Job summary
At Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, our Pharmacy Team is driven by a shared passion for patient care and staff well-being. We take pride in creating a supportive and inclusive work environment, which has earnt us recognition as one of the best mental health and learning disability Trusts in the country. We are also honoured to be the number one Trust for staff morale.
If you are a pharmacist with a passion for leading on medicines safety and want a fulfilling role in a forward-thinking, clinically excellent multidisciplinary team, then this is just the job for you! As the Trust's Medication Safety Officer you will work closely with quality & safety leads to ensure medicines safety, good reporting culture, learning from incidents and quality improvement is a top priority across all disciplines.
Your well-being matters to us, so you can choose from flexible hours, part-time or hybrid working arrangements to suit your lifestyle. You'll only work between Monday to Friday, with no weekend, bank holiday, or out-of-hours requirements. If you aren't local, we can provide you with a relocation package or alternatively, free hotel accommodation for part of your working week. If you would be interested in relocating then Lincolnshire is a very appealing place to live with its beautiful landscapes, affordable housing, thriving economy, great social life and family-friendly places to visit. Lincolnshire is a fantastic place to live and work!
Main duties of the job
The ideal candidate will act as the Trust's Medicines Safety Officer and be the professional lead and Deputy Chair for the Medicines Safety Group. They will have the required skills to lead and manage the provision of medicines safety and governance agenda.
To work closely with Trust patient safety and quality team and other staff in the Trust with medicines related roles, to identify, understand and evaluate medicines incident/error rates through Datix. To develop/recommend action plans to encourage a good reporting culture exists in the Trust and to help improve patient safety using quality improvement methodology where possible.
To provide expert review and opinion on other safety and review forums around medicines related incidents or risks.
To lead the monitoring and review of medicines safety related Trust medicines policies, procedures and guidelines in line with local and national guidance or legislation.
The post-holder will also deliver a high quality clinical pharmacy service to allocated wards/teams.
To be a member of the regional MSO in MH and CHS forum to share Trust learning and bring good practise examples back to the Trust for consideration of implementation.
To have oversight of recommendations relating to medicines use made following serious incident reviews.
To deliver a high quality clinical pharmacy service to allocated wards or CMHT.
About us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
We will invest in you, so we will fully fund and support postgraduate studies or courses to help you further develop your career. We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:
- Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
- Competitive annual leave allowance
- Car leasing scheme
- Childcare Vouchers
- NHS pension scheme
- Free eye tests
- Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants
Get in touch today:
Our friendly team is here to answer any questions you may have about our roles. For more information, please contact Joshua Confue, Clinical Pharmacy Services Manager, via email at joshua.confue1@nhs.net or by telephone at 01522 421468.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
We will invest in you, so we will fully fund and support postgraduate studies or courses to help you further develop your career. We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:
- Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
- Competitive annual leave allowance
- Car leasing scheme
- Childcare Vouchers
- NHS pension scheme
- Free eye tests
- Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants
Get in touch today:
Our friendly team is here to answer any questions you may have about our roles. For more information, please contact Joshua Confue, Clinical Pharmacy Services Manager, via email at joshua.confue1@nhs.net or by telephone at 01522 421468.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree or equivalent in Pharmacy
- Statutory registration with the GPhC
- Clinical or psychiatric postgraduate diploma
- Membership of the CMHP
Desirable
- Membership with RPS
- Credentialed member of CMHP
- Independent prescriber
- Management or Leadership qualification/accreditation
Training
Essential
- Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development
- Trust induction and mandatory training
Experience
Essential
- Suitable length of post registration experience as a practicing pharmacist
- Experience in mental health pharmacy
- Good working knowledge of relevant NHS agenda, policy and publications to mental health services
- Good working knowledge of medicines safety, clinical governance and medicines management issues
- Good working knowledge of mental health therapeutics and prescribing issues in mental health
- Experience of MDT mental health team working
- Experience of educating and training healthcare professional staff
- Experience in clinical audit and quality improvement
- Experience of speaking proficiently and expertly with mental health patients and carers and providing evidence based verbal and written medicines information to them appropriately
Desirable
- Motivational interviewing skills and/or CBT related training
Special requirements
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal skills for communicating with pharmacy team members, general public and other healthcare professionals
- Demonstrate the ability to work well as a team member
- Demonstrate ability to influence practice at directorate level
- Ability to work well independently
Special requirements
Essential
- Has own mode of transport to be able to travel independently across all Trust sites
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree or equivalent in Pharmacy
- Statutory registration with the GPhC
- Clinical or psychiatric postgraduate diploma
- Membership of the CMHP
Desirable
- Membership with RPS
- Credentialed member of CMHP
- Independent prescriber
- Management or Leadership qualification/accreditation
Training
Essential
- Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development
- Trust induction and mandatory training
Experience
Essential
- Suitable length of post registration experience as a practicing pharmacist
- Experience in mental health pharmacy
- Good working knowledge of relevant NHS agenda, policy and publications to mental health services
- Good working knowledge of medicines safety, clinical governance and medicines management issues
- Good working knowledge of mental health therapeutics and prescribing issues in mental health
- Experience of MDT mental health team working
- Experience of educating and training healthcare professional staff
- Experience in clinical audit and quality improvement
- Experience of speaking proficiently and expertly with mental health patients and carers and providing evidence based verbal and written medicines information to them appropriately
Desirable
- Motivational interviewing skills and/or CBT related training
Special requirements
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal skills for communicating with pharmacy team members, general public and other healthcare professionals
- Demonstrate the ability to work well as a team member
- Demonstrate ability to influence practice at directorate level
- Ability to work well independently
Special requirements
Essential
- Has own mode of transport to be able to travel independently across all Trust sites
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.
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.
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).
