Clinical Pharmacist

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Macclesfield; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for pharmacy professionals to join our multidisciplinary teams across Chester, Wirral and Macclesfield. The role focuses on clinical pharmacy services, medicines management and leadership in specialist mental health settings.

You will contribute to education, audits and service development, while supporting a flexible working approach where on-call duties are managed remotely.

Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent.
• Registered as practising pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Evidence of clinical pharmacy training.
• Post graduate clinical or mental health pharmacy qualification.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver specialist mental health clinical pharmacy services as part of the CWP team.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams to meet pharmaceutical care needs.
• Provide education on safe and effective use of medications to staff, patients and carers.
• Supervise pre-registration and student pharmacists.

Skills

Clinical pharmacy

Medicines management

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Education

Masters Degree in Pharmacy

GPhC registration

CPD and ongoing professional development

Clinical/mental health pharmacy qualification

Tools

IT skills

Job description

Weare excited to offernew opportunities within our highly respectedpharmacyteam, working across Chester, Wirral and Macclesfield. Due to new investment in our workforce, we are now recruiting passionate pharmacy professionals to join our friendly, multidisciplinary teams

Our dispensing service is fully outsourced, freeing you from dispensary commitments and allowing you to focus on clinical practice. In addition, on-call responsibilities are managed remotely, offering greater flexibility and work–life balance.

Role highlights

• Deliver high-quality, patient-focused clinical pharmacy services
• Undertake medicines reconciliation, reuse checks, and ordering
• Work closely with multidisciplinary teams to optimise medicines use
• Support specialist areas includingperinatal mental health(Mother& Baby Unit),CAMHsinpatient services,low secure forensic units& MHIST (mental health intensive support team)
• Contribute to service development, audit,teachingand quality improvement
• Opportunities to develop clinicalexpertiseand leadership skills

Main duties of the job

The post holder will contribute to the planning and delivery of specialist mental health clinical pharmacy services as part of the CWP pharmacy team. This will include working as a member of the multidisciplinary team to ensure that pharmaceutical care needs of patients are met, ensuring that medicines management standards are upheld in all areas of the trust and providing education on safe and effective use of medication to medical and nursing staff, patients and carers. The post holder will provide professional support and supervision to pre-registration and student pharmacists.

Working for our organisation

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you’ll find something to suit you at CWP.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please download a copy of the job description (see ‘documents to download’ section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.

At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated behaviours and you should provide examples from your work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviours.

An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Further help and support for completing your application can be accessed via our website. If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email at: [e-mail] or by calling 01244 393100.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon!

Person specification

Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
• Registered as practising pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Evidence of clinical pharmacy training
• Post graduate clinical or mental health pharmacy qualification

Knowledge and Expertise

• Specialised and up to date knowledge relating to medicines management
• Knowledge of NHS policy, process and guidelines relating to medicines management, pharmacy and mental health
• Knowledge of clinical governance, clinical audit and risk management
• Good IT skills – Windows, word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation, e‑mail and web applications.
• Specialist knowledge of mental health therapeutics

Experience

• Experience of implementing new procedures or guidelines
• Experience in education and training

Trust Values

• Demonstrate alignment with Trust Values (6 C’s: Commitment, Communication, Care, Courage, Compassion, Competency)

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Hazel Sharp Job title Head of Clinical Pharmacy Services - Bed Based Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07880 004 368

Jasmeen Islam Deputy Chief Pharmacist

[e-mail] 07880015026

If you consider yourself Neurodivergent and need help to complete your application form, please contact [e-mail] or telephone [phone]

Giving you time to care, space to think and opportunity to grow

We are Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP). We provide health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care – including the provision of three GP surgeries.

We have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport. We also provide specialist services for the North West as a whole.

Our services are provided in partnership with commissioners, local authorities, voluntary and independent organisations, people who access our services, their carers and families. The Trust has over 14,500 members and employs more than 4,000 staff across 62 sites, serving a population of over one million people and highly specialist services for two million people.

We offer career opportunities to staff across a range of professions, including:

• Allied health professions - including occupational therapy, physiotherapy, podiatry, and speech and language therapy
• Medical - including psychiatry and general practice
• Pharmacy
• Clinical support roles
• Estates and facilities
• Support services roles - including HR, communications, ICT,finance and more

At CWP, we believe in giving our staff the time to care, the space to think and the opportunity to grow.

With vacancies across a range of professions, wherever you’re at in your career journey, you’ll find something to suit you. So why not join our team today?

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