Clinical Pharmacist / Advanced Clinical Pharmacist
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust
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 member's maternity leave. This post is a one-year fixed-term contract.
Our team provides 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 an 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, 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 postholder 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 Trust-wide 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 that 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.
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 in 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 we're accountable to our members, who can have a say in how we're 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 expect all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.
We do reserve the right to close the vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.
Job responsibilities
1. Provision of Clinical Pharmacy service to allocated teams.
2. Provision of high-quality patient-focused pharmaceutical care.
3. Provision of professional responsibilities of a pharmacist supervising the dispensing of prescriptions at Fieldhead Pharmacy whilst fulfilling the dispensary commitment.
4. Participation in the Saturday, Bank Holiday, and On-call Rotas.
5. In conjunction with the pharmacy team, develop and implement safe and effective policies and procedures in line with New Ways of Working.
6. To provide management to allocated staff including appraisal, development, and clinical supervision.
7. To be involved in the development of new services as allocated by the pharmacy management team.
8. Develop and participate in Trust-wide medicines management audits and attend allocated governance groups to represent pharmacy.
9. To be responsible for the clinical pharmacy and prescription monitoring at allocated clinical teams. Be a specialist medication referral point for these teams.
10. Medicines reconciliation targets for inpatient area.
11. Ensure all service users have access to clinical pharmacy services.
12. Screening for all service users admitted to intensive home-based treatment services.
13. Develop and contribute to patient-focused services to allocated teams, including service user groups.
14. Provide appropriate and timely verbal and written information on all aspects of medication usage to service users, carers, and healthcare professionals within SWYPFT.
15. Participate in in-house training for pharmacy staff and healthcare professionals, both attending and delivering training.
16. Participate in the training of pre-registration pharmacy graduates and mental health pharmacy diploma students.
17. Participate in the development of the medicines management clinical audit programme, in particular the POMH audits, and ensure roll out to allocated units.
18. Participate in research and development as required for the development of the clinical pharmacy services.
19. To cover for other senior pharmacists in their absence.
20. If required due to sickness or other absence, to work in other localities of the organisation.
21. To carry out CPD in line with the GPhC requirements.
22. To maintain and demonstrate a good clinical pharmacist knowledge.
23. 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.
24. To participate in the Trust's 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 respect at all times. The post holder must at all times act in accordance with the Trust's Values:
1. Respectful
2. Person first and in the centre
3. Improve and be outstanding
4. Relevant today, ready for tomorrow
5. Families and carers matter
Please see both Job descriptions and person specifications for both the Band 8A and Band 7 attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Band 7:
* GPhC registration as a Pharmacist.
* Band 8A:
* Current registration with GPhC.
* Membership of CMHP.
* Postgraduate qualification in clinical/mental health pharmacy or equivalent experience.
* Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS).
* 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.
Physical Attributes
* 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
* 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/advice/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.
* 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 (e.g., 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
* Band 8A:
* Substantial pre-registration training.
* Band 7:
* Diploma in clinical pharmacy general, community, or psychiatric or working towards.
Personal Attributes
* 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.
* 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
* Band 7:
* Self-motivated, with well-developed communication skills.
* Evidence of continuing professional development in line with GPhC.
* Team player.
* 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.
* 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.
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust
£46,148 to £60,504 a year, Dependant on experience.
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