Job summary
We are seeking a motivated candidate with mental health experience for this role, to support the management of patients across North East London to optimise medicines use in a holistic way. This role will have a high degree of autonomy and be responsible for providing expert leadership and knowledge across the health and care systems, as well as through national and international networks.
A Consultant Pharmacist position has already been accredited by RPS for this position for the successful post holder to work towards as part of their development.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate for this post will be supported as a progression role (Band 8b to Band 8c) to work towards Consultant Pharmacist credentialing as set by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
As part of the organisation's commitment to strengthening clinical leadership - we are really excited about this post, which is a testament to how highly pharmacy professionals are valued as part of the multi-disciplinary team here at NELFT.
We envisage this post driving high quality clinical practice and standards for prescribing and medicines optimisation within the care of service users with mental health needs. The post holder will be supported to embed innovation and raise the bar on quality in a way that is meaningful to our local population.
The post holder will work closely with the Deputy Medical Director and the other professional and operational leads across the Trust. The post holder will have professional and managerial accountability to the Chief Pharmacist.
NELFT will have a total of three Consultant Pharmacist positions, and we are really excited about the opportunities for peer support, networking and collaboration between the post holders - allowing us to deliver cutting edge of clinical practice, leadership and research.
If you are interested in discussing this opportunity further please contact: Rahul Singal, Chief Pharmacist at Rahul.singal@nelft.nhs.uk
About us
At NELFT, our aim is to create an engaging place to work, where we create an environment in which you feel valued and supported. We strive to empower colleagues and our Just and Compassionate Culture is our commitment to our colleagues and to our patients that our organisation will take every opportunity to learn and improve when things don't go to plan. When you joinNELFTyou can be confident that we support and promote a culture based on fairness, respect, honesty and trust, ensuring that we have consistent leadership behaviours and styles across the Trust.
The NELFT Pharmacy team is well regarded across the organisation, and has been going from strength to strength over the years through the hard work and dedication of the team. The team has expanded three-fold over the past 2 years, with commitments for continual growth, especially in our community services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The aim of this post is to be the lead and expert pharmacist for the trusts adult Mental Health Services. This role will provide a dynamic link between clinical practice, research, leadership and service development by delivering patient care to ensure the best experience and outcomes for patients from their medicines whenever and wherever their care is delivered.
The role will have a system focus to improve the lives of people in mental health services across the East London and Healthcare Partnership (ELCHP), and be actively involved in the mental health transformation programme.
The post holder will be expected to support their team, department and organisation to achieve the Trusts Values in their day to day work. These are the 5Ps:
- Putting people first
- Prioritising quality
- Being progressive, innovative and continually improve
- Being professional and honest
- Promoting what is possible independence, opportunity and choice
The post holder will achieve this by:
- Working to optimise patient outcomes from their medicines within adult MH care pathways across sectors and healthcare boundaries right across the relevant STPs/ICS where NELFT provide services.
- Strategically leading and co-ordinating the pharmacy team in the provision of a safe, effective and efficient pharmacy and medicines optimisation service to Adult MHS, in accordance with local and national standards and strategy.
- Working to improve health outcomes for patients using a holistic approach to care, ensuring the safe and effective use of medicines through provision of medicines-related aspects of patient care.
- Engaging with patients in adult MHSs to improve their experience of medicines, ensuring their voices are heard and integral to any decisions made about their care.
- Promoting improvements in quality, safety and cost effectiveness of medicines use and supporting holistic management of clinical conditions, influencing the wider community of practice.
- Ensuring systems and processes are in place for training and supervising all pharmacy staff providing medicines service to adult MHSs to ensure that they are suitably trained and competent for their role.
- Progressing towards Consultant Pharmacist credentialing through the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
- Committing to develop an expert understanding of health inequalities and lead initiatives to begin to bridge the gap for the communities we serve.
Key Responsibilities
- To demonstrate and maintain clinical knowledge and expertise in the use of medicines in adult MHs and to develop particular areas of interest as appropriate and relevant to the substantive role and in accordance with the organisation and medicines optimisation strategy.
- To be recognised as the expert on medicines within adult MH locally and nationally and/or
- To provide a direct clinical service to patients in adult MHs.
- To support the Medicines Safety Team in managing risk, incidents and promoting learning and just culture in adult MH services.
- To use an evidence based approach to influence prescribing practice and ensure patient-centred and cost-effective pharmacological therapy.
- To act as a role model and inspiring others to excel in clinical pharmacy practice in mental health both within the pharmacy department and beyond.
- To tutor and supervise pharmacists working in MH including those undertaking foundation, ACP or NMP training in order to ensure a robust, competent and highly skilled workforce
Job description
Job responsibilities
The aim of this post is to be the lead and expert pharmacist for the trusts adult Mental Health Services. This role will provide a dynamic link between clinical practice, research, leadership and service development by delivering patient care to ensure the best experience and outcomes for patients from their medicines whenever and wherever their care is delivered.
The role will have a system focus to improve the lives of people in mental health services across the East London and Healthcare Partnership (ELCHP), and be actively involved in the mental health transformation programme.
