Clinical Mental Health Pharmacist (Development Post 6 To 7)

East London Nhs Foundation Trust; England; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

East London NHS Foundation Trust in Luton is seeking a Band 6 to 7 progression pharmacist to provide a clinical pharmacy service to designated mental health inpatient teams and lead medicines optimisation.

The role also supports newly qualified pharmacists entering mental health hospital pharmacy, offering rotation through CAMHS, Forensics, Older Adults, PICU, and collaboration with the wider MDT. You will participate in Quality Improvement projects to improve care.

Qualifications

• Essential: Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy; + pre-registration training; Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council and/or Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
• Experience: Demonstrate the ability to communicate medicine-related information to mental health patients, carers and clinical staff; mentorship and training skills; clinical audit; training and education.

Responsibilities

• Develop clinical pharmacy services within the Luton and Bedfordshire directorates with the Clinical Lead/Lead Pharmacist.
• Monitor and implement the Trust's clinical pharmacy standards to ensure high quality, patient-focused service.
• Manage stock control of medicines on the wards and cost-effective medicine optimisation across inpatient wards.
• Manage clozapine supply for inpatient and community service users.

Skills

Clinical communication

Mentorship experience

Clinical audit experience

Education

Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy

Pre-registration training

GPhC/RPS membership

Job description

Job summary

• Band 6 to 7 Progression Pharmacist

Location: Luton (Calnwood Road)

You will be responsible for providing a clinical pharmacy service to designated mental health inpatient teams and delivering on all aspects of medicines optimisation. You will be the source of expert pharmaceutical advice for the MDT and undertake patient-centered medicines discussions.

We will be supporting newly qualified pharmacist into the specialty of mental health hospital pharmacy and will be encouraging them to undertake a post graduate certificate/diploma. During your progression role you will have the opportunity to rotate through a number of mental specialisms such as CAMHS, Forensics, Older Adults, PICU and also be able to participate in a rotation with our acute trust provider.

You will also need to have the skills to be able to work effectively within the wider multi-disciplinary team of nurses and doctors and other allied healthcare professionals and managers. You will want to develop and improve the reliability and quality of our clinical pharmacy service and partake in Quality Improvement projects.

It is imperative that the successful candidate is able to show compassion and respect for people with mental health illness and be driven to improve their care through the safe and effective use of medicines.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to work with the Clinical Lead/Lead Pharmacist to develop clinical pharmacy services within the Luton and Bedfordshire directorates. They will be responsible for implementing and monitoring the Trust's clinical pharmacy standards as well as ensuring the clinical service is of high quality and patient-focused. They will identify gaps and problem areas in the service and will use Quality Improvement methodology to make positive changes. The postholder will be required to work closely with the clinical lead ensuring that stock control of medicines on the wards is accurate and that cost effective measures are taken to improve medicine optimisation across the inpatient wards. The post holder will also be expected to manage clozapine supply for inpatient and service users in the community.

About us

East London Foundation Trust (ELFT), Our dynamic and creative Trust pharmacy team provides pharmacy services to a wide range of community and inpatient service users in Newham, Luton & Bedfordshire, City & Hackney and Tower Hamlets. These include children and young people to adults of working age, older adults, perinatal, learning disabilities, community health services and forensic patients. We provide a broad range of clinical pharmacy services to our inpatient wards and are supported by trained medicines management technicians and other technical support staff.

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Details

Date posted: 26 October 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 6

Salary: £35,392 to £42,618 a year Per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 363-CP8366885

Closing date: 09 November 2026

Person Specification

Education/Qualification/Training

• Essential: Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy; + pre-registration training; Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council and/or Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• Desirable: Working towards higher Degree/Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy; Experience in clinical pharmacy in a mental health setting; Experience in clinical pharmacy of working with older people; Post registration training relevant to hospital pharmacy; Psychiatry qualification (or willing to work towards this)

Experience

• Essential: Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate medicine related information to mental health patients, carers and clinical staff; Previous evaluated experience of mentorship and training skills; To have undertaken clinical audit; Training and education
• Desirable: Previous experience in providing clinical mental health services; Staff management experience; Monitoring and advising on drug expenditure

Knowledge and Skills

• Essential: Clinical and critical appraisal skills; The ability to identify and prioritise clinical work load; Communicates with medical, nursing and pharmacy staff in clear precise and appropriate manner; Awareness of national and local priorities; The ability to identify and manage risks; Ability to evaluate own work; Enhances the quality of patient care; Demonstrates awareness of the clinical governance agenda; Basic IT skills; Teaching and presentation skills; Demonstrates ability to meet set targets; Ability to organise self to ensure efficient use of time; Meets expected levels of practice as defined by others; Self motivated; The ability and willingness to deputise for senior staff while recognising limitations of experience and ability; Takes responsibility for own actions
• Desirable: Able to influence junior medical staff; Understanding of local trust priorities; Evidence of writing procedures, guidelines or protocols

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name: East London NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Pharmacy Office, Calnwood Court, Calnwood Road, Luton, LU4 0FB, United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://www.elft.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact: Rajesh Jethwa (Lead Pharmacist Luton & Bedfordshire and Trust MSO), [e-mail], 07554495911

East London NHS Foundation Trust's privacy notice is available on the employer's website.