Clinical Mental Health Pharmacist (Development Post 6 to 7)

The Methodist Church in Britain; Luton; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

East London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Development Pharmacist to provide clinical pharmacy support for mental health inpatient teams. The role includes medicines optimisation, ward stock control and clozapine management, with rotation through CAMHS, forensics and older adults.

Newly qualified pharmacists are supported into hospital psychiatry, with opportunities to pursue a postgraduate certificate or diploma while working within an MDT in a large London trust.

Qualifications

• Clinical and critical appraisal skills to enhance patient care.
• Ability to communicate medicines information to patients, carers and clinical staff.
• Experience with medicines optimisation and clinical audits.

Responsibilities

• Provide a clinical pharmacy service to designated mental health inpatient teams, covering all aspects of medicines optimisation
• Give expert pharmaceutical advice to the MDT and hold patient-centred medicines discussions
• Develop clinical pharmacy services across the Luton and Bedfordshire directorates
• Implement and monitor the Trust's clinical pharmacy standards
• Ensure the clinical service is high quality and patient-focused
• Lead quality improvement work to address gaps in the service
• Manage ward stock and clozapine supply for inpatients and community users
• Rotate through mental health specialisms and with the acute trust provider
• Work within the wider multidisciplinary team of nurses, doctors and pharmacists

Skills

Clinical pharmacy

Medicines optimisation

Quality improvement

MDT collaboration

Prioritising workload

Education

Master’s Degree in Pharmacy

Pre-registration training

Tools

GPhC/RPS membership

Job description

A development post in East London NHS Foundation Trust's clinical pharmacy service, serving designated mental health inpatient teams. The postholder provides clinical pharmacy support across medicines optimisation, advises the multidisciplinary team, manages clozapine supply and ward stock control, and improves service quality through quality improvement work. Newly qualified pharmacists are supported into mental health hospital pharmacy, with rotations across specialisms such as CAMHS, forensics and older adults, and encouraged to study for a postgraduate certificate or diploma. GPhC or RPS membership is required.

What the job involves

• Provide a clinical pharmacy service to designated mental health inpatient teams, covering all aspects of medicines optimisation
• Give expert pharmaceutical advice to the MDT and hold patient-centred medicines discussions
• Work with the Clinical Lead/Lead Pharmacist to develop clinical pharmacy services across the Luton and Bedfordshire directorates
• Implement and monitor the Trust's clinical pharmacy standards
• Ensure the clinical service is high quality and patient-focused
• Identify gaps and problem areas in the service and lead quality improvement work to address them
• Ensure accurate stock control of medicines on the wards
• Take cost-effective measures to improve medicines optimisation across inpatient wards
• Manage clozapine supply for inpatients and community service users
• Rotate through mental health specialisms such as CAMHS, Forensics, Older Adults and PICU, and a rotation with the acute trust provider
• Work effectively within the wider multidisciplinary team of nurses, doctors, allied health professionals and managers

Qualifications

• Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy
• Pre-registration training

Registration & licences

• Membership of the GPhC and/or RPS

Experience

• Evaluated mentorship, training and education experience
• Undertaken clinical audit

Skills & knowledge

• Clinical and critical appraisal skills to enhance patient care
• Ability to recommend, substantiate and communicate medicines information to patients, carers and clinical staff
• Prioritising clinical workload
• Clear communication with medical, nursing and pharmacy staff
• Identifying and managing risk
• Evaluating own work

Nice to have

• Working towards a higher degree or diploma in clinical pharmacy, or post-registration hospital pharmacy training
• Experience of clinical pharmacy in a mental health setting or providing clinical mental health services
• Experience of clinical pharmacy working with older people
• Psychiatry qualification, or willingness to work towards one
• Staff management experience
• Monitoring and advising on drug expenditure
• Ability to influence junior medical staff
• Understanding of local Trust priorities and experience writing procedures, guidelines or protocols

What’s offered

• Opportunity to pursue a postgraduate certificate or diploma in general or psychiatric pharmacy
• Non-medical prescribing training where appropriate
• Rotations across mental health specialisms such as CAMHS, Forensics, Older Adults and PICU
• Rotation with the acute trust provider