Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, motivated and experienced pharmacist to join our Community Services Pharmacy Team at Salford to support residents within care homes. The Care Home Pharmacist will undertake medication reviews, working in partnership with the Salford Care Homes Medical Practice, the wider MDT, care homes and secondary care. The Care Home Pharmacist will lead on medicines optimisation and provide support to achieve improvements in the quality and cost effectiveness of prescribing. 

You will need to be self-motivated and able to work on your own, whilst also integrating into established teams. You will hold a non-medical prescribing qualification (or be in the process of obtaining this qualification). In addition, you must have excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work collaboratively across primary and secondary care in an innovative service.

Main duties of the job

*This is a 9-month fixed term maternity cover*

Key responsibilities will include

 Medicines reconciliation and structured medication reviews to highlight deprescribing and medicines rationalisation opportunities for care home residents

Participation in MDT meetings

Support with the transfer of information across secondary and primary care

 Providing expert medication advice, education and training for members of the multidisciplinary team and care home staff

Working with key stakeholders across the interface of care to support with medicines related initiatives

Access to a vehicle for work purposes will be required in order to undertake this role

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 working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re 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.