Medical High Dependency Unit and Critical Care Clinical Pharmacist

With the expanded team we are looking to develop our service to include medical high dependency, increase our research and pharmacy /MDT educational capacity, we are looking for you to help shape this service, develop your own interests and contribute to Trust, regional and national critical care pharmacy projects and programmes as appropriate.
A warm welcome awaits you with our friendly and supportive teams. We are innovative and forward thinking, benefiting from a range of integrated digital systems.
We are happy to consider applications for full/part time and flexible working hours., Together the pharmacy team, as part of the multidisciplinary team, work to provide excellent clinical specialised clinical pharmacy service to medical high dependency and critical care.
ou will be patient facing active prescriber, ensuring medicines reconciliation is completed, review all aspects of pharmaceutical care and ensure medicines optimisation and safety.
You will drive forward the antimicrobial stewardship plans to optimise patient outcomes.
Across the directorates, we are looking to develop collaborative working and a proactive approach to improve medicines safety.
Your key responsibilities are clinical expertise, multidisciplinary leadership, team participation and development and research, aligning with GPICS.
You will act as a role model for junior and foundation trainee pharmacists and have the opportunity to line manage and act as a mentor or designated supervisor.
You will work with the critical care and theatre pharmacy team to drive forward our wider clinical pharmacy service for the future. You will support the wider medicines optimisation strategy and clinical governance processes within pharmacy., 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.

Do you thrive in collaborative and multidisciplinary environment? We would love you to and join our experienced pharmacy team to develop the service to critical care and medical high dependency.

It's an exciting time to work at Salford. We have recently received increased funding for the critical care team and develop the service. Nationally, critical care pharmacy is one of the trail blazing specialities piloting the RPS advanced level accreditation. We will support you to develop in order to achieve RPS accreditation., 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., 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
In line with the Trust's Single Equality Scheme we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, disability, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, religion, marital status, social back ground or trade union membership. However, as members of ethnicity minority groups and individuals with disabilities are currently under-represented at this level of post, we would encourage applications from members of these groups. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.
We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.
We also warmly welcome interest from serving and ex-personnel, and their relatives. Please identify that you are a member of the armed forces community on your application form to be entitled to a guaranteed interview (subject to essential criteria being met). As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.
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For posts advertised on a fixed term contract basis, we will offer secondments only for NHS appointments. Fixed term contracts will be only be offered for external non-NHS appointments.