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Care Homes Pharmacist
The closing date is 08 April 2026
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, motivated and experienced pharmacist to join our Community Services Pharmacy Team at Salford to support residents within care homes. The Care Home Pharmacist will undertake medication reviews, working in partnership with the Salford Care Homes Medical Practice, the wider MDT, care homes and secondary care. The Care Home Pharmacist will lead on medicines optimisation and provide support to achieve improvements in the quality and cost effectiveness of prescribing. You will need to be self-motivated and able to work on your own, whilst also integrating into established teams. You will hold a non-medical prescribing qualification (or be in the process of obtaining this qualification). In addition, you must have excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills. This is a fantastic opportunity to work collaboratively across primary and secondary care in an innovative service.
This is a 9-month fixed term maternity cover
Key responsibilities will include
* Medicines reconciliation and structured medication reviews to highlight deprescribing and medicines rationalisation opportunities for care home residents
* Participation in MDT meetings
* Support with the transfer of information across secondary and primary care
* Providing expert medication advice, education and training for members of the multidisciplinary team and care home staff
* Working with key stakeholders across the interface of care to support with medicines related initiatives
* Access to a vehicle for work purposes will be required in order to undertake this role
About us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values—care, appreciate and inspire—to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Learn more about us in our Candidate Information Pack.
Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Vocational Master's degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
Professional Registration
* Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council of GB as a practicing pharmacist
* Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent (e.g. CPPE Primary Care Pathway)
* Non-medical prescriber or undertaking the non-medical prescriber course
Knowledge, skills and abilities
* Good all-round clinical knowledge and practical clinical skills
* Substantial post qualification hospital pharmacy experience or equivalent primary care experience
* Ability to work on own initiative, prioritise work and lead a team
* Access to a vehicle for work purposes and a clean drivers licence
* Experience of community services and/or care homes
* Experience of service development
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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