Lead Pharmacist Inpatient and Urgent Care - East Sussex

NHS; Hastings; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is looking for a committed Lead Pharmacist to support urgent care and inpatient services in Hastings. Ideal candidates will have mental health experience and possess excellent clinical pharmacy skills. The role offers a salary range of £55,690 to £62,682 annually and flexible working opportunities alongside a supportive pharmacy team.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Access to psychological support

Generous holiday entitlement

Excellent NHS Pension Scheme

Discount schemes available

Qualifications

• Demonstrable evidence of meeting full gateway KSF for 7 Specialist Pharmacist.
• Experience working within a hospital pharmacy department.
• Ability to provide written and verbal information on drug usage.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice on complex medicines queries.
• Deliver direct patient care as part of the urgent care and inpatient services.
• Support and collaborate with pharmacy technicians and assistants.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Flexibility

Clinical pharmacy skills

Experience in mental health services

Education

Degree in Pharmacy

Clinical pharmacy postgraduate qualification

Job description

Lead Pharmacist Inpatient and Urgent Care - East Sussex

We are looking to recruit a highly committed band 8a Lead Pharmacist (Mental Health) to be part of the Trust Medicines Management Team working with our urgent care and inpatient services in East Sussex. This post will be based in Hastings to cover urgent care services and providing clinical cover to outlying units like Amberstone and Beechwood.

You will be offering advice on complex medicines queries along with delivering direct patient care, with the opportunity to become a qualified prescriber embedded within the team.

We are looking to recruit a pharmacist with mental health experience who is looking to develop their leadership skills.

Main duties of the job

This post presents a great opportunity for an experienced pharmacist motivated by the desire to provide excellent patient care to support the urgent care and inpatient services. You will be working with Specialist Pharmacists, Technicians and Assistants to provide this service.

The role demands an organised, flexible individual with excellent communication and interpersonal skills and an ability to work on their own initiative.

About us

We are a friendly and committed pharmacy team, who are keen to support the wellbeing of our patients and each other.

Sussex Partnership is one of the largest mental health trust in the UK. The physical health of our mental health patients is important to us and with the life expectancy of patients with serious mental health dying 15 to 20 years earlier, the trust is committed to reducing this risk and pharmacy play a key role in this.

Benefits

You can expect:

• Access to full psychological support, the wellbeing team
• Excellent supervision programmes.
• Flexible working opportunities
• Access to a host of discount schemes (including gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)
• A position within a trust rated as Outstanding for caring and Good overall by the CQC
• Generous holiday entitlement (starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays) pro rata
• Excellent NHS Pension Scheme

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential qualifications include:

• Degree in Pharmacy at a British School of Pharmacy, or recognised equivalent
• Clinical Pharmacy post graduate qualification (e.g. certificate or diploma)
• Registered Member of General Pharmaceutical Council.

Knowledge, Training and Experience

Essential knowledge, training and experience include:

• To have demonstrable evidence of having met the full gateway KSF for 7 Specialist Pharmacist
• Experience of working with different healthcare professions and managers across the wider healthcare economy
• Can demonstrate an understanding of the key stakeholders the post is likely to be supporting and how they will be expected to support them.
• Demonstrable expertise in highly relevant field of pharmacy specialism
• Significant experience of working within a hospital pharmacy department post qualification, including experience in mental health service provision
• Experience of working with working age mental health services.
• Excellent clinical pharmacy skills with particular emphasis on medicines used in mental health
• Experience in providing both written and verbal information on drug usage
• Experience in carrying out Medicines Information queries, providing both verbal and written specialist advice

The salary for this role is £55,690 to £62,682 a year pro rata for part time.