Specialist Pharmacist - Paediatric Haematology and Oncology
| Posting date: | 22 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £50,952 - £57,349 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 May 2024 |
| Location: | Manchester, M13 9WL |
| Company: | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6215170/349-CSS-6215170 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.
The Women’s and Children’s Pharmacy Team at MFT has a great opportunity for a motivated, enthusiastic and organised specialist pharmacist to join our Haematology-Oncology clinical pharmacy team providing frontline services in paediatric haematology, oncology, and Haemopoietic Stem Cell Transplant. This role will be a key member of the multi-disciplinary team, and will provide clinical pharmacy support to patients, families and staff.
We are seeking a pharmacist who is passionate, dedicated, and motivated to learn about this area. In this role you will supported by the lead haematology pharmacist, the wider haematology/oncology team and the pharmacy team as a whole.
Our hospital hosts one of the largest Primary Treatment Centres for children's cancer services in the UK. We deliver an expanding and innovative JACIE accredited BMT service, which includes CAR-T cellular therapy. We also work in partnership with the Christie Hospital to provide Proton Beam services to children from around the UK. With new therapies emerging for the management of haemoglobinopathies and haemophilia, we have an opportunity to develop the clinical pharmacy service to these patients and support gene therapy trials.
Working within the Women’s and Children’s pharmacy team can offer you support in developing your expertise and skills through formal training courses, mentoring and regular appraisals. We have a wealth of clinical knowledge in a wide range of clinical specialities, with a strong team of senior pharmacists. We have excellent links with local universities and CPPE, as well as a variety of clinical national networks.
As a senior member of our Women’s and Children’s pharmacy team you can use and develop your leadership skills and previous experience to line manage, mentor and train rotational pharmacists, technicians, and clinical colleagues.
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.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
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 atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
This advert closes on Monday 6 May 2024
The Women’s and Children’s Pharmacy Team at MFT has a great opportunity for a motivated, enthusiastic and organised specialist pharmacist to join our Haematology-Oncology clinical pharmacy team providing frontline services in paediatric haematology, oncology, and Haemopoietic Stem Cell Transplant. This role will be a key member of the multi-disciplinary team, and will provide clinical pharmacy support to patients, families and staff.
We are seeking a pharmacist who is passionate, dedicated, and motivated to learn about this area. In this role you will supported by the lead haematology pharmacist, the wider haematology/oncology team and the pharmacy team as a whole.
Our hospital hosts one of the largest Primary Treatment Centres for children's cancer services in the UK. We deliver an expanding and innovative JACIE accredited BMT service, which includes CAR-T cellular therapy. We also work in partnership with the Christie Hospital to provide Proton Beam services to children from around the UK. With new therapies emerging for the management of haemoglobinopathies and haemophilia, we have an opportunity to develop the clinical pharmacy service to these patients and support gene therapy trials.
Working within the Women’s and Children’s pharmacy team can offer you support in developing your expertise and skills through formal training courses, mentoring and regular appraisals. We have a wealth of clinical knowledge in a wide range of clinical specialities, with a strong team of senior pharmacists. We have excellent links with local universities and CPPE, as well as a variety of clinical national networks.
As a senior member of our Women’s and Children’s pharmacy team you can use and develop your leadership skills and previous experience to line manage, mentor and train rotational pharmacists, technicians, and clinical colleagues.
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.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
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 atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
This advert closes on Monday 6 May 2024
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