Job summary
We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic pharmacist to join our progressive, pharmacy team. Your role would be to provide high quality pharmaceutical care to inpatient and community mental health service users in Leeds by way of clinical interventions, medicines information and education and training. We have four sites across Leeds each with a subspecialty, which as part of a rotation you will gain extensive experience of.
You will ideally have had some experience of working in secondary care although not essential. Good organisational and communication skills are essential as is an interest in mental health. Applications from pharmacists working in all sectors welcome.
Main duties of the job
In return, we will support your personal and continued professional development in general and mental health pharmacy by way of in-house training or postgraduate programmes as relevant.
To find out more please join our Pharmacy Recruitment Webinar on Tuesday 21st November at 6pm via Teams. You'll be able to find out more about LYPFT, our Pharmacy Department and these new career opportunities.
Meeting ID: 389 675 557 393 Passcode: 3X25KP
Alternatively for further information and informal discussion contact Michael Dixon ( Lead Pharmacist) on telephone 07929 015383 (michael.dixon1@nhs.net) or Dawn Fleming ( Deputy Chief Pharmacist) on telephone 07929 015341 (dawn.fleming@nhs.net) . Interviews will be held either in person at a Trust site or on Microsoft Teams at preference of the candidate. The interviews will take place week commencing 11th December.
About us
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching,research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme (LYPFT pays 20.6% into your scheme each year), coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more organisations such as Blue Light Card, Health Service Discounts and NHS Discount Offers.
We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank. Bank-only workers can choose the hours they want to work and will have the opportunity to gain additional experience, keep skills up to date, develop new ones and earn extra money without having to commit to a permanent role. For an informal discussion or more information please contact the team bankstaffingdepartment.lypft@nhs.net
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a specialist clinical pharmacist in LYPFT, you will develop medicines knowledge and skills with the support of a training programme to advise clinical and healthcare teams on the safe and appropriate use of mental health medicines. You will have a clinical role working with ward / community hub clinical teams and also work independently to support medicines optimisation for service users of LYPFT. You will have opportunities to develop your training skills and educate yourself and others with regards to mental health medicines, develop your leadership and operational management skills and take part in quality improvement and service developments. We have a range of general and specialist mental health services including inpatient Adult and Older Peoples, Forensic, Recovery and Rehabilitation and community and primary care mental health services to the population of Leeds, forensic and CAMHS services to the population of York and tertiary specialist services such as Child and Adolescent Services and the National Inpatient Centre for Psychological Medicine for you to gain exposure of and experience within.
As a specialist clinical pharmacist, your role includes providing pharmacy and medicines related care to allocated clinical areas to ensure medicines prescribed are safe, effective, optimised and appropriate. You will work as an integral member of the Multidisciplinary Team (s) but also independently to identify and respond to medicines related queries, speak with service users/carers about medication and support the efficient operational delivery of the pharmacy service. You will also develop your training experience and provide medicines related training to service users and staff. You will also be encouraged and supported to contribute and help implement service developments, audit and research. In order to gain a rounded experience of mental health pharmacy, you will undertake a rotation across LYPFT and be required to participate in the on call and weekend rota working at one of our inpatient sites. We will provide you with a nominated supervisor or mentor in addition to your line manager and you will also have the opportunity to be involved in the development of other trainee pharmacy colleagues.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a specialist clinical pharmacist in LYPFT, you will develop medicines knowledge and skills with the support of a training programme to advise clinical and healthcare teams on the safe and appropriate use of mental health medicines. You will have a clinical role working with ward / community hub clinical teams and also work independently to support medicines optimisation for service users of LYPFT. You will have opportunities to develop your training skills and educate yourself and others with regards to mental health medicines, develop your leadership and operational management skills and take part in quality improvement and service developments. We have a range of general and specialist mental health services including inpatient Adult and Older Peoples, Forensic, Recovery and Rehabilitation and community and primary care mental health services to the population of Leeds, forensic and CAMHS services to the population of York and tertiary specialist services such as Child and Adolescent Services and the National Inpatient Centre for Psychological Medicine for you to gain exposure of and experience within.
As a specialist clinical pharmacist, your role includes providing pharmacy and medicines related care to allocated clinical areas to ensure medicines prescribed are safe, effective, optimised and appropriate. You will work as an integral member of the Multidisciplinary Team (s) but also independently to identify and respond to medicines related queries, speak with service users/carers about medication and support the efficient operational delivery of the pharmacy service. You will also develop your training experience and provide medicines related training to service users and staff. You will also be encouraged and supported to contribute and help implement service developments, audit and research. In order to gain a rounded experience of mental health pharmacy, you will undertake a rotation across LYPFT and be required to participate in the on call and weekend rota working at one of our inpatient sites. We will provide you with a nominated supervisor or mentor in addition to your line manager and you will also have the opportunity to be involved in the development of other trainee pharmacy colleagues.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc / MPharm in Pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical council
- Post graduate clinical pharmacy qualification or equivalent years' experience
Skills
Essential
- Good written/verbal communication skills
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of providing professional / educational / leadership support to others
- Any experience in secondary care/ mental health pharmacy
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc / MPharm in Pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical council
- Post graduate clinical pharmacy qualification or equivalent years' experience
Skills
Essential
- Good written/verbal communication skills
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of providing professional / educational / leadership support to others
- Any experience in secondary care/ mental health pharmacy
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
