Job summary
Are you an enthusiastic, motivated and committed pharmacist? If so we would like you to apply to work with our mental health pharmacy team for a substantive post where you will have the opportunity to develop in your career as a pharmacist.
You must be someone who works well in a dynamic team of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. You will also need to have the skills to be able to work within the wider multi-disciplinary team of nurses and doctors and other allied healthcare professionals and managers. You will want to develop and improve the reliability and quality of our clinical pharmacy service. You will need to have specific experience working with pharmacy teams and patients within the mental health setting. You will want to reach targets set by the Trust and by the pharmacy service. You must be self- motivated and able to motivate others.
Our ELFT pharmacy team provides pharmacy services to a wide range of community and inpatient service users in Luton and Bedforshire, City and Hackney, Newham and Tower Hamlets. This includes children and young people to adults of working age, older adults, and forensic patients. We provide a broad range of clinical pharmacy services to our inpatient wards and are supported by trained medicines management technicians.
Main duties of the job
You will lead on the provision of pharmacy services in Luton and Bedfordshire. You will also provide support to the medicines management technicians and pharmacists, provide operational support where required, provide a clinical pharmacy service to inpatient wards and work with the multidisciplinary team to ensure the delivery of a safe and effective service to mental health patients in our directorate. You will have a particular role in implementing and monitoring the clinical pharmacy standards and working closely with the Pharmacy Leads to identify service gaps. You will be responsible for areas of service and line management of pharmacists and technicians. You will also be involved in working with the other lead pharmacists in undertaking and developing audits and projects to evaluate and improve services alongside pharmacy and trust priorities and objectives.
The postholder must be able to show compassion and respect for people with mental health problems and be driven to improve their care through medicines management.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy.
Candidates must have a Master of Pharmacy Degree or equivalent, be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) and should have a relevant postgraduate qualification. You will have relevant experience of pharmacy practice and excellent communication, interpersonal and IT skills. Candidates will ideally have experience of working within a medicines governance structure and demonstrate service evaluation skills.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy.
Candidates must have a Master of Pharmacy Degree or equivalent, be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) and should have a relevant postgraduate qualification. You will have relevant experience of pharmacy practice and excellent communication, interpersonal and IT skills. Candidates will ideally have experience of working within a medicines governance structure and demonstrate service evaluation skills.
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy (4 years or equivalent)
- One year pre-registration training
- Four years post registration training relevant to hospital pharmacy (two years experience in a Mental Health setting)
- Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council and/or Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Psychiatry qualification (or willing to work towards this)
Experience
Essential
- Proven experience of good performance in previous posts, where relevant
- Demonstrate ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate medicine related information to Mental Health patients, carers and clinical staff
- Previous evaluated experience of mentorship
- Setting objectives and appraisal techniques
- Clinical Audit
- Training of other staff.
- Staff management experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Able to manage own time.
- Able to work both alone and as part of a team.
- Good oral and written communication.
- Aware of customer needs.
- Able to cope with stressful situations.
- Demonstrates assertiveness in difficult situations.
- WP skills.
- Able to respond to customer needs.
- Negotiation.
- Managing a budget.
- Able to be flexible
- Able to prioritise work.
- Up to date knowledge of current white papers/ national/ government reports affecting psychiatry
- Drugs used in psychiatry.
- Aware of effect of political changes on healthcare.
- Sound knowledge of drug management of Mental Health disorders including national guidance
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy (4 years or equivalent)
- One year pre-registration training
- Four years post registration training relevant to hospital pharmacy (two years experience in a Mental Health setting)
- Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council and/or Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Psychiatry qualification (or willing to work towards this)
Experience
Essential
- Proven experience of good performance in previous posts, where relevant
- Demonstrate ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate medicine related information to Mental Health patients, carers and clinical staff
- Previous evaluated experience of mentorship
- Setting objectives and appraisal techniques
- Clinical Audit
- Training of other staff.
- Staff management experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Able to manage own time.
- Able to work both alone and as part of a team.
- Good oral and written communication.
- Aware of customer needs.
- Able to cope with stressful situations.
- Demonstrates assertiveness in difficult situations.
- WP skills.
- Able to respond to customer needs.
- Negotiation.
- Managing a budget.
- Able to be flexible
- Able to prioritise work.
- Up to date knowledge of current white papers/ national/ government reports affecting psychiatry
- Drugs used in psychiatry.
- Aware of effect of political changes on healthcare.
- Sound knowledge of drug management of Mental Health disorders including national guidance
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
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).
