Senior Clinical Pharmacist Low Secure Services

The Methodist Church in Britain; North West Leicestershire; Sur place; GBP 45 000 - 60 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Clinical and management supervision

Education, training and team meetings

Quality Improvement and audit support

Support to undertake further quals

No dispensary, out-of-hours or on-call

Résumé du poste

The senior clinical pharmacist post sits within the Rehabilitation and High Support care hub, covering the Low Secure units at Birch Hill Hospital and the Tameside site. The role is entirely clinical, with no dispensary, out-of-hours or on-call commitment, and requires current GPhC membership.

You will lead and develop the clinical pharmacy service for long-stay patients and provide medicines advice within a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Masters in Pharmacy or pre-2000 equivalent.
• Diploma or MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or Pharmacist Practice, or equivalent.
• Evidence of CPD and commitment to lifelong learning.
• Current GPhC membership.

Responsabilités

• Provide, manage, organise and develop the clinical pharmacy service to the Low Secure services in the Rehabilitation and High Support hub.
• Provide expert mental health medicines advice, including at ward and board rounds.
• Monitor the safety and effectiveness of medicines and the physical health of long-stay patients.
• Ensure the clinical pharmacy service meets national standards for pharmaceutical care in Low Secure services.
• Implement developments required for the pharmacy service and spread learning trust-wide.
• Ensure pharmacy services work within agreed guidelines for medicines management.
• Deliver medicines management in conjunction with medical and nursing staff.
• Implement Trust policies affecting medicines management and pharmaceutical care.
• Liaise with other pharmacists and staff providing services under SLA; ensure supply of medication to wards.
• Work with Chief Pharmacist on liaison with Service Directors/medical managers.
• Provide cover for other pharmacists providing services to the Trust, as requested.

Connaissances

GPhC registration

Formation

Masters degree in Pharmacy

Postgraduate qualification in Clinical Pharmacy / Pharmacist Practice

Evidence of CPD and commitment to lifelong learning

Description du poste

This senior clinical pharmacist post sits within the Rehabilitation and High Support care hub, covering the Low Secure units at Birch Hill Hospital and the Tameside site. The work centres on managing and developing the clinical pharmacy service for long-stay patients with enduring mental health needs, giving medicines advice within a multidisciplinary team, including at ward and board rounds. The role is entirely clinical, with no dispensary, out-of-hours or on-call commitment. Current GPhC membership is essential.

What the job involves

• Provide, manage, organise and develop the clinical pharmacy service to the Low Secure services in the Rehabilitation and High Support care hub
• Provide expert mental health medicines advice, including at ward and board rounds
• Monitor the safety and effectiveness of medicines and the physical health of long-stay patients
• Ensure the clinical pharmacy service meets national standards for pharmaceutical care in Low Secure services
• Implement developments required for the pharmacy service and spread learning trust-wide
• Ensure pharmacy services work within agreed guidelines for effective medicines management
• Deliver effective medicines management in conjunction with medical and nursing staff
• Implement Trust policies and procedures affecting medicines management and pharmaceutical care
• Liaise closely with other pharmacists and technical staff providing services under SLA, ensuring supply of medication to mental health wards, departments and units
• Work with the Chief Pharmacist on liaison with Service Directors and/or medical managers on medicines management issues
• Provide cover for other pharmacists providing services to and employed by the Trust, as requested

Qualifications

• Masters degree in Pharmacy (or pre-2000 equivalent)
• Relevant postgraduate qualification, such as a Diploma or MSc in Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmacy Practice or Prescribing Sciences, or equivalent experience
• Evidence of CPD and commitment to lifelong learning

Registration & licences

• Current GPhC membership

Experience

• Varied clinical pharmacy experience including mental health
• In-patient mental health pharmacy services
• Initiating, leading and implementing change and new developments
• Developing guidelines or protocols
• Training and supporting other members of staff

Skills & knowledge

• Experience across a number of areas of psychiatric pharmacy practice
• Knowledge and experience of clinical audit

Nice to have

• Management qualification or equivalent experience
• Experience of people management
• Participation in practice-based research
• Knowledge of methods of analysis of prescribing
• Experience of developing policies and strategies
• CMHP credentialed
• Qualified prescriber

What’s offered

• Clinical and management supervision
• Education, training and team meetings
• Opportunities in Quality Improvement and audit
• Support to undertake further qualifications
• No dispensary, out-of-hours or on-call commitment