Job summary
Due to expansion in services another opportunity has arisen to join our Specialist Rotational Pharmacy Team at Manchester University Foundation Trust Pharmacy team at Oxford Road Campus providing care to our highly specialist services at our City Centre Hospital.
This is an unbelievable chance for a highly motivated pharmacist to further develop their skills and progress their career in a nationally renowned teaching hospital trust. Applicants must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work as part of a team whilst also managing your own workload. The role is perfect if you are innovative, enthusiastic, dynamic, flexible, and compassionate.
Main duties of the job
As the successful candidate you will be part of the Pharmacy team providing a clinical pharmacy service and directorate responsibilities to different specialties whilst also developing our clinical pharmacy service. During your training you will rotate through our many specialist/tertiary level services.
- Specialist Medicine including Haematology, Sexual health and HIV
- Critical Care
- Antimicrobial Stewardship
- Renal medicine and transplant
- Cardiology and Cardiothoracics
- Specialist Surgery
- Major trauma and ED
- Acute medicine
- Frailty
This post is based at Oxford Road Campus, however there maybe an opportunity in the future to rotate across all MFT pharmacy departments.
We look forward to appointing pharmacists who are GPhC registered pharmacists, have previous hospital experience, have completed their first year of the diploma or working towards this and the necessary skills to work in our clinical service in one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in the UK.
For further information please contact:
Adele Torkington, Clinical Services Manager on adele.torkington@mft.nhs.uk
Manpreet Kaur, Rotational Pharmacist Coordinator on Manpreet.Kaur2@mft.nhs.uk
About us
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 programs. 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.
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.
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.
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
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Vocational Master's degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- 1 year pre registration training and experience
- Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Post-graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent documented clinical experience
Desirable
- Certificate in Independent Prescribing
Experience
Essential
- Experience in delivering pharmaceutical care
- Experience in training and supervising others
- Audit / research experience
Skills
Essential
- Excellent written communication skills
- Able to work with and influence other grades of staff and professions Ability to use own initiative
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to prioritise workload, work accurately under pressure, and meet deadlines
Desirable
- Identifies and manages risk
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Vocational Master's degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- 1 year pre registration training and experience
- Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Post-graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent documented clinical experience
Desirable
- Certificate in Independent Prescribing
Experience
Essential
- Experience in delivering pharmaceutical care
- Experience in training and supervising others
- Audit / research experience
Skills
Essential
- Excellent written communication skills
- Able to work with and influence other grades of staff and professions Ability to use own initiative
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to prioritise workload, work accurately under pressure, and meet deadlines
Desirable
- Identifies and manages risk
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).
