Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 14 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 270-TF377-CORP
- Employer
- Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Mary's Hospital
- Town
- Kettering
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/09/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Pharmacist Mental Health
Band 7
Job overview
NHFT are dedicated to making a positive difference and providing care with compassion. We put the person at the centre of everything we do, so if you want to work for a Trust that makes a difference & rated Outstanding by the CQC this is the place for you.
Are you a dynamic, motivated, forward-thinking clinical pharmacist, who wishes to specialise in mental health whilst continuing to maintain and develop your skills in general medicine and palliative care? We are seeking to appoint to a fixed term maternity leave post.
You will be part of a friendly, innovative and supportive pharmacy team. delivering a high-quality patient focused clinical pharmacy service to:
- Adult and Older People's Mental Health wards
- Child Adolescent Mental Health wards
- Community Hospital wards/Palliative care
You will provide pharmacy support and advice at ward level, supported by Medicines Management Technicians, attend consultant ward rounds, develop policies and guidelines, complete both national and local audits and be involved in the teaching of staff. There is currently no dispensary commitment and no on-call commitment or weekend working. Mental health experience is desirable but not essential as we have in-house training programme.
Main duties of the job
As Clinical Pharmacist Mental Health the post holder will :
- Deliver pharmaceutical support to the Mental Health inpatient areas and support medicines management throughout the organisation.
- Deliver a specialist clinical pharmaceutical service to patients with mental health problems and support the safe and effective use of both psychotropic and general medications throughout the hospital;
- Support the clinical pharmacy service to Community Hospital inpatient areas, and provide ad hoc support to hospices
- Ensure risks within medicines management are identified and managed
- Ensure compliance with all relevant medicines–related legislation and policy
- Provide input to consultant ward rounds/team meetings
- Train, teach and supervise other members of the pharmacy team
- Provide education on medicines for other healthcare professionals, patients and carers
- Advise senior and junior medical staff and nurses on medicines management issues
Working for our organisation
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) degree, or equivalent
- Current and continued registration and membership with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Evidence of recent continuing personal learning and development
Desirable criteria
- Educated to Post-graduate qualification e.g. Clinical pharmacy diploma/ certificate/diploma in Psychiatric therapeutics (Aston) or equivalent knowledge and experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post registration experience
- Experience of working with minimal supervision
Desirable criteria
- Recent hospital experience
- Some experience of working within mental health
- Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of answering medicines information queries
- Experience of planning, implementing, analysing, reporting and changing practice through audit
- Experience of implementing medicines management policies and procedures
- Experience of delivering training packages for staff and service users
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
- Helen Wilson
- Job title
- Lead Pharmacist Mental Health
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 030002 71635
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