Job overview

This post offers an excellent opportunity for a dynamic, clinically experienced pharmacist to use  their advanced clinical knowledge and experience to promote medicines optimisation in Dermatology

 We will support you in your professional development, to think creatively, and lead service development within your area of responsibility. This role offers tremendous variation and many opportunities to engage and work collaboratively across the Trust.  As a department we are committed to continuous improvement.

There are opportunities to practice as an Independent Non-Medical Prescriber. 

Main duties of the job

Leads the pharmacy elements of providing a service to dermatology patients of MCHFT, including:

• Assessment of prescriptions against clinical criteria.
• Supporting patients and their carers in respect of their medication.
• Development of regimens, protocols, policies and drug monographs.
• Developing safe processes for Medicines Management documentation.
• Advanced Clinical Practice provision for dermatology patients.
• Development and maintenance of prescription and treatment record systems.
• Involvement in the development of electronic prescribing and administration system(s) for MCHFT.
• Independent prescribing of dermatology medications including conventional and biological DMARDs for rheumatology patients when independent prescribing qualification achieved.
• Advises medical, nursing and other staff on the efficient prescribing, administration, storage and security of medicines.
• Participates in multidisciplinary team meetings as appropriate.
• Supports Divisional pharmacists in the provision of information on the use of dermatology medicines, including interpretation of drug usage and expenditure reports.

Working for our organisation

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of local hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester boroughs (population 357K).

The Trust provides high quality planned and unplanned/emergency care, cardiac and critical care as well as child health, maternity services, and intermediate care across our sites at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford. The Trust provides 500 beds and employs over 5,000 members of staff.

An extensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools by our community arm, Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, in collaboration with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT and the South Cheshire and Vale Royal GP Alliance. With the formation of Integrated Care Systems in July 2022 the Trust became a strategic partner in both Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester ‘places’ and is part of the Cheshire and Merseyside partnership caring for a population of over 2.7million.

During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.

At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.