Job summary
37.5 Hours Per Week
We are looking for an enthusiastic and
motivated Band 7 Clinical or Band 8a Advanced Clinical Pharmacist (depending on
experience) to be part of our pharmacy team covering a team members maternity leave. This post is a one year fixed
term contract.
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. We have also recently introduced electronic
prescribing and medicines administration system across the Trust
The postholder will be responsible for
the delivery of day to day medicines optimisation and clinical pharmacy
services to patients within our care in the Wakefield / Kirklees localities. If
the successful candidate meets the requirements for the Advanced Clinical
Pharmacist (8a) role then they will have the additional responsibility of line
management and overseeing a clinical pharmacy service to a designated area.
At the time of advertising,
this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to
sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward to receiving your
application.
Main duties of the job
The
post will be based across Fieldhead hospital in Wakefield and The Priestley
Unit in Dewsbury (but the postholder may occasionally be asked to work at other
Trust sites).
The
post holder will be responsible for providing clinical pharmacy services to designated
inpatient units / crisis team / community teams with involvement in the
delivery of patient care, contributing to MDT meetings and delivering education
to patients and professionals.
The
successful candidate will also support the departmental and Trustwide
governance agenda, providing clinical input into audit and service development
projects. They will support the day to day operation of the service, providing
training and staff supervision as necessary.
We aim to provide a pharmacy and medicines
optimisation service which works collaboratively and compassionately with all
services and service users to provide integrated, high quality, person centered
pharmacy care and services to all.
All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be
fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.
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.
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
Provision of Clinical Pharmacy
service to allocated teams
Provision of high quality
patient focused pharmaceutical care.
Provison of professional
responsibilities of a pharmacist supervising the dispensing of prescriptions at
Fieldhead Pharmacy whilst fulfilling the dispensary commitment.
Participation in the Saturday,
Bank Holiday and On-call Rotas
In conjunction with the pharmacy
team, develop and implement safe and effective policies and procedures in line
with New Ways of Working
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.
To be responsible for the clinical
pharmacy and prescription monitoring at allocated clinical teams . Be a
specialist medication referral point for these teams.
Medicines reconciliation targets
for inpatient area
Ensure all service users have
access to clinical pharmacy services
Screening for all service users
admitted to intensive home based treatment services.
Develop and contribute to patient
focused services to allocated teams , including service user groups.
Provide appropriate and timely
verbal and written information on all aspects of medication usage to
service users, carers and healthcare professionals within SWYPFT.
Participate in in-house training
for pharmacy staff and healthcare professionals , both attending and
delivering training.
Participate in the training of
pre-registration pharmacy graduates and mental health pharmacy diploma
students.
Participate in the development of
the medicines management clinical audit programme in particular the POMH
audits and ensure roll out to allocated units.
Participate in research and
development as required for the development of the clinical pharmacy
services.
To cover for other senior
pharmacists in their absence.
If required due to sickness or
other absence to work in other localities of the organisation.
To carry out CPD in line with the GPhC
requirements.
To maintain and demonstrate a good
clinical pharmacist knowledge.
To work within the policies and
procedures of the South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
and also to ensure compliance with the pharmacy policies and procedures
from other organisations when working in partnership.
To participate in the Trusts
Appraisal system.
Trust Values:
The Trust is committed to ensuring the highest standards of care and
treatment and expects that all staff treat people e.g, service users, their
carers, relatives, friends, colleagues, visitors etc, with dignity and
respectat all time. The post holder must all time act
in accordance with the Trusts Values:
Honest, open,
transparent
Respectful
Person first
and in the centre
Improve and be
outstanding
Relevant
today, ready for tomorrow
Families and
carers matter
Please see both Job desrptions and person specifications for both the Band 8A and Band 7 attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provision of Clinical Pharmacy
service to allocated teams
Provision of high quality
patient focused pharmaceutical care.
Provison of professional
responsibilities of a pharmacist supervising the dispensing of prescriptions at
Fieldhead Pharmacy whilst fulfilling the dispensary commitment.
