Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Band 6 Clinical Pharmacist - Great Yarmouth and Secure Services

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Job summary

Band 6 Clinical Pharmacist (Mental Health)

Are you a newly qualified Pharmacist or Foundation Trainee Pharmacist? Are you looking for experience in mental health pharmacy service? We have some great opportunities.

Due to significant investment in our Pharmacy team and the creation of a range of exciting new opportunities, we are now looking to recruit highly motivated and compassionate Pharmacists or Foundation Trainee Pharmacists to join our friendly Pharmacy teams across the trust. This is an exciting time at NSFT. Join us as we transform our Clinical Pharmacy services.

We have vacancies in the Great Yarmouth and Secure Services Clinical Team based at the Julian Hospital and Northside House in Norwich and Northgate Hospital in Great Yarmouth.

Main duties of the job

  • To work as part of a clinical pharmacy team to deliver safe and effective medicines management and medicine optimisation.
  • To work as part of the ward based multidisciplinary team with opportunities to gain experience across a range of mental health inpatient environments.
  • To participate in the ongoing development of pharmacy services and policy, with an emphasis on building direct patient care.
  • To complete postgraduate training in general pharmacy practice and/or mental health to support professional development and to build on clinical competencies.

About us

Some of the benefits included with this role:

  • NHS pension
  • a 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.

Details

Date posted

23 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year gross per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share

Reference number

246-COR5989904

Job locations

Julian Hospital

Bowthorpe Rd

Norwich

NR2 3TD


Job description

Job responsibilities

Pharmacists from any clinical background as well as Foundation Trainee Pharmacists 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. There may also be opportunities to work with the Crisis teams and our mother and baby unit.

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.

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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Pharmacists from any clinical background as well as Foundation Trainee Pharmacists 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. There may also be opportunities to work with the Crisis teams and our mother and baby unit.

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.

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

  • GPhC Registration
  • Master's in Pharmacy

Experience

Essential

  • 1 year pre-registration training

Skills

Essential

  • Reasonable confidence and competence in using IT systems (e.g. Outlook, Word, clinical or other record systems) relevant to the role.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Basic knowledge of mental health therapeutics (Undergraduate level)

Other

Essential

  • Open, approachable, credible
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GPhC Registration
  • Master's in Pharmacy

Experience

Essential

  • 1 year pre-registration training

Skills

Essential

  • Reasonable confidence and competence in using IT systems (e.g. Outlook, Word, clinical or other record systems) relevant to the role.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Basic knowledge of mental health therapeutics (Undergraduate level)

Other

Essential

  • Open, approachable, credible

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Julian Hospital

Bowthorpe Rd

Norwich

NR2 3TD


Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Julian Hospital

Bowthorpe Rd

Norwich

NR2 3TD


Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Pharmacy Clinical Team Leader

Leo Boswell

leo.boswell@nsft.nhs.uk

01603421212

Details

Date posted

23 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year gross per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share

Reference number

246-COR5989904

Job locations

Julian Hospital

Bowthorpe Rd

Norwich

NR2 3TD


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