Junior Pharmacist

Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust; Canterbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Canterbury is seeking an enthusiastic Band 6 Junior Pharmacist to join their Pharmacy Team. The role involves attending ward rounds, providing medication advice to patients, and supporting a multidisciplinary team. The ideal candidate is motivated to learn and improve mental health care through effective medicines management. This position offers excellent professional development opportunities and the chance to work in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and motivated pharmacist.
• Willingness to learn on the job.
• Drive to improve care through medicines management.

Responsibilities

• Attend ward rounds and provide patient education.
• Support patients by optimizing medication use.
• Work within a clinical pharmacy team.

Skills

Compassion for patients

Ability to work in teams

Job description

Overview

What is it like to work for Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust? Why not find out and join our Pharmacy Team at St Martin's Hospital, Canterbury? We are seeking a Band 6 Junior Pharmacist. Apply now and kickstart your career in the NHS.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated pharmacist to join our team, with the opportunity to complete a clinical certificate/diploma and train as a Mental Health Pharmacist through individually tailored developmental support.

To be part of a team that provides a comprehensive clinical pharmacy and medicines management service to the mental health unit.

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.

The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles. You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones. The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Responsibilities

• Attend ward rounds, patient education and counselling, clinical audit and medicines information as part of the clinical post.
• Provide support to patients and their families by offering advice about the use of medication, optimising treatment, providing information and liaising with acute and other care providers to ensure seamless transfer of care.
• Work within a clinical pharmacy team that provides a medicines management service to the inpatient wards.
• Be involved in working with other pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to undertake and develop audits and projects to evaluate and improve services alongside pharmacy and trust priorities and objectives.
• Learn and build experience through formal learning and work-based practice, with ongoing training and support from the Lead Education and Training Pharmacist and the local clinical pharmacy team, with clinical supervision by experienced Senior Clinical Pharmacists.
• Receive further support from the Trust-wide pharmacy team if required.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Not required to have prior mental health experience; the candidate is expected to learn and build experience on the job through formal learning and work-based practice.
• Compassion and respect for people with mental health problems, and a drive to improve care through medicines management.
• Ability to work with multidisciplinary teams and contribute to audits and projects within pharmacy and trust priorities.

Other Details

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Elaine Mok, Job title: Lead Clinical Pharmacist, Email: [e-mail], Telephone: [phone]. Jag Bahia, Chief Pharmacist: 07796197394.