Clinical Pharmacist Hospital at Home / Community IV Band 7 Fulltime permanent post Community Medicines Optimisation Services (CMOS) Manchester and Trafford Local Care Organisations (LCO) A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the team in working with the community services within Manchester and Trafford Local Care Organisation (LCO) as part of MFT We are looking for an experienced pharmacist to promote innovative ways of working and positively contribute to local residents remaining in their own homes. You should be confident working as part of a multidisciplinary team with excellent organisational and interpersonal skills as well as good clinical knowledge. The successful candidate will become an integral part of the well supported and award-winning Community Medicines Optimisation Service (CMOS) team in providing a patient facing pharmaceutical service in working closely with pharmacy teams and other healthcare professionals across MFT This is a rotational post with the successful candidates working within services such as Hospital at Home and the community IV service You must be registered with the GPhC as a pharmacist, hold a post graduate clinical diploma or equivalent (or working towards this qualification) and have some hospital or primary care experience. • Contribute to the provision of a high quality, comprehensive clinical medicines optimisation service to different services within LCO eg, hospital at home and community IV services • Provide clinical pharmacist support to other healthcare professionals within the LCO and partnered services • Work with clinical leads to ensure best practice with medicines • Identify and resolve medicines-related issues on transfer between care settings • Support the delivery of the medicines management staff training programme • Provide highly specialist clinical pharmacy knowledge and advice on medicines management matters to MFT/LCO staff, including cost-effective prescribing and clinical guidelines for disease management • Promote and monitor antimicrobial stewardship principles to staff and patients within LCO • Encourage and support the development of good practice and safe medicines management/optimisation systems across MFT and LCO • Work as, or work towards being an independent prescriber • Participate in arrangements that may involve flexible working, e.g. extended hours or 7 day service 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. 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. 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 Sunday 8 Jun 2025. Location : Manchester, M12 6JH