Pharmacist

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Structured training programme

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust invites pharmacists to join a dynamic clinical team at Lambeth Hospital. The role starts at Band 6 with a pathway to Band 7, supported by a structured training programme in mental health pharmacy.

Applicants from current Band 7 are welcome too. We offer opportunities to work across inpatient and community settings, with involvement in education, research, and independent prescribing pathways as part of modernising our services.

Qualifications

• Newly qualified pharmacists welcome to join.
• Structured training programme for first years in hospital practice.
• Opportunity to progress from Band 6 to Band 7 on agreed milestones.

Responsibilities

• Provide pharmaceutical care to inpatients and community patients.
• Work across main dispensary sites and with the Medicines Information Centre.
• Join the on-call rota and travel to hospital and community teams as needed.

Skills

Clinical pharmacy

Mental health

Newly qualified welcome

Education

Pharmacist degree

Job description

An opportunity has arisen to join our established, friendly, and dynamic clinical pharmacy team at South London and the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.

We welcome newly qualified pharmacists and pharmacists willing to start their career in mental health pharmacy. We offer a structured training programme for the first few years in practice and in the field of mental health care.

The required job role is set at Band 7 Senior Clinical Pharmacist Level, and you will initially begin your job as a Band 6 Clinical Pharmacist and progress to Band 7 on completion of key objectives and when agreed skills and standards are met. Applications from current Band 7 are welcome.

Vacancies are available at the Lambeth Hospital.

As part of our ambitious plans to modernise our buildings and services, Lambeth Hospital will be closing in 2023 and all our inpatient services will move to a new, high-quality building, called Douglas Bennett House, on the Maudsley site.

We are committed to get the very best out of our staff and support staff in their career aspirations. Once established in post, there are further opportunities for development and career progression in a variety of settings, for example education and training, quality improvement, research, clinical trials, independent prescribing and more.

You will be supported by a dedicated supervisor and will have the opportunity to undertake short courses on mental health pharmacy and work alongside expert pharmacists in the field.

During your training you will provide pharmaceutical care to inpatients and community patients with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, as well as work in one of our three main dispensary sites. You will join the on-call rota and late duty rota where applicable. You may be required to travel to various hospital and community mental health teams sites.

About The Team

The pharmacy department provides dispensing services from the Maudsley, Lambeth, Bethlem Royal hospitals and Ladywell unit and a clinical pharmacy service to 1,000 inpatients and 3,000 community patients. The Medicines Information Centre at the Maudsley is the national centre for information on psychotropics. The department produces the Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines, now on its 14th Edition, and is the world’s leading pharmacy centre for research in psychiatry, having published over 300 clinical papers in the past 25 years.

The pharmacy is also part of the Pharmaceutical Sciences Clinical Academic Group (PSCAG) which incorporates more than 1,800 staff and students and includes staff from all four organisations within King’s Health Partners with the aim to integrate the work across all partner organisations to improve practice, research and healthcare/academic education and training strategy. Our CAG includes a variety of professional groups, including pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, scientists, healthcare professionals, students and administrative and support staff.

About the location

Lambeth Hospital is based in south London, and is close to a vibrant high street with lots of shops and restaurants. It is within walking distance of Brixton, Clapham North, Clapham High Street and Wandsworth Road stations, offering easy transport links to other parts of London. The site offers parking and is not located within the congestion charge zone.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ebenezer Oloyede Job title: Principal Pharmacist, Lambeth Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 020 3228 6289