Lead Clinical Pharmacist

Kent PLC; Dartford; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust is seeking an enthusiastic pharmacist to lead the clinical pharmacy service across the Dartford and Medway locality. The role focuses on medicines optimisation in mental health settings, working with multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe and person-centred care.

You will provide expert clinical input, participate in ward rounds, educate patients, undertake audits and offer specialist medicines advice.

Qualifications

• Qualified pharmacist with mental health experience is essential.
• Postgraduate qualification in psychiatric pharmacy is essential.
• NHS Trust environment experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery and development of medicines optimisation across inpatient wards in the locality.
• Implement and monitor clinical pharmacy standards in collaboration with senior leadership.
• Provide professional and line management to pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
• Lead clinical audits, quality improvement initiatives and service development projects.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Multidisciplinary collaboration

On-call rota experience

Education

Postgraduate qualification in psychiatric pharmacy

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated pharmacist to lead the clinical pharmacy service across the Dartford and Medway locality.

This is an exciting opportunity to take on a key clinical role within mental health services, working closely with multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe, effective and person-centred medicines optimisation.

You will provide expert clinical pharmacy input, contribute to multidisciplinary ward rounds, support and educate patients, undertake clinical audit, and provide specialist medicines advice.

We are looking for a qualified pharmacist with experience in mental health. A postgraduate qualification in psychiatric pharmacy or relevant mental health experience is essential. You will also participate in the on-call clinical pharmacist rota.We are committed to your professional development, with ongoing training, clinical supervision and support from the wider Trust pharmacy team. Opportunities include support with postgraduate qualifications in mental health pharmacy and NHS leadership development programmes.The post is based at Littlebrook Hospital in Dartford, with travel to other sites across North Kent as required.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will lead the delivery and development of a comprehensive medicines optimisation service to the inpatient wards across the locality.

They will have a key role in implementing and monitoring clinical pharmacy standards and will work closely with the Lead Pharmacist for Service Development, Chief Pharmacist and Deputy Chief Pharmacist to identify service gaps, drive improvements and ensure the delivery of a high-quality clinical pharmacy service.

The post holder will have responsibility for designated areas of service management and will provide professional and line management to pharmacists and pharmacy technicians within the locality.

They will work collaboratively with other Lead Pharmacists to develop and undertake clinical audits, quality improvement initiatives and service development projects, evaluating outcomes and implementing improvements in line with pharmacy and Trust priorities and objectives.

We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway and are rated 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our teams support children, youngpeopleand adults with a wide range of mental health needs. We also provide specialist services, including all-age eating disorder services and neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people, such as autism and ADHD.

Because we work across the whole county and across hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the people we serve.

Our vision is simple: we are here to help communities not just live with mentalillness, butlive well.It'swhywe'repassionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. Everything we do is guided by our values: caring, inclusive,curiousand confident.

Join us if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a teamthat'sworking well together.