Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic pharmacist to join the Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacy Team (AMSPT). In this dynamic role, you will work closely with the Lead Antimicrobial Pharmacist and the wider AMS clinical team to help shape and deliver the Trust’s innovative, patient-centred antimicrobial stewardship agenda across the Wythenshawe and Trafford sites. You’ll collaborate with a multidisciplinary infection team that includes microbiology, infectious diseases, and infection prevention and control, contributing to a culture of excellence in antimicrobial use.

Main duties of the job

This position is ideally suited to someone who is dynamic, self-motivated, compassionate, and an excellent communicator, with an interest in improving patient care across the healthcare economy. You will be instrumental in delivering a high-quality, patient-focused clinical pharmacy antimicrobial stewardship service. Your work will involve building effective relationships with clinical teams and stakeholders, promoting the safe, responsible, and cost-effective prescribing of antimicrobials to optimise outcomes, reduce adverse reactions and medication errors, and help limit the development of antimicrobial resistance across Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.

In addition to your stewardship responsibilities, you will also support the critical care clinical services team at Wythenshawe Hospital for two sessions per week, contributing to the broader pharmacy service and patient care initiatives.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of  over £3bn & 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 30,000 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.