Job summary
Ready to develop your skills and pursue a career in renal and specialist medicine? We have the perfect role at the NCA based at Salford Royal.
Join our nationally recognised renal pharmacy team where you will be supported in delivering clinical pharmacy services. We offer variety within the role including both in and out-patient working, day case, Consultant ward rounds and MDT meetings plus off-site dialysis units.
Both our renal and pharmacy departments encourage research and development across the spectrum and we work closely with primary care teams.
Depending on experience and training you will have a role in the both MDT and pharmacist led renal clinics, prescribing and optimising complex medicines. You will also play a role in teaching, training and development of the pharmacy team and other health care professionals and undergraduates.
A warm welcome awaits you with our friendly and supportive teams.
Main duties of the job
As a specialist pharmacist prescriber you will use your skills to provide all aspects of medicines optimisation for renal and other medical patients.
Your day will be varied working with the multidisciplinary team across in-patient wards, day case, outpatient clinics and renal units.
Provide medicines related advice to health care professionals and patients.
Prescribe screen and review home care prescriptions for transplant and anaemia management.
Participate in MDT clinics where you will provide drug education and counselling, monitor and review and prescribe where appropriate.
You will have a key role in assurance and governance undertaking audits and reviews and working collaboratively to write guidelines to support medicines optimisation and patient safety.
You will be supported to develop your research skills and capability.
You will support the general pharmacy department activities and use your leadership and mentoring skills to encourage and develop others.
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.
For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website
Job description
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:
Person Specification
Professional Registration
Essential
1. Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council of GB as a practicing pharmacist
Qualifications
Essential
2. Vocational master's degree in pharmacy or equivalent.
3. Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent.
4. Non-medical prescriber
Desirable
5. Leadership qualification
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential
6. Professional knowledge acquired through vocational master's degree in pharmacy.
7. Substantial post qualification band 6 and 7 hospital pharmacy experience including medicine and renal medicine.
8. Good all-round clinical knowledge and practical clinical skills
9. Skills for analysing drug charts and complex patient, medicines, or financial information in order to provide advice on medicines, dosages and expenditure
10. Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
11. Ability to work on initiative and as part of a multidisciplinary team
12. Self-motivating
13. Commitment to continuing professional development / education
14. Good time management skills and able to work under pressure
15. Influencing skills required
16. Evidence of clinical audit/ practice research and the promotion of evidence-based practice
17. Experience in education and training