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Job overview

We are seeking a motivated, and enthusiastic pharmacist to join our vibrant, friendly, and progressive Medicines Optimisation service.

 As part of the MFT medicines optimisation and governance team you will work alongside the team’s pharmacists, technicians, medicines management scientist and administration to develop and review PGDs and procedures, support adult and paediatric medicines management committees and medicines formulary review to inform the safe and effective use of medicines across all MFT hospital sites.

Main duties of the job

The role is diverse and involves working not only with clinical pharmacy colleagues, but with HIVE and EPIC (MFT electronic patient management system) colleagues, nursing, AHPs and medical staff. This system working extends to colleagues in the local care organisation and GM ICB working with system partners and GM Medicines Optimisation service.

Other key duties include:

·        Working as part of the Medicines Optimisation and Governance Team to identify, promote and share best practice and quality improvement with respect to medicines optimisation, and ensure the safe, effective, and economic use of medicines.

·        Promoting the use of medicines related policies, guidelines, and procedures by other healthcare professions to ensure the safe, effective, cost effective and timely use of medicines with the Trust.

 We want you to contribute to the provision of a high-quality Medicines Optimisation service to practitioners at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, primary healthcare professionals and the public in Manchester.

Full training and support to deliver the role will be provided.

If you are interested, we’d love to talk to you about this exciting and varied role and can be contacted on 0161 701 8119.

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.