Advanced Clinical Pharmacist & Clinical Educator

Mersey Care Nhs Foundation Trust; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a new mental health clinical educator post hosted by the Medicines Management Team and based jointly with the University of Liverpool's School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences two days a week.

You will contribute to delivering an advanced clinical pharmacy service in inpatient mental health settings and lead the development, delivery and evaluation of mental health teaching for undergraduates, ensuring parity with physical health.

Qualifications

• Essential: Vocational Masters degree in Pharmacy (or equivalent).
• Essential: Registered with The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Essential: Registered independent prescriber with GPhC.
• Essential: Post-graduate diploma in mental health or clinical pharmacy (or documented equivalent).
• Essential: Advanced credentialled in (core advanced &) specialist mental health curriculum, or willingness to work towards.
• Desirable: Member of the Royal College of Pharmacy.
• Desirable: Member (Associate) of the College of Mental Health Pharmacy (CMHP).
• Desirable: PGCE or higher education qualification.

Responsibilities

• Design, development, delivery and assessment of mental health teaching within the MPharm programme.
• Lead mental health-focused experiential learning across the MPharm programme (simulation, health placements, EPAs).
• Provide advanced clinical pharmacy service to inpatient mental health wards.
• Act as an active non-medical prescriber.
• Provide leadership and be a role model.
• Contribute to the Education & Training Team and Medicines Optimisation Strategy.
• Cover ward work at base and other Trust sites as needed.

Skills

Teaching & facilitation

Communication

Supervision & mentoring

Clinical pharmacy

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Flexible working

Report writing

Data analysis

IT skills

Professional manner

Travel between sites

Change management

Education

Master's in Pharmacy (Vocational)

GPhC registration

Independent prescriber registration

Post-graduate diploma in mental health/clinical pharmacy

Advanced credentialled in mental health curriculum

Leadership/management qualification (desirable)

Job description

Job summary

We are excited to be able to invite applicants for this new mental health clinical educator post that will be hosted by the Medicines Management Team and will work at the University of Liverpool's new School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 2 days a week.

In the Trust, you will contribute to the delivery of an advanced clinical pharmacy service to in-patient mental health services, and be part of the Education & Training Team. At the University you will lead the development, delivery and evaluation of mental health teaching and experiential learning for undergraduates. You will ensure that mental health is considered with parity to physical health.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated pharmacist with excellent communication, organisational, and team-working skills to deliver clinical pharmacy services alongside multidisciplinary teams. You will be reliable, willing to learn, able to work on your own initiative and flexible to support the wider pharmacy & university teams.

You will be a role model for undergraduates and for the Trust Medicines Management Team. You must be experienced across all 4 pillars of practice, and be working at or towards advanced pharmacist credentialling with the advanced mental health curriculum. You will also be able to evidence your leadership and support of others working on their own credentialling journey.

Main duties of the job

• Contribute to the design, development, delivery and assessment of mental health teaching within the MPharm programme, including teaching and assessing clinical pharmacy skills to support professional practice
• Lead mental health-focused experiential learning across the MPharm programme, including simulation, health placements, and the integration of Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs).
• Contribute to the provision of advanced clinical pharmacy service to in-patient mental health wards
• Be an active non-medical prescriber
• Provide leadership and be a role model
• Contribute to strategic and operational running of the Education & Training Team and the delivery of the Medicines Optimisation Strategy
• Contribute to ward work at your base and on other Trust sites according to operational need

About us

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Qualifications

Essential: Vocational Masters degree in Pharmacy (or equivalent); Registered with The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC); Registered independent prescriber with GPhC; Post-graduate diploma in mental health or clinical pharmacy (or documented equivalent); Advanced credentialled in (core advanced &) specialist mental health curriculum, or willingness to work towards.

Desirable: Member of the Royal College of Pharmacy; Member (Associate) of the College of Mental Health Pharmacy (CMHP); Post graduate educational qualification, e.g. PGCE; Leadership or management qualification or training.

Experience

Essential: Relevant secondary care hospital-based mental health services experience; Relevant experience of working within an NHS organisation; Demonstrable commitment to continuing professional development (CPD) / education; Experience of leading and undertaking the full audit cycle; Experience of providing management and clinical supervision; Experience of providing medicines education in a highly complex context; Governance experience.

Desirable: Relevant post-diploma clinical experience at advanced clinical pharmacist level; Tutor for postgraduate qualifications or Designated Supervisor (DS); Previous experience of providing education and training at level 7; Recent experience as a Designated Prescribing Practitioner (DPP); Provision of medicines information services.

Skills

Essential: Excellent teaching, presentation & facilitation skills; Excellent communication skills; Excellent supervisor and mentoring skills; Excellent clinical skills; Competent interpersonal skills; Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team; Methodical with attention to detail; Flexible working; Report writing; Data analysis; Good IT skills; Professional manner; Travel between sites.

Desirable: Ability to affect and manage change.

Values

Continuous improvement; Accountability; Respect; Enthusiasm; Support.

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Closing date: 15 November 2026

Reference number: 350-TWS8367219

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