Job summary
- Main area
- Medical Education
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Fixed term: 9 months (Maternity Cover)
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week (Tues - Fri)
- Job ref
- 349-COR-6704004*
- Employer
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wythenshawe Hospital
- Town
- Wythenshawe
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 31/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Medical Education Pharmacist
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Job overview
MFT in partnership with the University of Manchester (UoM) delivers clinical training and experience to approximately 450 medical students at the Wythenshawe Campus. They are attached to the Trust in clinical years 3, 4 and 5 of their undergraduate medical programme.
Main duties of the job
To be responsible for the development, management, delivery and evaluation of training programmes in prescribing and therapeutics for 3rd, 4th, and 5th year medical undergraduates based at MFT Wythenshawe Campus. To line manage full time Education Fellows.
To act as a source of expertise advising students, patients, carers, medical staff, nurses and AHP’s across the Trust about medicines. To line manage Education Fellows in line with Trust HR policies and guidance.
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
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of key principles of safe and effective prescribing and the risks associated with poor prescribing
- Knowledge of national guidance (e.g. NICE), evidence based medicine and prescribing legislation
- Knowledge of the Medicines Management, Clinical Governance and Modernisation agendas of the NHS
Desirable criteria
- Advanced knowledge of medical education agendas and teaching methods
- Knowledge of training pathway for undergraduate medical students
Experience
Essential criteria
- 3 years post registration hospital experience or equivalent documented clinical experience
- Experience in teaching small and large groups
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching undergraduate students
- Experience of curriculum planning and evaluating
- Experience of performing assessments
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Able to work as part of a team and influence other grades of staff and professions
- Proven teaching skills using various methods (e.g. face to face, online)
- Excellent organisational skills
- Ability to prioritise workload, work accurately under pressure, and meet deadlines
- Ability to manage time, people and resources to deliver outcomes
- Desire to develop inter-professional education
Desirable criteria
- Leadership qualities
- Ability to develop services
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Vocational 4 year masters degree in pharmacy & 1 year pre registration training
- Post-graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent documented clinical experience
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate Certificate in Education
- Certificate in Supplementary/ Independent Prescribing
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such 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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emma Taylor
- Job title
- Medical Education Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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