Advanced Specialist Pharmacist

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking an Advanced Specialist Pharmacist to join their multidisciplinary team. This role involves delivering expert pharmaceutical care in secure mental health settings, including conducting ward reviews and supporting medicines optimisation. The candidate should have a Master's degree in pharmacy, relevant qualifications, and experience in clinical pharmacy within mental health contexts. The position offers a specialist environment with opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• One year pre-registration training and experience.
• Advanced experience as a clinical pharmacist practitioner in a hospital setting.
• Experience in Mental Health pharmacy.

Responsibilities

• Conduct medicines reconciliation in secure units.
• Participate in clinical ward reviews.
• Support audit, education and policy development.

Skills

Knowledge of medication safety practice recommendations

Ability to educate and train pharmacy staff

Specialist knowledge of mental health pharmacy

Basic IT skills

Education

Masters degree in pharmacy or equivalent

Membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council

Post-graduate qualification in clinical/mental health pharmacy

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Advanced Specialist Pharmacist to join our multidisciplinary team within the West London Forensic Services (WLFS). This is a 12 month fixed-term post for a qualified pharmacist with a specialist interest in mental health, particularly in secure settings, to contribute to high-quality, patient-centred care.

Working across our medium and low secure units, you will deliver expert pharmaceutical care to patients with complex mental health needs, often with co-occurring conditions. You will work with the ward medical team and other allied health professionals to support safe and effective medicines optimisation in line with current guidelines and legislation.

Responsibilities

• Medicines reconciliation
• Clinical ward reviews
• Supporting clozapine and depot antipsychotic monitoring
• Contributing to multidisciplinary reviews
• Supporting audit, education and policy development across the service

About the role

This 12 month fixed-term post offers a specialist forensic environment where your expertise will impact patient recovery and rehabilitation. You will be involved in medicines reconciliation, ward reviews, clozapine and depot monitoring, and multidisciplinary reviews, with opportunities to contribute to audit, education and policy development.

Qualifications and experience

Essential

• Masters degree in pharmacy or equivalent
• Membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Post-graduate qualification in clinical/mental health pharmacy or equivalent experience
• Evidence of continuing professional and personal development

Desirable

• Member of the CMHP
• Membership of RPSGB

Experience: Essential

• One year pre-registration training and experience
• Demonstrable advanced experience as a clinical pharmacist practitioner in a hospital setting
• Experience as an advanced level clinical pharmacist practitioner in Mental Health
• Experience of delivering training and education
• Experience of developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating protocols and guidelines
• Experience of providing medicines education to users and carers

Desirable

• Previous experience in undertaking research
• Experience of staff management
• Experience of managing change

Knowledge and skills: Essential

• Up-to-date knowledge of new drugs in pipeline or on the market
• Knowledge of medication safety practice recommendations and guidance
• Knowledge of relevant pharmaceutical standards of practice
• Specialist knowledge of mental health pharmacy
• Knowledge of recent initiatives in pharmacy
• Knowledge of clinical governance related to medicines use
• Ability to educate, train, supervise and evaluate pharmacy staff and other health care professionals
• Ability to demonstrate safe, clinically effective and cost-efficient use of drugs for patients with mental health problems
• Ability to proactively develop clinical pharmacy services in line with local and national objectives
• Ability to evaluate performance using Trust PDR tools
• Ability to provide evaluated pharmaceutical and financial information
• Ability to develop recording systems and provide necessary reports
• Basic IT skills

Desirable

• Critical appraisal skills
• Ability to demonstrate innovation and work across professional boundaries
• Report writing skills
• Ability to promote a culture of innovation and learning
• Knowledge of measurement for improvement

Other requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require a Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see the NHS Careers website.

Employer details

West London NHS Trust
St Bernard\'s Hospital
Ealing
UB1 3HW