Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 236-DPG-P476-25
- Employer
- Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Oldham Hospital
- Town
- Oldham
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Clinical Pharmacist - Neonates
Band 8a
Job overview
We are offering an excellent opportunity for a senior clinical pharmacist to continue to develop our service to a Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit within a purpose built Women and Children’s Development at Royal Oldham Hospital.
This appointment will offer you a fantastic opportunity to experience many aspects of neonatal services as part of the MDT and to work in a nurturing and dedicated team with excellent training opportunities. Our team has a wealth of clinical knowledge in a wide range of clinical specialities.
The Royal Oldham Hospital has a £44m women and children’s facility that includes antenatal wards, labour delivery rooms, a midwife-led birth centre, obstetric theatres as well as our Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
This appointment will offer you a fantastic opportunity to work in a nurturing and dedicated team with excellent training opportunities. Our team has a wealth of clinical knowledge in a wide range of clinical specialities.
Main duties of the job
As the Senior Clinical Pharmacist for Neonates,you will be responsible for the management and provision of clinical pharmacy services to this speciality at Royal Oldham Hospital and support implementation and compliance with medicines management policies as part of the MDT.
You will be responsible for supervising the activity and training of supporting pharmacists,pre-registration trainee pharmacists and technical staff providing an opportunity to develop your leadership and management skills.
We are looking for a Pharmacist with a commitment to improving patient safety, medicines expenditure and patient flow through innovation and integration with pharmacy, medical, nursing and management staff.
We are committed to continually developing our team of clinical pharmacists and you will work within a supportive and friendly environment to facilitate this growth and career enhancement.
Working for our organisation
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS Trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and collaborating closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we are always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Learn more about us in our Candidate Information Pack
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Masters degree in Pharmacy
- Registered with GPhC
- Postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in working at specialist level
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Current developments in relevant area of clinical practice
Desirable criteria
- Commitment to continuing professional development
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lisa Turner
- Job title
- Principal Pharmacist - Clinical Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 656 1075
- Additional information
Lisa Turner
Principal Pharmacist - Clinical Services
0161 656 1075
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Turnpike House
Eccles New Road
Salford
M50 1SW
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