Clinical Pharmacist, Bowmere Hospital

Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Chester; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT is seeking a Band 7 Clinical Pharmacist (37.5 hours) based at Bowmere Hospital on the Countess of Chester Health Park. Applicants with less experience may be considered for Band 6 with progression to Band 7.

The post involves developing clinical, operational and managerial skills within mental health pharmacy, working with a multidisciplinary team and providing education on safe and effective medication use to staff, patients and carers.

Qualifications

• Registered pharmacist with the GPhC.
• Minimum 2 years post-registration experience.
• Pursuing/completed clinical pharmacy postgraduate study.
• Mental health experience is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver specialist mental health clinical pharmacy services.
• Work with multidisciplinary team to meet pharmaceutical care needs.
• Educate staff, patients and carers on safe and effective medication use.
• Supervise pre-registration and student pharmacists.
• Participate in on-call emergency duty rota; no weekend work except remote on-call.

Skills

Clinical pharmacist

Mental health

Teamwork

On-call experience

Education

GPhC registration

Clinical pharmacy postgraduate study

Job description

Band 7: Clinical Pharmacist, full time (37.5 hours per week) +EDC, based at Bowmere Hospital on the Countess of Chester Health Park (Applicants with less experience will be considered for a Band 6 with progression to Band 7 post)

It is an exciting time to join our pharmacy team at Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT. We are expanding our team and currently have an excellent opportunity for a motivated and dedicated pharmacist to join our team of specialist pharmacists and technicians.

This Clinical Pharmacist position offers the chance to further develop clinical, operational, and managerial skills in the area of mental health. Applicants should be able to work within a team, be proactive, possess excellent general clinical knowledge and have a keen interest in mental health and the role of medicines in the management of mental health disorders. Mental health experience is desirable but not essential; the successful applicant will be supported in obtaining the required mental health knowledge once in post. Committed to high standards, you will ensure an efficient, effective service is provided to patients and you will contribute to our ethos of providing a positive, forward thinking and professional working environment in which staff work with each other and for each other.

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.

You will be expected to participate in our on call emergency duty rota. There is no weekend working other than remote on-call (supply of medication is dealt with via an external contractor).You will have at least 2 years post-registration experience, be completing or have completed clinical pharmacy post-graduate study and possess well-developed clinical pharmacy skills. Applicants must be registered practising pharmacists with the GPhC.

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: George Birss Job title: Senior Clinical Pharmacist and Locality Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07584218678

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