NHS
Lead Pharmacist - Inpatient Mental Health
This job is now closed
Job Description
- Req#: C9351-24-1068?language=en&page=1500&sort=publicationDateDesc
- Providing advanced level clinical (including non-medical prescribing) input to the care of patients, optimising patient outcomes, reducing prolonged lengths of stay and improving the patient experience
- Developing innovative pharmacist focussed service delivery pathways to ensure that those with unmet need are identified and treated
- Acting as a role model and expert in mental health, ensuring a consistently high level of pharmacy input.
- Promoting the safe use of medicines across the Trust and acting as an expert resource across the Trust, and externally
- Leading education and development in medicines use in mental health for Trust staff and other staff working in this therapeutic area.
- Provide professional leadership to the pharmacy team, contributing to staff education and development, and initiating service evaluation, research and audit
- Masters degree in Pharmacy
- Pharmacist registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
- Postgraduate diploma or equivalent including MA/MSc
- Evidence of and commitment to continuing professional development
- Independent Pharmacist Prescriber V300
- Expert clinical knowledge relevant to mental health
- Able to identify a vision for the delivery of an advanced clinical pharmacy service
- Able to apply advanced levels of clinical reasoning and judgement to influence how medicines are used
- Be able to manage difficult and ambiguous problems
- Extensive experience of providing pharmaceutical care to patients with acute mental health needs
- Experience of practice research or audit
- Able to demonstrate prioritisation and time management skills
- Masters degree in Pharmacy
- Pharmacist registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
- Postgraduate diploma or equivalent including MA/MSc
- Evidence of and commitment to continuing professional development
- Independent Pharmacist Prescriber V300
- Expert clinical knowledge relevant to mental health
- Able to identify a vision for the delivery of an advanced clinical pharmacy service
- Able to apply advanced levels of clinical reasoning and judgement to influence how medicines are used
- Be able to manage difficult and ambiguous problems
- Extensive experience of providing pharmaceutical care to patients with acute mental health needs
- Experience of practice research or audit
- Able to demonstrate prioritisation and time management skills
Job summary
Following receipt of new funding, an exciting opportunity is available for an exceptional mental health pharmacist who has leadership skills and significant clinical experience in mental health to join the medicines management team as a Lead Pharmacist for Inpatient Mental Health services at the Harbour, Blackpool.
Pharmacy practice and medicines optimisation at the Trust are well developed and you would be joining an established and respected pharmacy and medicines management team of over 90 staff delivering a clinical pharmacy service to specialist mental health and community health services across Lancashire and South Cumbria. The team are proud to have been awarded a Trust Quality and Patient Safety award in 2023 in recognition of the significant and important work undertaken by the team in these areas.
You will be based on one of the mental health in-patient units in Blackpool where you will be an integral member of the multi-disciplinary team. Outside of the ward environment you will have responsibilities as a member of the senior pharmacy leadership team leading education, development, research, and audit in mental health pharmacy.
Main duties of the job
Key activities of the post holder include:
The successful candidate for this post will be encouraged to work towards achieving the requirements and associated assessment of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Consultant Pharmacist Credentialing process.
For further information or an informal discussion about the post please contact:
Tara Gallagher, Network Pharmacy Director 01253 447716, 07790 388141 email Tara.Gallagher@lscft.nhs.uk
Holly Webb, Deputy Network Pharmacy Director 01253 447716 Holly.Webb@lscft.nhs.uk
About us
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Date posted
21 June 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8b
Salary
£58,972 to £68,525 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
351-CS2610-MF
Job locations
The Harbour
Blackpool
FY4 4FE
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.
Job responsibilities
For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Knowledge
Essential
Experience
Essential
Qualifications
Essential
Knowledge
Essential
Experience
Essential
Additional informationDisclosure 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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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).
Certificate of Sponsorship
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Address
The Harbour
Blackpool
FY4 4FE
Employer's website
https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Address
The Harbour
Blackpool
FY4 4FE
Employer's website
https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.