Clinical Pharmacist

Job summary

Are you a clinical pharmacist looking for a rewarding role that allows you to use and develop your skills in our crisis mental health service? Are you looking for a role with variety totally focused on clinical patient care? Then this is the job for you within the Initial Response Service (IRS)!

This role will include attendance at multi-disciplinary meetings, ward rounds, support to self-medication, education of members of the multi-disciplinary team and patient and carer counselling. You will be supporting the lead pharmacist for the crisis services to review and provide clinical pharmaceutical input and care to patients. As part of the overarching IRS, you will be part of the community-based care provided by Home Treatment Teams, Crisis Hub and 111-2 phone line. You will also be involved with auditing and work closely with other members of the pharmacy team providing advice and support to the wider trust. You will line manage the pharmacy staff working in your area and you will have the opportunity to develop managerial skills.

You will be supported to develop your skill set with both the Non-medical prescribing and the advanced practitioner pathway.

We will, for the right candidate, consider previous experience and welcome applicants from other sector and for those with limited experience but the right passion and drive.

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Main duties of the job

• Provide clinical pharmacist service to the mental health crisis services, support adult mental health in-patients and clients within the community mental health teams.
• Work within multidisciplinary settings
• You will also be involved with auditing and work closely with other members of the pharmacy team providing advice and support to the wider trust.

We welcome applications from individuals who are hardworking and are motivated to optimise patient care and develop pharmacy services. Working closely with other healthcare professionals, including attending consultant led team meetings, working with specialist community mental health nurses and you will be part of a supportive and experienced pharmacy team.

We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/ life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, homeworking, part time hours, flexible start/ finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen. We will, for the right candidate, consider previous retail experience and welcome applicants from this sector.

About us

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.