Advanced Pharmacist Mental Health

The Methodist Church in Britain; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Living wage accredited employer

Training and development opportunities

Support for financial wellbeing

Job summary

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is seeking an Advanced Mental Health Pharmacist to lead medicines optimisation on mental health inpatient wards. You will provide expert medicines advice, conduct complex reviews and work with MDTs to improve treatment outcomes.

You will line-manage senior inpatient pharmacists and technicians, oversee medicines supply, and drive audits, policy development and service improvements across the Trust.

Qualifications

• Post-graduate qualification such as Clinical Pharmacy Diploma or Aston Diploma in Psychiatric Pharmacy
• Current and continued GPhC registration and membership
• Experience in mental health care settings and MDT delivery

Responsibilities

• Lead advanced clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation across mental health inpatient wards
• Manage day-to-day medicines management, dispensary and medicines supply services across the Trust
• Line-manage the Senior Mental Health Pharmacist inpatient and Specialist Pharmacy Technicians
• Provide specialist medicines advice and undertake complex medication reviews
• Lead audits, quality improvement and research projects
• Develop and implement medicines policies, guidelines and protocols
• Educate and mentor pharmacists and pharmacy technicians
• Contribute to medicines safety investigations and risk management

Skills

Communication skills

Independence & teamwork

Prioritising workload & influencing

Education

Post-graduate qualification

Job description

Advanced Mental Health Pharmacist post within the Mental Health Pharmacy Team at Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust, leading specialist pharmacy and medicines optimisation on inpatient mental health wards. The work centres on complex medication reviews, specialist medicines advice and shaping prescribing practice alongside consultants and multidisciplinary teams. It also line-manages the senior inpatient pharmacist and specialist technicians and oversees Trust-wide medicines supply. Current GPhC registration and a post-graduate qualification in clinical or psychiatric pharmacy are required.

What the job involves

• Lead advanced clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation across mental health inpatient wards
• Manage day-to-day medicines management, dispensary and medicines supply services across the Trust, providing professional and technical leadership
• Line-manage the Senior Mental Health Pharmacist inpatient and Specialist Pharmacy Technicians Mental Health workforce, including their wellbeing
• Ensure technical pharmacy services operate in line with legislation, professional standards and Trust policies
• Provide specialist medicines advice and undertake complex medication reviews
• Promote safe, evidence-based and cost-effective prescribing
• Take part in MDT meetings, ward rounds and patient reviews to improve treatment outcomes
• Support service development, pharmacist prescribing initiatives and medicines governance
• Lead audit, quality improvement and research projects
• Develop and implement medicines policies, guidelines and protocols
• Educate and mentor pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and other healthcare professionals
• Contribute to medicines safety investigations and risk management

What’s required

Qualifications

• Post-graduate qualification, e.g. Clinical Pharmacy Diploma or Aston Diploma in Psychiatric Pharmacy

Registration & licences

• Current and continued GPhC registration and membership

Experience

• Post-registration experience in mental health care settings
• Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of clinical pharmacy and medicines management services in NHS organisations

Skills & knowledge

• Effective written and verbal communication
• Working independently and in a team, prioritising workload and influencing others to achieve medicines management outcomes

Other

• Leadership that motivates, supports and inspires pharmacy and wider clinical teams
• Strong commitment to safe, effective and compassionate patient care

Nice to have

• Independent or supplementary prescriber, or willingness to train as an independent prescriber
• Membership of the College of Mental Health Pharmacists
• Experience of developing, reviewing and implementing medicines management policies and procedures
• Knowledge of conducting staff appraisals
• Continuous improvement mindset and enthusiasm for service development
• Confidence in influencing practice and leading change within complex healthcare environments
• Strong audit, research and project management skills

What’s offered

• Living wage accredited employer
• Support for financial wellbeing
• Training and development opportunities across the workforce