Specialist Medicines Safety Pharmacist (Band 7)

Job overview

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Are you an enthusiastic and motivated pharmacist looking to develop your clinical expertise while making a real impact on medicines safety? East Cheshire NHS Trust has an exciting opportunity for a Specialist Medicines Safety Pharmacist (Band 7) to join our friendly, forward-thinking and supportive pharmacy team.

This unique role combines dedicated medicines safety responsibilities with clinical pharmacy rotations, offering the opportunity to develop as both a specialist and a highly skilled clinical pharmacist. You will work closely with our Medicines Safety Officer, multidisciplinary teams and pharmacy colleagues to promote the safe and effective use of medicines, support learning from incidents, contribute to quality improvement initiatives, and help shape safer systems of care across the Trust.

Whether you are an experienced Band 7 pharmacist looking for a new challenge or an ambitious Band 6 pharmacist ready to progress, we would love to hear from you.

Based in the beautiful market town of Macclesfield, with excellent transport links to Manchester and Liverpool, we are a flexible department that values work-life balance and recognises the individual needs of our team.

Hours per week: 30 (with flexibility in how these hours are worked).

Main duties of the job

As the Specialist Medicines Safety Pharmacist, you will support the Trust's medicines safety agenda by promoting the safe and effective use of medicines through incident review, quality improvement, medicines governance, education, and optimisation of medicines systems and processes.

Alongside your medicines safety role, you will maintain and develop your clinical skills through rotational ward-based pharmacy, delivering high-quality pharmaceutical care across a range of specialties. This varied post provides an excellent opportunity to influence patient safety while maintaining a strong clinical presence.

Alongside your specialist responsibilities, you will provide high-quality clinical pharmacy services through rotational practice across a range of specialties, including Medical Admissions, Cardiology, Respiratory, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Trauma & Orthopaedics, General Surgery, Intensive Care, Paediatrics, Care of the Elderly, Intermediate Care, Palliative Care, and Pre-operative Assessment.

We are committed to supporting your continued professional development and offer opportunities in postgraduate education, independent prescribing, leadership development, and specialist training in medicines safety and clinical pharmacy.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please read the attached Applicant Pack prior to completing your application form to find out more information.

Please download a copy of the Job Description and Person Specification located under the Supporting documents heading to read more about the advertised role.

As part of making your application we encourage you to review the Trusts Careers webpage Careers :: East Cheshire NHS Trust for more information about working for East Cheshire NHS Trust.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. The Trust is a Disability Confident Leader and as such, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification).

We understand that some applicants may choose to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in preparing their application. While this is not discouraged, it is essential to personalise this information, particularly your supporting information section as these tools cannot fully grasp the context or requirements of the job you’re applying for. We kindly remind candidates that all submissions must be truthful and accurately reflect your own experiences and suitability for this role. Personal integrity and authenticity are central to our recruitment process and being a member of East Cheshire NHS Trust.

Applicants are advised to apply early as we reserve the right to close the advert prior to the advertised closing date should we receive a large number of applications.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.