Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Band 8A Bank
South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching Nhs Foundation Trust
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South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a bank clinical pharmacist to join our mental health and learning disability services. You will work within inpatient wards and community teams, contributing to medicines management and clinical reviews, with opportunities to develop services and guidelines across trust sites.
We value CPD, education delivery, and strong teamwork. The role involves flexible bank shifts across multiple locations within the trust.
Competenze
- Bachelor/Masters degree in Pharmacy (UK registration) is essential.
- Membership of RPSGB is essential.
- Membership of CMHP/UKPPG is desirable.
- Postgraduate qualification in Psychiatric pharmacy is desirable.
Mansioni
- Provide medicines management across inpatient wards and community mental health teams.
- Lead and supervise pharmacy staff and maintain high quality medicines information.
- Develop and monitor medicines management systems and clinical guidelines.
- Deliver education and training to pre-registration pharmacists and diploma students.
- Contribute to audits and service development initiatives.
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We are pleased to be advertising the opportunity to join our established and respected clinical pharmacy team as a bank clinical pharmacist within our mental health and learning disability services. The trust also provides community health services on some sites.
Our ideal candidates will be, self-motivated, patient-focused and compassionate, with an interest in mental health therapeutics and a clear clinical focus. If you are a strong team player and would like to be able to make a positive difference to the quality of life of service users with mental health issues in the South West Yorkshire area, this is the opportunity for you.
It is an excellent opportunity to gain some experience in mental health, for those who would like to work in a variety of sectors or those who wish to maintain a flexible work life balance.
Our pharmacists are valued members of the inpatient multidisciplinary teams and the service is currently in a process of developing a strategy to expand our clinical services and deliver a high quality medicines optimisation and management service across all trust services.
The Trust has pharmacy teams based in Barnsley, Calderdale, Dewsbury, Doncaster, Halifax, Huddersfield and Wakefield.
For an informal visit or further information, feel free to contact Kate Dewhirst Chief Pharmacist 07557 190440 or by email kate.dewhirst@swyt.nhs.uk
Our clinical pharmacists provide medicines optimisation services to our inpatient wards and community mental health teams, having direct patient contact where possible.
We provide medicines information and clinical review of more complex cases for clinical colleagues.
We have just completed EPMA roll out to all our mental health and forensic inpatient wards.
You would be supported and working within our specialist teams of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
Other work may include contributing to audit and assurance programmes, education and training of pharmacy colleagues and other professionals or supporting production of clinical guidance.
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 to 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 are accountable to our members, who can have a say in how we are 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 expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.
We do reserve the right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.
Job Summary
To actively contribute and participate in the provision of pharmaceutical care to the services as part of the medicines management team.
To be responsible for developing, organising and managing the clinical pharmacy service to specific wards/unit/teams in conjunction with the Chief Pharmacist/ Pharmacist team leader
- Currently acute adult inpatient ward/rehab unit and crisis service.
To participate as an active member of the specific ward/unit/clinical teams and ensure medicines management is optimal in the allocated areas.
To provide clinical pharmacy leadership for an allocated sub-group of the Trust Drug and Therapeutics/medicines management committee (D&T/MMC) including the development of relevant clinical guidelines.
- These include learning disabilities, clinical audit, education and training, lithium and clozapine.
To provide a dispensary commitment from the hub pharmacy at Fieldhead, Wakefield and support the supply of pharmaceuticals within existing contracts.
- These are currently with Dewsbury District Hospital and Calderdale Royal Hospital
- Manage the development, implementation and monitoring of medicines management systems promoting economic, safe and rational use of medicines across allocated wards/units/clinical teams.
- Support the supply of pharmaceuticals in line with all relevant legislation.
- Participate in the dispensing and supply of medication to patients and work with the pharmacy technicians and assistants to ensure medicines are provided in a format suitable for the ward or in the community.
- Supervise the work of supporting staff.
- Work in line with the Trust Medicines Code Controlled Drugs Manual and pharmacy standard operating procedures (SOPs) ensuring full documentation of the processes. Make recommendations for improvement at the appropriate forum as relevant.
- Act as the responsible Pharmacist while carrying out a regular dispensary slot at Fieldhead Pharmacy.
- Work as part of the pharmacy team to support a comprehensive clinical pharmacy service, relevant medicines information and a safe and effective supply of pharmaceuticals to the Trust.
- To ensure medicines reconciliation takes place in line with the Trusts medicines reconciliation policy, including full documentation of the process.
- Use RiO to document all relevant medicines management activities for individual service users.
- To work as part of the multidisciplinary team to provide safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs.
- To support prescribing practice in line with National and Trust guidance. To give appropriate advice and support where prescribing is outwith normal guidance or unlicensed.
- To maintain a caseload of queries via the clinical queries mechanism and follow these up at regular intervals.
- To regularly review, monitor and audit prescriptions and participate in potentially challenging discussion with Prescribers/Trust staff where the planned care is not conducive to good medicines management and to provide advice on alternative treatment options. Also to support other Trust staff in this role.
- To develop medicines management systems from admission to discharge and provide support in the community on the use of medicines.
- To provide information, education and training on the use of medicines on your allocated wards/units/clinical teams on all aspects of medicine management. In particular to provide: Rapid tranquilisation training on the in-patient wards; updates on clinical guidelines and the medicines code; updates on the use of clozapine and other psychotropic medicines; safe medicines practice guidance.
- Manage the use of Risperdal Consta in line with the Trust prescribing policy ensuring information is logged.
- Manage the use of clozapine in line with the SPC and Trust guidance supporting service users and healthcare staff to optimise the appropriate use of this complex drug in particular the Wakefield locality.
