Job summary
Horton Rehabilitation Services: There are 4 wards including 2 high dependency wards, a managed access ward and a community rehabilitation ward.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Main duties of the job
- To deliver an advanced comprehensive medicines optimisation service to patients and the multidisciplinary treatment team responsible for their care at Horton Rehabilitation Service
- Promote personalised care and shared decision making with patients, including supporting the move towards self-management of medication.
- Be a source of expert pharmaceutical advice to the MDT
- To provide leadership and support to the pharmacy team providing the Medicines Optimisation service at Preston House.
- Provide input into policy and procedures affecting the use of medicines at both local and trust wide levels.
About us
Bank Advert for an 8a Pharmacist working in Mental Health Services
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic Mental Health Pharmacist to join our bank to work at our MH Rehabilitation services, based at Horton, Surrey.
You will need to have experience of working as a Mental Health Pharmacist and have excellent clinical, interpersonal and organisational skills
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Ensure safe and appropriate use of medicines in order to maximise benefit and minimise risk to patients. This includes regular review of prescriptions, identification of significant drug interactions, advice for clinical monitoring, compliance with legal aspects (Medicines Act, Mental Health Act) of medicine supply and compliance with the Trust formulary.
- Promote personalised care and shared decision making with patients, including supporting the move towards self-management of medication.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Ensure safe and appropriate use of medicines in order to maximise benefit and minimise risk to patients. This includes regular review of prescriptions, identification of significant drug interactions, advice for clinical monitoring, compliance with legal aspects (Medicines Act, Mental Health Act) of medicine supply and compliance with the Trust formulary.
- Promote personalised care and shared decision making with patients, including supporting the move towards self-management of medication.
Person Specification
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy (
- Advanced Theoretical Knowledge acquired through Diploma (Higher Degree) level training
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate medicine related information to mental health patients, carers and clinical staff
- Previous evaluated experience of mentorship and training skills
- Monitoring and advising on drug expenditure
Desirable
- Staff management experience
SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES
Essential
- Clinical and critical appraisal skills
- Evidence in writing procedures, clinical guidelines and policy/protocols.
- Communicates with medical, nursing and pharmacy staff in clear precise and appropriate manner.
- The ability to identify and prioritise clinical work load
- Communicates with medical, nursing and pharmacy staff in clear precise and appropriate manner.
- To have an awareness of national and local priorities
- The ability to identify and manage risks
- Ability to evaluate own work
- Enhances the quality of patient care
- Demonstrates awareness of the clinical governance agenda
- Teaching and presentation skills
PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
Essential
- Demonstrates ability to meets set targets
- Demonstrate ability to organise self in order to ensure efficient use of time.
- The ability and willingness to deputise for senior staff while recognising limitations of experience and ability
- Meets expected levels of practice as defined by others
- Self motivated
- The ability and willingness to deputise for senior staff while recognising limitations of experience and ability
- Takes responsibilities for own actions
Person Specification
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy (
- Advanced Theoretical Knowledge acquired through Diploma (Higher Degree) level training
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate medicine related information to mental health patients, carers and clinical staff
- Previous evaluated experience of mentorship and training skills
- Monitoring and advising on drug expenditure
Desirable
- Staff management experience
SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES
Essential
- Clinical and critical appraisal skills
- Evidence in writing procedures, clinical guidelines and policy/protocols.
- Communicates with medical, nursing and pharmacy staff in clear precise and appropriate manner.
- The ability to identify and prioritise clinical work load
- Communicates with medical, nursing and pharmacy staff in clear precise and appropriate manner.
- To have an awareness of national and local priorities
- The ability to identify and manage risks
- Ability to evaluate own work
- Enhances the quality of patient care
- Demonstrates awareness of the clinical governance agenda
- Teaching and presentation skills
PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
Essential
- Demonstrates ability to meets set targets
- Demonstrate ability to organise self in order to ensure efficient use of time.
- The ability and willingness to deputise for senior staff while recognising limitations of experience and ability
- Meets expected levels of practice as defined by others
- Self motivated
- The ability and willingness to deputise for senior staff while recognising limitations of experience and ability
- Takes responsibilities for own actions
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).