The post holder will be expected to support their team, department and organisation to achieve the Trusts Values in their day to day work. These are the 5Ps:
- Putting people first
- Prioritising quality
- Being progressive, innovative and continually improve
- Being professional and honest
- Promoting what is possible independence, opportunity and choice
The post holder will achieve this by:
- Working to optimise patient outcomes from their medicines within adult MH care pathways across sectors and healthcare boundaries right across the relevant STPs/ICS where NELFT provide services.
- Strategically leading and co-ordinating the pharmacy team in the provision of a safe, effective and efficient pharmacy and medicines optimisation service to Adult MHS, in accordance with local and national standards and strategy.
- Working to improve health outcomes for patients using a holistic approach to care, ensuring the safe and effective use of medicines through provision of medicines-related aspects of patient care.
- Engaging with patients in adult MHSs to improve their experience of medicines, ensuring their voices are heard and integral to any decisions made about their care.
- Promoting improvements in quality, safety and cost effectiveness of medicines use and supporting holistic management of clinical conditions, influencing the wider community of practice.
- Ensuring systems and processes are in place for training and supervising all pharmacy staff providing medicines service to adult MHSs to ensure that they are suitably trained and competent for their role.
- Progressing towards Consultant Pharmacist credentialing through the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
- Committing to develop an expert understanding of health inequalities and lead initiatives to begin to bridge the gap for the communities we serve.
Key Responsibilities
- To demonstrate and maintain clinical knowledge and expertise in the use of medicines in adult MHs and to develop particular areas of interest as appropriate and relevant to the substantive role and in accordance with the organisation and medicines optimisation strategy.
- To be recognised as the expert on medicines within adult MH locally and nationally and/or
- To provide a direct clinical service to patients in adult MHs.
- To support the Medicines Safety Team in managing risk, incidents and promoting learning and just culture in adult MH services.
- To use an evidence based approach to influence prescribing practice and ensure patient-centred and cost-effective pharmacological therapy.
- To act as a role model and inspiring others to excel in clinical pharmacy practice in mental health both within the pharmacy department and beyond.
- To tutor and supervise pharmacists working in MH including those undertaking foundation, ACP or NMP training in order to ensure a robust, competent and highly skilled workforce
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's Degree in Pharmacy
- Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council
- Post Graduate Qualification (or equivalent)
- Minimum of 5 years post graduate experience in practice
Desirable
- Qualified Independent Prescriber
- Postgraduate Management Qualification (or equivalent experience)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Psychiatric Therapeutics (or equivalent experience)
- Working towards RPS Consultant Credentialing
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Expert clinical knowledge in mental health pharmacy
- Understands the NHS national priorities for mental health
- Experience of supervising others, including for research, audit and QI projects
- Experience of practice research or audit
- Experience of managing others
- Experience of leading protocol/guideline development
- Experience of supervising and training other healthcare professionals, including pharmacy teams
- Experience of mentoring and developing others
Desirable
- Experience of management of pharmacy led clinical service for patients
- Recognition as a specialist practitioner in frailty through publication and presentation
- Experience of working across different sectors of practice
Communication Skills
Essential
- Able to influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and management team
- Able to communicate effectively in both written and verbal formats with staff, patients, and carers
Desirable
- Able to present highly complex information on medicines use and safety to local, regional and national organisations and at national/international conferences
- Able to motivate and inspire others
- Able to provide highly complex information on medicines use and financial issues to multidisciplinary groups, involving staff outside of Pharmacy
Analytical and Planning Skills
Essential
- Able to make decisions about medicines and treatments where evidence is limited or conflicted
- Able to use available evidence to make sound judgments in relation to patient-or drug-specific issues
- Possess critical appraisal skills
- Able to lead on short and mid-term projects to manage change
- Able to evaluate outcomes of programmes of change
Desirable
- Able to lead on longer term projects managing change and establish stakeholder engagement
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's Degree in Pharmacy
- Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council
- Post Graduate Qualification (or equivalent)
- Minimum of 5 years post graduate experience in practice
Desirable
- Qualified Independent Prescriber
- Postgraduate Management Qualification (or equivalent experience)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Psychiatric Therapeutics (or equivalent experience)
- Working towards RPS Consultant Credentialing
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Expert clinical knowledge in mental health pharmacy
- Understands the NHS national priorities for mental health
- Experience of supervising others, including for research, audit and QI projects
- Experience of practice research or audit
- Experience of managing others
- Experience of leading protocol/guideline development
- Experience of supervising and training other healthcare professionals, including pharmacy teams
- Experience of mentoring and developing others
Desirable
- Experience of management of pharmacy led clinical service for patients
- Recognition as a specialist practitioner in frailty through publication and presentation
- Experience of working across different sectors of practice
Communication Skills
Essential
- Able to influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and management team
- Able to communicate effectively in both written and verbal formats with staff, patients, and carers
Desirable
- Able to present highly complex information on medicines use and safety to local, regional and national organisations and at national/international conferences
- Able to motivate and inspire others
- Able to provide highly complex information on medicines use and financial issues to multidisciplinary groups, involving staff outside of Pharmacy
Analytical and Planning Skills
Essential
- Able to make decisions about medicines and treatments where evidence is limited or conflicted
- Able to use available evidence to make sound judgments in relation to patient-or drug-specific issues
- Possess critical appraisal skills
- Able to lead on short and mid-term projects to manage change
- Able to evaluate outcomes of programmes of change
Desirable
- Able to lead on longer term projects managing change and establish stakeholder engagement
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).
