Highly Specialist Pharmacist - Antimicrobials

NHS; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Manchester is seeking a motivated pharmacist to join the Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacy Team. The successful candidate will work alongside clinical teams to ensure responsible prescribing of antimicrobials and improve patient care. The role requires strong clinical knowledge and excellent communication skills, along with an ambition to foster a culture of excellence in antimicrobial use.

Qualifications

• Dynamic, self-motivated, compassionate, and an excellent communicator.
• Extensive experience in hospital pharmacy in a clinical role.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality, patient-focused clinical pharmacy service.
• Build relationships with clinical teams.
• Promote safe, responsible, and cost-effective prescribing.

Skills

Analytical/problem solving skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Clinical reasoning and judgement

Initiative

Education

Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Vocational Masters degree in Pharmacy

Post-graduate qualification in Clinical Pharmacy

Completed pre-registration training

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic pharmacist to join the Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacy Team (AMSPT). In this dynamic role, you will work closely with the Lead Antimicrobial Pharmacist and the wider AMS clinical team to help shape and deliver the Trust's innovative, patient-centred antimicrobial stewardship agenda across the Wythenshawe and Trafford sites. You'll collaborate with a multidisciplinary infection team that includes microbiology, infectious diseases, and infection prevention and control, contributing to a culture of excellence in antimicrobial use.

Main duties of the job: This position is ideally suited to someone who is dynamic, self-motivated, compassionate, and an excellent communicator, with an interest in improving patient care across the healthcare economy. You will be instrumental in delivering a high-quality, patient-focused clinical pharmacy antimicrobial stewardship service. Your work will involve building effective relationships with clinical teams and stakeholders, promoting the safe, responsible, and cost-effective prescribing of antimicrobials to optimise outcomes, reduce adverse reactions and medication errors, and help limit the development of antimicrobial resistance across Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.

In addition to your stewardship responsibilities, you will also support the critical care clinical services team at Wythenshawe Hospital for two sessions per week, contributing to the broader pharmacy service and patient care initiatives.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & 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 30,000 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.

Job 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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential:

• Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacist
• Vocational Masters degree (or equivalent) in Pharmacy Post-graduate qualification in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent)
• One year pre-registration training
• Successful completion of pre-registration examination (or equivalent)

Desirable:

• Member of National/ International Specialist Organisation in area of responsibility
• Attendance at relevant conferences and training courses.
• Non-medical prescribing qualification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential:

• Extensive experience in hospital pharmacy in a clinical role
• Experience of specialist hospital pharmacy services or experience in the area of responsibility
• Demonstrates expert clinical knowledge and skills
• Sound clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of antimicrobial stewardship
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Experience in delivering training and education
• Evidence of conducting clinical audit
• Enthusiasm for the role
• Understanding of the current national and international AMS/AMR agenda and how this influences the work at MFT
• Experience in antimicrobial stewardship

Desirable:

• Research experience
• Awareness of current Government, Trust and local policies
• Previous experience in delivering training and education
• Guideline development

Skills

Essential:

• Excellent analytical/ problem solving skills particularly with respect to use of medicines in complex situations
• Able to lead and act on own initiative (assertive)
• Able to organise, prioritise and meet deadlines
• Able to work as part of a team
• Good oral and written communication skills
• An advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgement.
• Organised and methodical approach to work
• Enthusiastic and self-motivated and ability to motivate others
• Able to manage difficult and ambiguous problems
• Able to recognise limitations

Desirable:

• Experience of evaluating financial information related to use of medicines
• Demonstration of innovation
• Able to delegate authority Appropriately
• Innovative use of new technologies

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.