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NHS AfC: Band 3
Main area: Pharmacy
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time, Flexible working (37.5 hours per week, including late night and weekend working)
Job ref: 349-CSS-6930748
Site: Manchester University Foundation Trust - Oxford Rd Campus
Town: Manchester
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 Per Annum, Pro Rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 03/02/2025 23:59
Job overview
Are you self-motivated, enthusiastic, and ambitious with excellent interpersonal skills, focused on staff development and organisational change? We are looking to recruit a forward-thinking, dedicated individual to support the development of the ward-based and dispensary service at Oxford Road Campus.
The role will involve developing a medicines management service to provide high-quality, efficient person-centered care and drive improvements within Medicines Optimisation. It will also involve working collaboratively in developing key working relationships within a diverse team.
You will be committed to reviewing systems of work, with excellent problem-solving skills, identifying risks, and developing Standard Operating Procedures to ensure that the service is safe and efficient.
If you think you have what it takes, please give us a call for an informal chat. We can facilitate departmental walk rounds and provide further information about this exciting role.
Main duties of the job
To provide a safe and effective pharmacy service, carrying out a range of pharmaceutical technical duties that enable the pharmacy team to deliver a high level of pharmaceutical care to patients.
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford, and beyond, we champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals.
We’ve created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient and staff experience, operational effectiveness, and drive 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 and Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. We’re also excited to embark on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to make healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing while 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 and Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits, and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’.
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. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Qualifications
* NVQ Level 2 in Pharmaceutical Services or equivalent qualification or course
* GCSEs or equivalent (C or above) in Maths and English or equivalent experience
* GCSE Science (dual award) or equivalent grade C or above
Knowledge
* Standard computer software (e.g., Word, Excel)
* An understanding of the principles of medicines storage and security
* Knowledge of Pharmacy in a secondary care environment
* Experience of using an automated dispensing process
Training and Experience
* Significant experience of working in a pharmacy environment, including dispensing of all prescription types, receiving medication, maintaining medicines storage locations, and stock control experience
* Experience of dealing with members of the public, healthcare professionals, interaction with patients and carers
* Knowledge of actions and uses of medicines
Employer certification / accreditation badges
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties. As such, 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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