Join MFT Pharmacy

An opportunity like no other. We’re home to England’s largest NHS Trust Pharmacy team. By joining us, you’ll be at the forefront of delivering world-class Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation services and benefit from all kinds of exciting opportunities whatever your level of experience.

Manchester University Hospital Foundation Trust (MFT) is the biggest, most ambitious and most progressive NHS Trusts in the country. We are a family of ten hospitals across seven separate sites, managed clinical services, and community services, providing a wide range of services from comprehensive local general hospital care to highly specialised regional and national services. Our vision is to improve the health and quality of life of Manchester’s diverse population.

Being part of the MFT team means being part of something special. We’re the UK’s largest NHS Trust, offering innovative, leading-edge services in the vibrant city of Manchester. Pivotal to the care we provide to patients is the hard work and support of our 24/7 pharmacy service.

We have pharmacy teams across the following sites that are expanding:

• Manchester Royal Infirmary
• Manchester Royal Eye Hospital
• University Dental Hospital of Manchester
• Saint Mary’s Hospital
• Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital
• Wythenshawe, Trafford, Withington and Altrincham
• North Manchester General Hospital
• Manchester Local Care Organisation (MLCO) – community

Our team is made up of four Inpatient pharmacy departments, Aseptic Units, Procurement and Stores.

We can offer it all, automated dispensing, medicine, and surgery including highly specialist areas e.g., Oncology, Haematology, Renal, Cardiology, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Cystic Fibrosis, Mental Health etc, research and innovation, IMT, homecare and a multitude of training and development opportunities, the opportunity to rotate and work cross-site, whatever you’re looking for it’s all here at MFT.

See for yourself what our amazing Pharmacy teams do every day to provide quality care for all our patients at MFT.

Join us in one of the following roles and make the most of the chance to put your career on a truly fascinating path, you’ll have every kind of opportunity to thrive both personally and professionally. If you’re not familiar with the various roles that make up a great Pharmacy team, then read on while we tell you a bit more about the key roles and responsibilities and you can see where you fit in!

First and foremost, all our teams are close-knit and highly supportive. With us, you’ll work in an environment where you can make the most of your skills, but also grow personally as well as professionally. If you’re currently working in a Community Pharmacy or in another sector, we’d love to hear from you as we provide extensive training across all our operational areas, wards and departments; for registered Pharmacy Technicians with a desire to pursue a career in secondary care.  For non-qualified candidates wanting to start a career within Pharmacy, no experience is required before you join us as we’ll provide all the training you need.

As a member of the Pharmacy team you’ll have the opportunity to work across a multitude of specialties to enhance your knowledge and create a framework for personal development.

Our structured training across the service includes a weekly Pharmacy teaching session for all staff, opportunities to gain skills in Health and Safety with training provided to become departmental representatives for Moving & Handling, Fire Safety and First Aid, as well as formal training links to Health Education England, Further Education and Training providers, CPPE and nationally with the Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK.

As a Technician, if you’re interested in obtaining management and leadership skills, we’ll support you in gaining experience in team leading roles with opportunities to attend formal training We’re deeply committed to innovation too and are always looking to develop new ways of working.

We encourage team development and would love for you to get involved in projects that continually improve the quality of the care we give. We have a dedicated Training and Development team who will support you to develop and bring out the best in you.

There are opportunities to play an integral part in the departments Health & Well Being Group and we’re committed to providing and signposting Mental Health initiatives, with opportunities to train as a Mental Health First Aider or a Freedom to Speak Advocate.

We regularly host cross site activities, with a ‘Pharmacy in Bloom’ initiative in place for green fingered staff.  We’re also involved in fundraising for Trust charities, all of which improve teamwork and develop support networks. Join us as we celebrate national Equality, Diversity and Inclusion initiatives, such PRIDE and our Black and Ethnic Minorities cross site group.

We’re passionate about celebrating our people and have monthly staff awards allowing staff to nominate colleagues who go the extra mile, make your workday better or are an unsung hero.

Our Senior Leadership Team host a monthly communication forum as we believe communication is key to achieving excellence.

Our staff strictly follow the Trust’s infection prevention and control guidance. We’re well-equipped to manage any suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19, and we also have close links with infection control teams and Public Health England.

To ensure our Trust is ‘caring for you, as you care for others’ we have a variety of ways to access COVID-19 support across the Trust:

• Information and support guides on the EHW intranet site and MLCO/TLCO extranet.
• Caring For You: daily wellbeing sessions provided by a psychological wellbeing therapist.
• Virtual COVID-19 traumatic incident debriefs are available if a particularly distressing incident occurs.
• Access to a 24-hour employee assistance programme.

Applying with us is simple and straightforward.  Read on to get some top tips to consider before you press ‘apply’.

Before applying, it’s important to read the job description and person specification for the role you’re interested in and decide if your qualifications, skills, and experience are well suited to our requirements.  After all, this is what we will be using to make an informed decision about those candidates we progress to the next stage.

• You’ll then need to submit an online application. This should tell us about your education, key achievements and qualifications plus your relevant skills and experience (both work and non-work related if relevant).
• But it’s also an opportunity to tell us about why MFT excites you and what you hope to gain by joining us. Instead of just listing tasks you do or have done in a job, think carefully about communicating strong examples that really demonstrate to the person reviewing your application how closely your skills and experience match up with the key factors of the person specification.
• Remember, most person specifications have a series of ‘essential criteria’ so as a matter of course, recruiting managers will look to determine who matches this closely, but also, even better if you meet the essential and some or all of the ‘desirable criteria too. That’s what might help you stand apart from other applicants.
• More than anything, take time to think about your application and if you’ve applied before, don’t just re-submit the same application for another role – each attempt should be well thought through and be tailored to the skills, experience and knowledge required for the role you’re applying for.

As an organisation we’re truly committed to being an employer of choice that recruits and develops staff fairly so that talented people choose to join, remain, and develop within the Trust. Our aim is to be a diverse workforce that is representative at all job levels and we therefore positively welcome applications from the diversity of population we serve. Equal opportunities is a key guiding principle to all our work including that our recruitment practices provide equal access to all.

If you’re shortlisted for a role you apply for, you’ll be contacted by our Recruitment Team via email, and they’ll inform you about the selection process.  This will vary according to the role; it may be that you are required to attend in person on one of our sites or the process will be carried out virtually via MS Teams so you’d need to ensure you have a device or access to a device that would allow you to use this.  If you don’t have MS Teams installed, please use click here to download it: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/microsoft-365/microsoft-teams/download-app

This is your chance to take on the career you deserve. To build a better future for patients. And to help us embed standards that will be emulated across the NHS.

We want you to feel valued and to excel in our team. So, if you are keen to progress, and you are ready to embark on the most ambitious learning curve, then you will find it is all here for you to discover at MFT.

To join us on this mission, simply click on one of the buttons below based on the role you’re interested in applying for. This will transfer you to our Applicant Tracking System (TRAC).