Job summary
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust are seeking to appoint an exceptional clinical pharmacist and independent prescriber to support our Early Intervention Services (EIS) across Sussex. The role has been pivotal in improving medicines use within the service. The role supports clinicians and operational leads across EI services in all aspects of medicines use, including improving medicines use, education and training, clinical queries and support, medicines spend and running patient facing clinics and prescribing roles. The role also leads on all aspects of EI related prescribing, including shared care and guidance at Trust and ICS levels.
The role is Trustwide and there is flexibility for base across Sussex and opportunities for flexible and part home-working. The role will be required to support EI services across the Trust.
Main duties of the job
The role will lead on all aspects of medicines optimisation within EI across Trust services. The role will support clinical and operational colleagues on all aspects of medicines use within EI. The role will also lead on all aspects of medicines guidance and policies relating to EI within the Trust and in collaboration with ICS Medicines Optimisation groups.
About us
Sussex Partnership is one of the largest mental health trust in the UK. The physical health of our mental health patients is important to us and with the live expectancy of patients with serious mental health dying 15 to 20 years earlier, the trust is committed to reducing this risk and pharmacy play a key role in this.
About us
As a mental health trust Sussex Partnership places a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff, as well as ensuring our reward packages reflect the immensely important work they do.
You can expect:
- Access to full psychological support, the wellbeing team
- Excellent supervision programmes.
- Flexible working opportunities
- Access to a host of discount schemes (including gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)
- A position within a trust rated as Outstanding for caring and Good overall by the CQC
- Generous holiday entitlement (starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays)
- Excellent NHS Pension Scheme
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached documents for further information. Alternatively if you have any queries regarding the role please contact us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached documents for further information. Alternatively if you have any queries regarding the role please contact us.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Pharmacy at a British School of Pharmacy, or recognised equivalent
- Clinical Pharmacy post graduate qualification (e.g. certificate or diploma)
- Registered Member of General Pharmaceutical Council.
Knowledge, Training and Experience
Essential
- To have demonstrable evidence of having met the full gateway KSF for 7 Specialist Pharmacist
- Experience of working with different healthcare professions and managers across the wider healthcare economy
- Can demonstrate an understanding of the key stakeholders the post is likely to be supporting and how they will be expected to support them.
- Demonstrable expertise in highly relevant field of pharmacy specialism
- Significant experience of working within a hospital pharmacy department post qualification, including experience in mental health service provision
- Experience of working with working age mental health services
- Excellent clinical pharmacy skills with particular emphasis on medicines used in mental health
- Experience in providing both written and verbal information on drug usage
- Experience in carrying out Medicines Information queries, providing both verbal and written specialist advice
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Pharmacy at a British School of Pharmacy, or recognised equivalent
- Clinical Pharmacy post graduate qualification (e.g. certificate or diploma)
- Registered Member of General Pharmaceutical Council.
Knowledge, Training and Experience
Essential
- To have demonstrable evidence of having met the full gateway KSF for 7 Specialist Pharmacist
- Experience of working with different healthcare professions and managers across the wider healthcare economy
- Can demonstrate an understanding of the key stakeholders the post is likely to be supporting and how they will be expected to support them.
- Demonstrable expertise in highly relevant field of pharmacy specialism
- Significant experience of working within a hospital pharmacy department post qualification, including experience in mental health service provision
- Experience of working with working age mental health services
- Excellent clinical pharmacy skills with particular emphasis on medicines used in mental health
- Experience in providing both written and verbal information on drug usage
- Experience in carrying out Medicines Information queries, providing both verbal and written specialist advice
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).
