Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity is available to work in the community services within the Pennine network, recruiting an experienced clinical pharmacist with a specialist interest in mental health to work closely with the Home Treatment Team. The Pennine network covers a large geographical area within East Lancashire. In conjunction with the Initial Response Service (IRS), the successful candidate will also provide clinical pharmacy support across the urgent care pathway in the network.
You will work closely with clinical teams as part of a multi-disciplinary approach addressing the care needs of patients and service users. You will ensure safe and effective medicines management processes within the service, including compliance with regulatory medicines management standards and implementation of medicines safety alerts. As a senior member of the pharmacy team, you will have the opportunity to contribute to broader Trust initiatives and priorities.
Main Duties of the Job
This post presents a great opportunity for enthusiastic and experienced pharmacists motivated by the desire to improve patient care to perform this key position within the MDT. The role demands an organised, flexible individual with excellent communication and interpersonal skills and an ability to work on their own initiative.
There is some flexibility around the commitment of the number of hours; therefore, we welcome flexible working applications and job shares.
You will have current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council, a postgraduate qualification or equivalent experience, and previous experience in mental health. A qualification as a non-medical prescriber or postgraduate qualifications in Psychiatry would be desirable, but applicants with a willingness to work towards these qualifications will be considered.
There is no current requirement to work on-call, Bank Holidays, or weekends. Due to the location of various units, an ability and willingness to travel around Trust locations is required.
About Us
The Clinical Pharmacy service is highly regarded within the organisation. Should you wish to join our team, you will become one of a large team of Clinical Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Medicines Management Nurses, and Pharmacy Assistants working across the Trust.
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.
Job Responsibilities
1. Development of a non-medical prescribing role
2. Pharmaceutical care planning and clinical review of prescriptions
3. Involvement of service users in decisions about their medicines to optimise treatment, support adherence, and improve outcomes
4. Provision of specialist pharmaceutical advice to the multi-disciplinary team
5. Provision of clinical supervision and professional leadership to other members of the team
6. Involvement in service redesign and development to ensure effective medicines management support and strategies
7. Provide expert medicines management advice and support and ensure appropriate governance arrangements are in place for the management of medicines, including the monitoring of prescribing and medicines use
8. Attendance at strategic network meetings e.g., network/locality governance meetings
9. Actively working to contribute to and deliver the Trust medicines optimisation strategy
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Masters/Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy
* Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
Skills
* Organisational skills
* Ability to work in a team
* Able to listen to others
Experience
* Previous experience working in mental health
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.
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
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