Participation in the Saturday,
Bank Holiday and On-call Rotas
In conjunction with the pharmacy
team, develop and implement safe and effective policies and procedures in line
with New Ways of Working
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.
To be responsible for the clinical
pharmacy and prescription monitoring at allocated clinical teams . Be a
specialist medication referral point for these teams.
Medicines reconciliation targets
for inpatient area
Ensure all service users have
access to clinical pharmacy services
Screening for all service users
admitted to intensive home based treatment services.
Develop and contribute to patient
focused services to allocated teams , including service user groups.
Provide appropriate and timely
verbal and written information on all aspects of medication usage to
service users, carers and healthcare professionals within SWYPFT.
Participate in in-house training
for pharmacy staff and healthcare professionals , both attending and
delivering training.
Participate in the training of
pre-registration pharmacy graduates and mental health pharmacy diploma
students.
Participate in the development of
the medicines management clinical audit programme in particular the POMH
audits and ensure roll out to allocated units.
Participate in research and
development as required for the development of the clinical pharmacy
services.
To cover for other senior
pharmacists in their absence.
If required due to sickness or
other absence to work in other localities of the organisation.
To carry out CPD in line with the GPhC
requirements.
To maintain and demonstrate a good
clinical pharmacist knowledge.
To work within the policies and
procedures of the South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
and also to ensure compliance with the pharmacy policies and procedures
from other organisations when working in partnership.
To participate in the Trusts
Appraisal system.
Trust Values:
The Trust is committed to ensuring the highest standards of care and
treatment and expects that all staff treat people e.g, service users, their
carers, relatives, friends, colleagues, visitors etc, with dignity and
respectat all time. The post holder must all time act
in accordance with the Trusts Values:
Honest, open,
transparent
Respectful
Person first
and in the centre
Improve and be
outstanding
Relevant
today, ready for tomorrow
Families and
carers matter
Please see both Job desrptions and person specifications for both the Band 8A and Band 7 attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Band 7:
- Batchelor/Masters degree in Pharmacy
- GPhC registration as a Pharmacist
- Band 8A:
- Batchelor/Masters degree in Pharmacy
- Current registration with GPhC
- Membership of CMHP
- Post graduate qualification in clinical /mental health pharmacy or equivalent experience
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
Desirable
- Band 7:
- Membership of CMHP
- Membership of RPS
- Band 8A:
- Clinical or psychiatric diploma or relevant experience
- Accredited member of the College of Mental health Pharmacists.(CMHP) or RPS Faculty
- Postgraduate Certificate and Diploma in Psychiatric Pharmacy
- Supplementary prescribing qualification
- Management qualification
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).
Experience
Essential
- Band 7:
- Completed pre-registration training
- Substantial demonstrable experience of working post registration as a pharmacist
- Band 8A:
- Demonstrable substantial post registration as a pharmacist including experience in mental health.
- Hospital pharmacy experience.
- Provision of medicines information/ advise/ education to service users, carers and healthcare professionals
- Evidence of active involvement in audit, service improvement/ change and project work
- In the management of staff, services and/ or resources or the equivalent experience
Desirable
- Band 7:
- 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
- Band 8A:
- Experience of working with persons with mental health problems
- Working in other sectors of the pharmacy profession eg primary care, community
- Experience of using Pharmacy Dispensary, Patient Record and Medicines Information systems
- Supervision of staff
- Working with other specialist services such as Learning Disabilities, ADHD, Substance Misuse service
- Research and Development
- Production of procedures/guidelines
Training.
Essential
- Band 8A:
- Substantial pre-registration training
Desirable
- Band 7:
- Diploma in clinical pharmacy general, community or psychiatric or working towards
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Band 7:
- Professional manner
- Adaptable
- Band 8A:
- Ability to work independently and plan own workload
- Time management and organisational skills
- Self motivated, with well developed communication skills
- Ability to concentrate for prolonged periods
- Team player
- Professional manner
- Adaptable
- Ability to work within a changing organisation
- Empathy and understanding of issues facing those with or caring for someone with, mental health illness
- The ability to travel around the Trust as appropriate to the role
Desirable
- Band 7:
- 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).
