Women's and Children's Specialist Rotational Pharmacist

This role offers supported learning in all aspects of Women's & Children's pharmacy services in a friendly tertiary hospital.
Rotations are 9 months across a varied range specialties
Each rotation is supported by senior specialist pharmacists
No prior Women's or Children's pharmacy service experience is required; we welcome applicants from all pharmacy backgrounds.
This role is predominantly patient facing and there are no on call duties
Our structured training to is designed to support progression and completion of the competency portfolio will allow progression to a band 7 role., If you are a band 6 applicant, we will support your development to progress to a band 7 role following completion of competency portfolio
The person recruited to this post will join a friendly team of rotational pharmacist who provide services across St Mary's and Royal Manchester Children's hospital on the Oxford road site.
Main duties for this role include
Reviewing patient treatments using our EPR system (also know as HIVE)
Timely and appropriate supply of medication
Timely and appropriate medicines reconciliation for newly admitted patients
Opportunity to be involved with guideline development, finance review, medicines optimisation, clinical governance, audit and quality improvement projects
Attending weekly teaching sessions provide by pharmacy and clinical specialties
Participating in person and virtual ward rounds reviewing and optimising patients treatment
Undergoing training relating to complex treatments e.g. parenteral nutrition and chemotherapy., COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the 'NHS England' website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. 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 for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].
We're looking forward to hearing from you!

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & 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.