Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 246-COR6418779
- Employer
- Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wedgwood House, West Suffolk Hospital
- Town
- Bury Saint Edmunds
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 gross per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 22/07/2024
Employer heading
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Clinical Pharmacist - Suffolk
Band 7
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require
JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION
Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed.
YOUR APPLICATION
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Job overview
Are you a pharmacist looking for new challenges? This is an exciting time at NSFT, join us as we transform our Clinical Pharmacy services.
Due to significant investment in our Pharmacy team and the creation of a range of exciting new posts we are now looking to recruit new Clinical Pharmacists to join our friendly Pharmacy teams across the trust.
We have vacancies within the Suffolk Clinical Team based at Wedgwood House in Bury St Edmunds.
Pharmacists from any clinical background can apply as we provide comprehensive postgraduate training opportunities and supervision. Your main role will be to work with the multidisciplinary team to provide a clinical pharmacy service to the in-patient wards and home treatment team. You must be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
From Autumn 2022, HEE supports the training of all eligible mental health pharmacists in Independent Prescribing, making this an ideal time to join us if you have an interest in developing mental health as your area of prescribing practice. Our pharmacists with postgraduate mental health and prescribing qualifications have gone on to new and exciting roles within NSFT which continue to develop as our pharmacy service expands.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will lead on medicines optimisation for service users and carers in a clinical setting by
- Clinically validate prescriptions for both inpatients and outpatients using electronic prescribing software
- Integrate fully within the multidisciplinary team and participate in patient reviews
- Provide direct patient care to our service users throughout their admission to mental health services
- Provide clinical advice and guidance to a range of healthcare professionals on both mental health any physical health medication
- Provide Medicines Education to patients
- Take the lead on medicines optimisation and medicines related Quality Improvement within your clinical setting
- There is no dispensary commitment with this post.
Working for our organisation
Benefits included with this role are:-
- NHS pension
- Comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- Career progression
- Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- Staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more.
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other. We will support you in accessing training and CPD.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the job role click the job description, then click APPLY to start your candidate experience today!
Interviews will be arranged once shortlisting has taken place. Candidates may only be given a minimum of 3 days’ notice. You will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Pharmacist registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (includes Master’s Degree in pharmacy, one-year pre-registration training and final examination)
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate qualification in mental health therapeutics or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum 1 year qualified
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
Desirable criteria
- Teaching experience, including user and carer group work and to staff post-qualification standard
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Working knowledge of mental health therapeutics
Other
Essential criteria
- Open, approachable, credible
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
- Leo Boswell
- Job title
- Principal Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01603421212
- Additional information
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