A rare opportunity has arisen to join our Surgery Pharmacy Team at Manchester University Foundation Trust Pharmacy team based at the Oxford Road Campus. This is a great chance for a highly motivated pharmacist to join, and learn from, a highly experienced team of specialist surgical pharmacists in a nationally renowned teaching hospital trust. We provide pharmaceutical care to the following surgical specialities, many of which are tertiary services:
* Vascular
* Hepato-pancreato-biliary
* Colorectal
* Head & Neck
* Urology
* Elective Surgical Admissions
* Major trauma
* Orthopaedics
* Emergency Surgical Admissions
Main duties of the job: The successful candidate will have directorate responsibility for urology allowing them the opportunity to gain experience in a number of areas including service & guideline development, new drug applications, MDT working and audit whilst also gaining a wealth of knowledge and experience in a range of surgical specialities.
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, compassionate and passionate about providing excellent pharmaceutical care to patients throughout their surgical journey. This post is based at the Oxford Road Campus.
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.
Person Specification
Registration
* Essential: Current membership of GPhC
* Desirable: Member of National / International Specialist Organisation
We look forward to appointing a pharmacist who is GPhC registered with previous hospital experience, has completed their first year of the diploma or is working towards this and possesses the necessary skills to work in our clinical service in one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in the UK.
* Vocational Master's degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
* Pre-registration training and successful completion of relevant examination
* Job related postgraduate qualification e.g., clinical diploma (or successful completion of the first year), or equivalent vocational experience
* Desirable: Completion of the Independent Prescribing Course
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
* 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
* Research experience
* Financial awareness in the management of drug budgets
* Awareness of current political agendas
* Experience in supervision of other staff
Skills
Essential
* Analysis of complex information relating to individual patients medication
* Ability to work on initiative and as part of the team
* Ability to recognise own limitations and boundaries and need to consult with senior colleagues
* Good communication skills both spoken and written
* Negotiation and influencing skills
* Good time management skills
* To be motivated and have ability to motivate others
* Computer Literate
* Basic problem solving abilities
* Numeracy and literacy
Desirable
* Empathy
* Innovation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £ & 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.
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