We invite you to join our fantastic pharmacy team in beautiful Devon. Described by our colleagues as a great team to work alongside, with dedicated support to develop yourself as a pharmacist in community mental health services.
You will be expected to provide patient-facing appointments, provide clinical support and education, and ultimately leadership to a variety of core community mental health services.
You will be encouraged at every step to become an excellent independent clinician, aspiring to provide advanced clinical practice to the people of Devon. You will be supported to undertake additional personal developments including RPS and/or CMHP Advanced Practice frameworks.
Main duties of the job
* Work with a small number of community mental health teams as part of a team
* Oversee complex prescribing processes e.g. clozapine and long-acting antipsychotics
* Contribute to the wider Pharmacy team service provision
* No weekends / dispensary or on-call commitments
About us
We provide mental health, learning disability, and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high-quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.
We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do.
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification which will provide further information on this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Current registration as a Pharmacist with General Pharmacy Council (GPhC).
* Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
* Postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy / therapeutics or equivalent clinical experience.
* Certificate/Diploma or Masters in Psychiatric Pharmacy practice or equivalent clinical experience.
* Independent Prescribing Qualification (or be working towards completion).
* Member of the College of Mental Health Pharmacy.
* RPS Advanced Practice Framework completed.
Experience
* Experience of working within a multidisciplinary healthcare team / environment.
* Ability to supervise activities of pharmacy technicians and assistants.
* Managing change in a complex environment and evidence of having successfully implemented change.
* The ability to work under pressure, to deadlines where there are conflicting priorities.
* Evidence of involvement in change management and/or clinical service improvement.
* Experience of undertaking clinical audit.
* Experience of delivering training programmes.
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.
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