Highly Specialist Pharmacist - Infectious Diseases

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Highly Specialist Pharmacist to join the Infectious Diseases team working at North Manchester GeneralHospital. You will deliver a high-quality, patient focused, clinical pharmacy service to inpatient and outpatient infectious diseases service users., To deliver a high quality patient focused clinical pharmacy service for infectious diseases and to establish effective relationships with clinical staffand other stakeholders delivering inpatient and outpatient care to our service users.

To promote the responsible, safe , clinically-effective and cost-effective use of medicines within the ID service.To support education and development of medical, nursing and pharmacy staff in your role as Highly Specialist Pharmacist for ID.

You will develop your leadership and management skills within Pharmacy, and as a senior member of the ID Pharmacy Team will be expected todeputise for the 8b Lead Pharmacist when required.

In addition to having a passion for infectious diseases you must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work aspart of a team whilst also managing your own workload. You must be able to manage and motivate others and have the ability to influence themultidisciplinary team and engage with key stakeholders.

Prior experience in Infectious Diseases is not essential - we encourage you to apply if you have a passion for ID or infection, and have previousexperience working in a specialist clinical area.

The ID service at NMGH is a regional specialist centre, and delivers care to a wide range of patient groups. In addition to an inpatient infectiousdiseases unit, we also provide outpatient clinic services, homecare services and outreach services to ensure access to our varied and oftencomplex cohort of service users, including the largest cohort of HIV patients outside London/South East England, and one of the largest HepatitisC treatment centres in England., MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.8bn & 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.