Specialist Clinical Pharmacist (Rotational) | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Manchester is seeking an enthusiastic Clinical Pharmacist to join its team. This role involves providing high-quality pharmacy services across various clinical specialties and participating in important departmental initiatives. Candidates should be motivated to enhance patient care and engage in service development. The position offers education and development opportunities as well as a supportive work environment. The advert closes on November 6, 2025.

Benefits

Education and development opportunities

Support for postgraduate qualifications

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality pharmacy service ensuring timely medicines reconciliation.
• Optimise medications for safe discharge service.
• Support medicines safety and risk management initiatives.
• Promote pharmacy service and support multidisciplinary team.
• Participate in antimicrobial stewardship activities.

Job description

Overview

Are you searching for your opportunity to progress in hospital pharmacy? Do you want to use your knowledge and experience to deliver excellent patient-centred care? This notice offers specialist clinical pharmacist posts at Wythenshawe and Trafford hospitals that will rotate annually through all clinical specialties within the department. It is an exciting time following the launch of Hive EPR across Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, and we are looking for enthusiastic and motivated pharmacists to join our teams on a transformational journey.

You will form an integral part of the pharmacy team and wider MDT, playing an essential role in optimising patient care and medicines use. You will contribute to weekend, bank holiday, late night and on-call rotas as scheduled, and you must be motivated to provide high quality care, improve the service and identify areas for service development to meet patient needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide a high-quality pharmacy service to allocated clinical areas, ensuring timely and accurate medicines reconciliation on admission, and ongoing inpatient monitoring and review in accordance with acuity and complexity requirements.
• Optimise medications to deliver a safe and appropriate discharge service to patients.
• Support the directorate lead pharmacist and actively participate in medicines safety and risk management initiatives, including audit and incident reporting.
• Support the wider multidisciplinary team in the safe and effective use of medicines and promote the pharmacy service across the site.
• Participate in organisational medicines safety and risk management initiatives and contribute to antimicrobial stewardship activities.

Clinical Rotations

You will work on a rotational basis across a range of clinical specialties, including: Acute Medicine, General Medicine & Complex Health, Medical Specialties, General and Specialist Surgery, Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery, Tertiary Respiratory services (including CF), Pulmonary oncology and palliative care, Tertiary Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery including Heart & Lung Transplantation, Paediatrics/neonatology and Women’s health, Critical care (acute ICU, cardiothoracic critical care including ECMO), neuro-rehab / stroke. Your role will also support Antimicrobial Stewardship and Medicines Safety agendas.

What we offer

We are a supportive department offering education and development opportunities, from weekly lunch learning sessions to support for postgraduate qualifications such as non-medical prescribing, as needs of the service dictate. We operate within a digitally enabled organisation aimed at improving clinical quality, patient and staff experience, operational effectiveness, and driving research and innovation through Hive (Electronic Patient Record system).

Qualifications

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Additional information

MFT is committed to equality of opportunity and celebrates diversity. 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. If you have any special requirements to help with your application, please email [e-mail].

Advert closes on Thursday 6 Nov 2025.