Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate pharmacist with a strong background in clinical pharmacy, quality improvement, and innovation to develop their career at a senior level by joining our dynamic pharmacy team. This post provides leadership to the mental health clinical pharmacy teams on the east side of the Trust, covering Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire (BSW).
Your role will be to lead the clinical pharmacy team in providing medicines optimisation services to wards and community teams, support and develop independent prescribing pharmacists, and ensure clinical staff support our wider teams in the best possible way across a large geographical area.
The postholder will also become an integral member of the senior pharmacy team, supporting the Chief Pharmacist to set the strategic direction for both medicines optimisation within the organisation and pharmacy services.
You will represent Pharmacy at Trust-wide meetings to develop and support the 'patient-facing' aspects of our medicines optimisation agenda.
The post includes on-call duties and some weekend and bank holiday working.
Main duties of the job
Participate in the pharmacy's provision of safe, effective, and responsive clinical and pharmaceutical supply services to Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust and any contracted services.
Contribute to the strategic planning of the pharmacy service and the implementation of service objectives.
Lead the development, delivery, and evaluation of clinical pharmacy services across the Trust, in line with the Trust and national medicines optimisation agendas.
Develop a competent, motivated, and versatile clinical pharmacy workforce across the service, managed within the existing budget and underpinned by technology, robust governance, and risk management.
Work with the Chief Pharmacist, Deputy Chief Pharmacists, and other Clinical Lead Pharmacists to ensure strategic plans are delivered and resources are utilised safely, efficiently, and effectively to improve financial management of treatments and medicines expenditure, patient experience, and outcomes.
Manage the Locality Lead Pharmacists and Specialist Pharmacists working in BSW, as well as BNSSG and SSC, to deliver clinical services and medicines optimisation, including audit and monitoring.
Lead on the delivery and development of robust and progressive medicines optimisation, working with the multidisciplinary team to ensure medicines optimisation is embedded in the organisation at operational and practice level.
Please see the attached job description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
About us
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust):a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
AWP is committed to support and create a positive research and evidence-based environment and culture, which can have a beneficial impact on everyone who works for the organisation and the care we provide to those who use our services.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provide leadership, expertise, and management of clinical pharmacy services across the Trust to ensure compliance with legal statutory requirements, national standards, and best practice by all team members (e.g., Royal Pharmaceutical Society hospital standards and nationally/regionally defined clinical standards).
Be an active member of the Pharmacy Senior Management Team (SMT) in the overall development of all Trust pharmacy services, promoting multidisciplinary engagement and ownership.
Develop a strategic clinical pharmacy services plan in line with NHS/national priorities, pharmacy service objectives, and Trust objectives.
Service Delivery and Development
Lead, manage, and develop the provision of clinical pharmacy services to ensure the safe, effective, and patient-centred use of medicines for all patients in the Trust.
Develop, review, and audit standards for clinical pharmacy services across the Trust in line with local and national recommendations and patient needs.
Support Trust and commissioner-led teams with service development, including quality standards, CQUINs, and clinical audit programmes.
Provide the Chief Pharmacist with evaluated clinical pharmacy metrics/KPIs and clinical interventions at specified time intervals in an agreed format.
Support the Chief Pharmacist in the strategic management of pharmacy services, including strategy development, service planning, budgeting, and financial management.
Assist in the development and implementation of Trust medicines-related policies, procedures, and guidelines, and ensure their regular review.
Please see the attached job description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provide leadership, expertise, and management of clinical pharmacy services across the Trust to ensure compliance with legal statutory requirements, national standards, and best practice by all team members (e.g., Royal Pharmaceutical Society hospital standards and nationally/regionally defined clinical standards).
Be an active member of the Pharmacy Senior Management Team (SMT) in the overall development of all Trust pharmacy services, promoting multidisciplinary engagement and ownership.
Develop a strategic clinical pharmacy services plan in line with NHS/national priorities, pharmacy service objectives, and Trust objectives.
Service Delivery and Development
Lead, manage, and develop the provision of clinical pharmacy services to ensure the safe, effective, and patient-centred use of medicines for all patients in the Trust.
Develop, review, and audit standards for clinical pharmacy services across the Trust in line with local and national recommendations and patient needs.
Support Trust and commissioner-led teams with service development, including quality standards, CQUINs, and clinical audit programmes.
Provide the Chief Pharmacist with evaluated clinical pharmacy metrics/KPIs and clinical interventions at specified time intervals in an agreed format.
Support the Chief Pharmacist in the strategic management of pharmacy services, including strategy development, service planning, budgeting, and financial management.
Assist in the development and implementation of Trust medicines-related policies, procedures, and guidelines, and ensure their regular review.
Please see the attached job description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree in Pharmacy (or equivalent)
- Registered with GPhC
- Post-graduate diploma in clinical or psychiatric pharmacy
Desirable
- Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Masters in Clinical Pharmacy
- Registered Independent Non-medical Prescriber
- Other postgraduate qualifications relevant to pharmacy practice, such as leadership, management or education and training qualifications
- Full (Credentialed) Membership of the College of Mental Health Pharmacists (CMHP) or willingness to work towards this
Previous experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working within hospital pharmacy
- Significant experience of working in specialist mental health inpatient and community
- Experience of delivering and developing teaching/training/ education up to and including post-graduate level
- Demonstrable experience of working with senior healthcare professionals outside of Pharmacy
- Demonstrable experience of managing, developing and mentoring a large number of staff/teams
- Experience in policy/procedure/guideline writing and implementation
Desirable
- Experience in setting up, delivering and developing services, particularly with commissioners
Knowledge, Skills and Abilitie
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal communication and reporting skills, verbal and written
- Ability to work under pressure, prioritise and meet deadlines
- Ability to access, review and process complex clinical information from appropriate sources.
- Good time management, problem solving and prioritisation skills; ability to manage own time and workload
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree in Pharmacy (or equivalent)
- Registered with GPhC
- Post-graduate diploma in clinical or psychiatric pharmacy
Desirable
- Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Masters in Clinical Pharmacy
- Registered Independent Non-medical Prescriber
- Other postgraduate qualifications relevant to pharmacy practice, such as leadership, management or education and training qualifications
- Full (Credentialed) Membership of the College of Mental Health Pharmacists (CMHP) or willingness to work towards this
Previous experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working within hospital pharmacy
- Significant experience of working in specialist mental health inpatient and community
- Experience of delivering and developing teaching/training/ education up to and including post-graduate level
- Demonstrable experience of working with senior healthcare professionals outside of Pharmacy
- Demonstrable experience of managing, developing and mentoring a large number of staff/teams
- Experience in policy/procedure/guideline writing and implementation
Desirable
- Experience in setting up, delivering and developing services, particularly with commissioners
Knowledge, Skills and Abilitie
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal communication and reporting skills, verbal and written
- Ability to work under pressure, prioritise and meet deadlines
- Ability to access, review and process complex clinical information from appropriate sources.
- Good time management, problem solving and prioritisation skills; ability to manage own time and workload
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).
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