- To monitor the consent to treatment regulations and act as a second opinion consultee for the use of medicines where appropriate.
- Work as a team with allocated pharmacy technician and nursing staff to ensure: patient information on the use of medicines is available to service users and carers; safe and secure storage of medicines appropriate to needs of the service users; access to leave and discharge medicines; a relevant stock list is maintained and costed and stock is checked every three months.
- Carry out induction for all new medical staffing to the allocated wards/units clinical teams and support the Trust induction programme.
- Ensure pharmacist is embedded as part of the ward clinical team and linked to the productive ward process.
- Assist the Chief Pharmacist in monitoring the medicines budget and advise and report on expenditure and medicines usage analysis to allocated clinical areas.
- To identify changes in prescribing practices that may impact on the prescribing budget.
- Ensure decisions made by the D&T Committee and the pharmacy team are carried out by prescribers and all healthcare professionals. Make recommendations for improvement as relevant.
- Report all incidents via Datix and contribute to the development of safe medicines management systems.
- Provide training to pre-registration pharmacists and diploma students.
- Treat all service users, carers, pharmacy colleagues and all healthcare and Trust workers with dignity and respect at all times.
- Identify and respond to the complex pharmaceutical information needs of service users, carers and healthcare professionals. Information will be required to be presented on an individual case basis and in groups.
- Participate in the development of the medicines management clinical audit programme in particular the POMH audits and ensure roll out to allocated units.
- Provide the clinical pharmacy input to the identified sub group of the D&T.
- Participate in research and development as required for the development of the clinical pharmacy services.
- Provide clinical supervision to pharmacy colleagues.
- To cover for other senior pharmacists in their absence.
- If required due to sickness or other absence to work in other localities of the organisation.
- To participate in Saturday morning, Bank Holiday and out of hours services.
- To observe the principles of Clinical Governance in general and in particular be able to demonstrate participation in Continuing Professional Development. This will include attendance at appropriate training courses.
- To carry out CPD in line with the RPSGB requirements.
- To maintain and demonstrate a good clinical pharmacist knowledge.
- To work towards membership of the College of Mental Health Pharmacists.
- To be able to plan and organise their own workload and that of others within allocated working hours.
- 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 Barnsley, The Mid Yorkshire Trust and the CHFT when working in partnership.
- To participate in the Trusts Appraisal system.
This is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities, and the post holder may be required to undertake other duties which fall within the grade of the job, in discussion with the manager.
Service improvement models within the Trust may result in the necessity to work in other areas of the Trust.
This job description will be reviewed regularly in the light of changing service requirements and any such changes will be discussed with the post holder.
The post holder is expected to comply with all relevant Trust policies, procedures and guidelines, including those relating to Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety and Confidentiality of Information. South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust operates a no smoking policy.
- Trustwide Mental Health Pharmacists.
- All pharmacy staff within the department.
- Service users and carers, both individually and in group settings.
- Medical, nursing and other Trust staff.
- Clinical governance support team.
- Pharmacy staff of the Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust.
- Pharmacy staff of the Calderdale and Huddersfield Partnership NHS Trust.
Trustwide either Calderdale, Huddersfield, Dewsbury, Wakefield or Barnsley as agreed
Will be required to visit off-site units and may be required to support other localities of the Trust on request.
- Bachelor/Masters degree in Pharmacy.
- Membership of the RPSGB.
- Membership of the CMHP/UKPPG.
- Postgraduate qualification or equivalent in Psychiatric pharmacy.
- Membership of College of Mental Health Pharmacists.
- Postgraduate Certificate and Diploma in Psychiatric Pharmacy.
- Supplementary prescribing qualification.
- Professional manner.
- Adaptable.
- Ability to work within a changing organisation.
- Car Driver
- Specialist knowledge of mental health pharmacy.
- NICE guidance relating to mental health.
- Understanding of KSF.
- Understanding of New ways of working in mental health.
- Skilled in carrying out audit.
- Self motivated, with well developed communication skills.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Team player.
- Computer literate including pharmacy systems, Microsoft office, and internet searching.
- NHS Finances
- Understanding and management of drugs budgets and constraints of health service finances.
- ADHD services
- 1 years pre-registration training.
- Minimum of 3 years post registration as a pharmacist including experience in mental health.
- Evidence of active involvement in audit and project work.
- Provision of medicines education to users and carers.
- Provision of education and training to healthcare professionals.
- Clinical or psychiatric diploma or relevant experience.
- Experience of working with persons with mental health problems.
- Hospital pharmacy experience.
- Experience of provision of Medicines Information and associated systems.
- Supervision of staff.
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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust
Kendray Hospital, Doncaster Road, Barnsley, S Yorkshire, S70 3RD, United Kingdom
https://www.southwestyorkshire.nhs.uk
Chief Pharmacist, Kate Dewhirst, kate.dewhirst@swyt.nhs.uk, 07557190440
Date posted: 27 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year
Contract: Bank
Duration: 365 days
Working pattern: Flexible working
Reference number: C9378-Bank-1026D
Kendray Hospital, Doncaster Road, Barnsley, S Yorkshire, S70 3RD, United Kingdom; The Calderdale Royal Hospital, Huddersfield Road, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX3 0PW, United Kingdom; Dewsbury & District Hospital, Halifax Road, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF13 4HS, United Kingdom; Fieldhead Hospital, Ouchthorpe Lane, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 3SP, United Kingdom; Cheswold Park Hospital, Cheswold Lane, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN5 8AR, United Kingdom
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