilities to a variety of medical specialties. You will be at the forefront of the development of our clinical service. During your training you will rotate through our many medical specialist/tertiary level services. Excellent communication skills are key, as you will be working with our diverse population, and with many different clinical teams. This post is based at Oxford Road Campus. Areas covered by medicine pharmacists at Oxford Road include:
- Respiratory including MDRTB
- Acute Medical Unit
- Endocrinology and Diabetes
- Elderly Care
- Frailty including acute frailty unit
- Stroke and rehab
- General medicine
We look forward to appointing pharmacists who are GPhC registered, have previous hospital experience, have a clinical diploma or are due to complete the first year, and have the necessary skills to work in our clinical service in one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in the UK.
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll 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 you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
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 [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Vocational Master’s Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent Pre-registration training and successful completion of relevant examination
- Job related Postgraduate qualification eg. Clinical diploma (or successfully completion of first year), or equivalent experience
- Current membership of GPhC
Desirable criteria
- Completion of the Independent Prescribing Course
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Professional knowledge acquired through the vocational masters degree in pharmacy or equivalent pre-registration experience
- Post qualification experience in a relevant role practicing as a pharmacist
- Current and relevant clinical knowledge in area of speciality
- Demonstrable team working
- Demonstrable commitment to CPD
- Demonstrable experience in training of other healthcare professionals
Desirable criteria
- Research experience
- Awareness of current political agendas
- Experience in supervision of other staff
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Doyle
- Job title
- Lead Pharmacist for Acute Medicine
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 701 0193
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