The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Rotational Clinical Pharmacist
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Clinical Pharmacist Opportunity
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated clinical pharmacist to join our pharmacy team at Band 6 or Band 7 level, depending on experience. Applicants appointed at Band 6 will be supported through a structured competency-based development programme with planned progression to Band 7.
Key Features of the Post
- Gain broad specialist experience through rotational placements across multiple areas of the pharmacy service, including clinical pharmacy, aseptic services, and clinical trials.
- Develop specialist cancer skills within a leading specialist cancer centre.
- Support modern models of cancer care through expanding pharmacist-led prescribing services.
About The Christie Pharmacy Department
- A progressive and innovative service with strong links to the University of Manchester and a growing portfolio of collaborative research projects.
- Committed to staff development, with opportunities for postgraduate education, research involvement, and secondments.
- Clinical pharmacists play an increasingly advanced clinical role, with many practising as independent prescribers within outpatient clinics.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide a high quality, patient-focused clinical pharmacy, medicines preparation, and supply service to patients, ensuring a safe, effective, timely, and efficient use of medicines.
- Provide pharmacist support and professional supervision to all areas of the pharmacy service.
- Be involved in all aspects of the preparation of aseptically-prepared medicines, including the ability to act as the Accountable Pharmacist in Aseptic Services in the absence of the Aseptic Services Manager and their deputy.
- Effectively contribute to departmental Quality Systems. Ensure safe systems of work are maintained as defined under statutory legislation and Professional Standards.
- Support the provision of research and clinical trials. Contribute specialist knowledge into the research and evaluation of new products, equipment, devices, and methods of work, including clinical trials, analysing, and interpreting the requirements for service developments within the Aseptic Services Unit.
- Provide medicines-related education and training support to patients, nursing, medical, and other multidisciplinary staff.
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Working Locations
Although this post is based at The Christie Hospital main site, postholders may be required to work at any location across the Greater Manchester and Cheshire Cancer Network. The Trust has a flexible working policy and, subject to service commitments, it may also be possible to support an element of working from home.
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About The Christie
- One of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year.
- Based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% of patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.
- Provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services.
- An international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years.
- Run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
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Catriona McManamon
- Job title: Antimicrobial Pharmacist & Clinical Services Dep
- Email address: Catriona.McManamon3@nhs.net
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Lee Pennington
- Job title: Acting aseptic services manager
- Email: lee.pennington@nhs.net
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Claire Keatley
- Job title: Lead Pharmacist for Clinical Trial Operations
- Email: Claire.Keatley@nhs.net
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