Advanced Pharmacist - Primary Care Mental Health

NHS; Fareham; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Fareham is seeking an Advanced Pharmacist to lead mental health support in primary care. The ideal candidate will provide clinical expertise and work collaboratively with various healthcare practitioners to ensure integrated care for patients. Requires a Pharmacy degree, registration, and experience in mental health. Competitive salary of £55,690 to £62,682 annually, with pro rata for part-time work.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Training programs

Collaborative working environment

Qualifications

• Registered Pharmacist with a Pharmacy degree and relevant postgraduate qualifications.
• Experience in mental health settings preferred.
• Ability to support patient care across primary and secondary healthcare settings.

Responsibilities

• Support the development of mental health treatment pathways.
• Work with healthcare providers to enhance tools for patient health checks.
• Provide specialist mental health medicines information.

Skills

Clinical expertise

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Flexibility

Education

Masters of Pharmacy degree or equivalent

General Pharmaceutical Council Registered Pharmacist

Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Practice

Postgraduate Certificate in Psychiatric Therapeutics

Diploma in Psychiatric Pharmacy

Job description

Go back Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Advanced Pharmacist - Primary Care Mental Health

The closing date is 19 October 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a critical role as an Advanced Pharmacist in the East Hampshire Primary Mental health Care Team. The successful candidate will be at the forefront of informing and delivering a new way of working in mental health.

Working with Primary Care Networks within East Hampshire, you will help support patient pathways across the interface of primary and secondary care. You will work closely with general practice staff, mental health practitioners based in primary care as well as community mental health staff.

The post involves working alongside doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals in both primary and secondary care to provide a more integrated health care provision. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a high level of clinical expertise, have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and need to be flexible, self driven and adaptable.

If that is you, we would love to talk to you.

Main duties of the job

Support the development and work within the Primary and Community Mental Health Transformation programme pathways, protocols and guidelines so the patients receive safe, clinically effective and timely mental health medication in the most appropriate care setting.

Work with health and social care providers to promote existing and develop new tools, to increase the annual health checks in patients with Severe Mental Illness and other Mental Health conditions as indicated.

Support the transition of patients across care settings so they receive the required level of care to support them in taking their medication safely in the most appropriate care setting.

The post holder will work closely with identified Primary Care Networks

Support and influence GP based Clinical Pharmacists to ensure that the pharmaceutical needs of patients with mental illness are met through partnership working. This includes developing and supporting the implementation of effective communication systems across primary and secondary care.

To lead on providing specialist mental health medicines information and medicines optimisation support to health care professionals working in primary care network to help achieve the objectives of supporting people with significant mental illness to receive optimal care with medicines in primary care.

The post holder will be an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) working with both Primary and Secondary Care.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Masters of Pharmacy degree or equivalent.
• General Pharmaceutical Council Registered Pharmacist.
• Postgraduate Diploma (or MSc) in Clinical Pharmacy Practice or equivalent experience.
• Postgraduate Certificate in Psychiatric Therapeutics (or willing to work towards this).
• Member or associate member of the College of MH Pharmacy
• Diploma in Psychiatric Pharmacy

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.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£55,690 to £62,682 a yearPlease note for part time hours the salary will be pro rata