Special Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Band 7:
- Self motivated, with well developed communication skills
- Evidence of continuing professional development in line with GPhC
- Team player
- Teaching / tutoring / mentoring skills
- Experience of supervising and directing junior staff
- Computer literate including pharmacy systems, Microsoft office, and internet searching
- Band 8A:
- Specialist knowledge of mental health pharmacy.
- Evidence of continuing. professional development (CPD)
- Computer literate including pharmacy systems, Microsoft office, and internet searching
Desirable
- Band 7:
- Specialist knowledge of mental health pharmacy
- Skilled in audit planning and delivery.
- Band 8A:
- NHS Finances
- Understanding and management of drugs budgets and constraints of health service finances.
- Relevant National Guidance and standards pertaining to the provision of specialist MH, LD and other services
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Band 7:
- Batchelor/Masters degree in Pharmacy
- GPhC registration as a Pharmacist
- Band 8A:
- Batchelor/Masters degree in Pharmacy
- Current registration with GPhC
- Membership of CMHP
- Post graduate qualification in clinical /mental health pharmacy or equivalent experience
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
Desirable
- Band 7:
- Membership of CMHP
- Membership of RPS
- Band 8A:
- Clinical or psychiatric diploma or relevant experience
- Accredited member of the College of Mental health Pharmacists.(CMHP) or RPS Faculty
- Postgraduate Certificate and Diploma in Psychiatric Pharmacy
- Supplementary prescribing qualification
- Management qualification
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).
Experience
Essential
- Band 7:
- Completed pre-registration training
- Substantial demonstrable experience of working post registration as a pharmacist
- Band 8A:
- Demonstrable substantial post registration as a pharmacist including experience in mental health.
- Hospital pharmacy experience.
- Provision of medicines information/ advise/ education to service users, carers and healthcare professionals
- Evidence of active involvement in audit, service improvement/ change and project work
- In the management of staff, services and/ or resources or the equivalent experience
Desirable
- Band 7:
- 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
- Band 8A:
- Experience of working with persons with mental health problems
- Working in other sectors of the pharmacy profession eg primary care, community
- Experience of using Pharmacy Dispensary, Patient Record and Medicines Information systems
- Supervision of staff
- Working with other specialist services such as Learning Disabilities, ADHD, Substance Misuse service
- Research and Development
- Production of procedures/guidelines
Training.
Essential
- Band 8A:
- Substantial pre-registration training
Desirable
- Band 7:
- Diploma in clinical pharmacy general, community or psychiatric or working towards
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Band 7:
- Professional manner
- Adaptable
- Band 8A:
- Ability to work independently and plan own workload
- Time management and organisational skills
- Self motivated, with well developed communication skills
- Ability to concentrate for prolonged periods
- Team player
- Professional manner
- Adaptable
- Ability to work within a changing organisation
- Empathy and understanding of issues facing those with or caring for someone with, mental health illness
- The ability to travel around the Trust as appropriate to the role
Desirable
- Band 7:
- 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).
Special Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Band 7:
- Self motivated, with well developed communication skills
- Evidence of continuing professional development in line with GPhC
- Team player
- Teaching / tutoring / mentoring skills
- Experience of supervising and directing junior staff
- Computer literate including pharmacy systems, Microsoft office, and internet searching
- Band 8A:
- Specialist knowledge of mental health pharmacy.
- Evidence of continuing. professional development (CPD)
- Computer literate including pharmacy systems, Microsoft office, and internet searching
Desirable
- Band 7:
- Specialist knowledge of mental health pharmacy
- Skilled in audit planning and delivery.
- Band 8A:
- NHS Finances
- Understanding and management of drugs budgets and constraints of health service finances.
- Relevant National Guidance and standards pertaining to the provision of specialist MH, LD and other services
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).
