Job summary
37.5 Hours Per Week
We are pleased
to advertise a full time 6-month fixed term mental health pharmacist post working
at:
The Dales at The Calderdale Royal
Hospital, Huddersfield Road ,Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX3 0PW. If you are looking for an exciting and
rewarding clinical role that allows you to flourish clinically, then this role
is for you.
Our team provide clinical pharmacy and medicines supply services to Mental
Health, Learning Disability and Community services across the Trust.
Our
pharmacists and pharmacy technicians are valued members of the
multidisciplinary teams and the service is currently in the process of
implementing a strategy to expand our clinical services and deliver a high
quality medicines optimisation service across all trust services.
2 years ago,
we gradually introduced electronic prescribing and medicines administration system
across the Trust for inpatient wards, with current plans to extend to community
teams.
The
post holder will be responsible for the operational leadership and delivery of
clinical pharmacy services for their wards. They will also have line management
& supervision responsibilities as well as participating
in service improvement work as required for the development of the clinical
pharmacy services.
For full job description, please see attached supporting documents.
All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be
fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will have strong
leadership skills, be pro-active, patient-focused and compassionate with an
interest in psychiatry. If you are a strong team player and would like to be
able to make a positive difference to the quality of life of service users in
the South West Yorkshire area, this is the opportunity for you.
A background in hospital pharmacy practice
and a clinical post graduate diploma (or equivalent experience) are essential.
Experience in psychiatry is desirable but not essential as there will be
opportunities for further clinical training. The successful candidate will have
excellent communication skills and be able to understand and interpret complex
clinical information and communicate it to patients, carers and other health
professionals.
Provision of
Clinical Pharmacy service to allocated teams.
Provision of
high quality patient focused pharmaceutical care.
Participation
in the Saturday, Bank Holiday and on-call rotas.
To provide
management to allocated staff including appraisal , development and clinical
supervision.
To be involved
in the development of new services as allocated by pharmacy management team.
Develop and
participate in Trust-wide medicines management audits and attend allocated
governance groups to represent pharmacy.
For further information please contact
Shahreen Akhtar, Lead Pharmacist for Calderdale & Kirklees and Clinical
Systems on 07342702635 or shahreen.akhtar@swty.nhs.uk
About us
We
are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health
and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale,
Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are
the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.
Our mission is
to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this
by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ
staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a
difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.
We encourage
and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value
diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.
Being
a foundation Trust means were accountable to our
members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people
(including staff) are members of our Trust.
Join
us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving
the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and
help each year.
We
are committed
to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and
vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this
commitment.
We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To participate in the provision of a safe and effective specialist
clinical pharmacy service to designated wards within SWYPFT.
To assist Principal Pharmacist / Senior Clinical Pharmacist in the
overall provision of pharmacy services to units/teams within SWYPFT.
To deputise for Principal Pharmacist / Senior Clinical Pharmacist as
appropriate.
Maintain and develop efficient and cost effective systems for
procurement, compounding, preparation and distribution of medicinal products,
which reflect the needs of individual patients/patient groups as determined by
the Trust.
To ensure compliance with the current law relating to medicines and
medicinal products.
To consider and adopt as appropriate Department of Health advice and
guidance relating to the pharmaceutical services provided.
We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. We strongly discourage this and will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To participate in the provision of a safe and effective specialist
clinical pharmacy service to designated wards within SWYPFT.
To assist Principal Pharmacist / Senior Clinical Pharmacist in the
overall provision of pharmacy services to units/teams within SWYPFT.
To deputise for Principal Pharmacist / Senior Clinical Pharmacist as
appropriate.
Maintain and develop efficient and cost effective systems for
procurement, compounding, preparation and distribution of medicinal products,
which reflect the needs of individual patients/patient groups as determined by
the Trust.
To ensure compliance with the current law relating to medicines and
medicinal products.
To consider and adopt as appropriate Department of Health advice and
guidance relating to the pharmaceutical services provided.
We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. We strongly discourage this and will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.
Person Specification
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Professional manner.
- Adaptable.
Desirable
- A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).
Training.
Desirable
- Diploma in clinical pharmacy general, community or psychiatric or working towards.
Experience
Essential
- Completed pre-registration training.
- Substantial demonstrable experience of working post registration as a pharmacist.
Desirable
- Experience of providing care to people with mental health problems
- Hospital pharmacy experience.
- Experience of provision of Medicines Information and associated systems
- Provision of medicines education to users, carers and healthcare professionals.
- Completing audit projects.
Special Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Self motivated, with well developed communication skills.
- Evidence of continuing professional development in line with GPhC.
- Team player.
- Teaching or tutoring or mentoring skills.
- Experience of supervising and directing junior staff.
- Computer literate including pharmacy systems, Microsoft office, and internet searching.
Desirable
- Specialist knowledge of mental health pharmacy.
- Skilled in audit planning and delivery.
Physical Attributes
Essential
- Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).
Qualifications
Essential
- Batchelor or Masters degree in Pharmacy.
- GPhC registration as a Pharmacist.
Desirable
- Membership of CMHP.
- Membership of RPS.
Person Specification
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Professional manner.
- Adaptable.
Desirable
- A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).
Training.
Desirable
- Diploma in clinical pharmacy general, community or psychiatric or working towards.
Experience
Essential
- Completed pre-registration training.
- Substantial demonstrable experience of working post registration as a pharmacist.
Desirable
- Experience of providing care to people with mental health problems
- Hospital pharmacy experience.
- Experience of provision of Medicines Information and associated systems
- Provision of medicines education to users, carers and healthcare professionals.
- Completing audit projects.
Special Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Self motivated, with well developed communication skills.
- Evidence of continuing professional development in line with GPhC.
- Team player.
- Teaching or tutoring or mentoring skills.
- Experience of supervising and directing junior staff.
- Computer literate including pharmacy systems, Microsoft office, and internet searching.
Desirable
- Specialist knowledge of mental health pharmacy.
- Skilled in audit planning and delivery.
Physical Attributes
Essential
- Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).
Qualifications
Essential
- Batchelor or Masters degree in Pharmacy.
- GPhC registration as a Pharmacist.
Desirable
- Membership of CMHP.
- Membership of RPS.
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
