Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Junior Pharmacist

The closing date is 18 June 2025

Job summary

What is it like to work for Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust? Why not find out and join our Pharmacy Team at St Martin's Hospital, Canterbury, we are seeking a Band 6 Junior Pharmacist, apply now and kickstart your career in the NHS.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated pharmacist to join our team with the opportunity to progress to a Band 7 Mental Health Pharmacist through individually-tailored developmental support.

During your journey and development within KMPT, you will work closely with multidisciplinary teams and the key aspects of this clinical post will include attending ward rounds, patient education and counselling, clinical audit and medicines information. You must be able to show compassion and respect for people with mental health problems and be driven to improve their care through medicines management.

Junior Pharmacist Benefits

Annual leave allowance starting at 27 days per year (when working full time) + Bank Holiday's.
Access to the fantastic NHS pension scheme.
Eligibility for the Blue Light Card (discount service for the NHS, providing members with thousands of amazing discounts online.

Main duties of the job

This role does not require mental health experience and the expectation would be for the candidate to learn and build their experience on the job through formal learning and work-based practice. On-going training and support will be provided by the Lead Education and Training Pharmacist and the local clinical pharmacy team with clinical supervision being provided by one of our experienced Senior Clinical Pharmacists. Further support will be available from the Trust wide pharmacy team if required.

The post holder will be part of a clinical pharmacy team that provides a medicines management service to the inpatient wards. You will also be involved in working with the other pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in undertaking and developing audits and projects to evaluate and improve services alongside pharmacy and trust priorities and objectives.

Further details of the role are outlined in the 'detailed job description and main responsibilities' section.

About us

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.

The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Our strategyOur mission is what we set out to do every dayWe deliver brilliant care through brilliant people

Our vision is where we want to be in the futureTo provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.

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Date posted

04 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £52,809 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

380-SS0663

Job locations

St Martin's Hospital

Littlebourne Road

Canterbury

CT1 1AZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

The roles and duties of these posts include:

The development from a band 6 junior pharmacist to a band 7 specialist pharmacist through formal learning and work experience.
To help with the provision of a comprehensive clinical pharmacy and medicines management service to the mental health unit, including ward pharmacy visits, multidisciplinary team meetings, consultant reviews in an inpatient setting.
To support patients and their families by providing advice about the use of medication, optimising treatment, providing information and liaising with acute and other care providers to ensure seamless transfer of care.
To contribute to good physical health wellbeing of patients by providing expert advice and performing interventions to improve physical health

Please see job description for full details.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The roles and duties of these posts include:

The development from a band 6 junior pharmacist to a band 7 specialist pharmacist through formal learning and work experience.
To help with the provision of a comprehensive clinical pharmacy and medicines management service to the mental health unit, including ward pharmacy visits, multidisciplinary team meetings, consultant reviews in an inpatient setting.
To support patients and their families by providing advice about the use of medication, optimising treatment, providing information and liaising with acute and other care providers to ensure seamless transfer of care.
To contribute to good physical health wellbeing of patients by providing expert advice and performing interventions to improve physical health

Please see job description for full details.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Masters degree in pharmacy + 1 year pre-registration training
Registered with GPhC

Desirable

Post-graduate qualification in psychopharmacology
Post-graduate qualification in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent specialist knowledge, acquired through a broad spectrum of clinical pharmacy training and experience

Experience

Essential

Interest in working in Mental Health Services

Desirable

Experience of working in mental health services
Knowledge of Mental Health therapeutics
Understanding of principals of Clinical Governance
Able to work collaboratively in multidisciplinary setting

Knowledge and skills

Essential

Good written and verbal communication skills
Good level of interpersonal skills so as to effectively exchange complex and sensitive information
Good level of analytical skills
Up to date knowledge of prescribing issues in mental health
Relevant knowledge of pharmaceutical standards of practice

Personal qualities

Essential

Self-motivated
Proactive
Able to work under pressure
Able to work on own initiative or as part of a team

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Masters degree in pharmacy + 1 year pre-registration training
Registered with GPhC

Desirable

Post-graduate qualification in psychopharmacology
Post-graduate qualification in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent specialist knowledge, acquired through a broad spectrum of clinical pharmacy training and experience

Experience

Essential

Interest in working in Mental Health Services

Desirable

Experience of working in mental health services
Knowledge of Mental Health therapeutics
Understanding of principals of Clinical Governance
Able to work collaboratively in multidisciplinary setting

Knowledge and skills

Essential

Good written and verbal communication skills
Good level of interpersonal skills so as to effectively exchange complex and sensitive information
Good level of analytical skills
Up to date knowledge of prescribing issues in mental health
Relevant knowledge of pharmaceutical standards of practice

Personal qualities

Essential

Self-motivated
Proactive
Able to work under pressure
Able to work on own initiative or as part of a team

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

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

St Martin's Hospital

Littlebourne Road

Canterbury

CT1 1AZ

Employer's website

https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

St Martin's Hospital

Littlebourne Road

Canterbury

CT1 1AZ

Employer's website

https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)