Senior Clinical Pharmacist Mental Health Access and Living Well

NHS; Stockport; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Senior Clinical Pharmacist to join the Living Well & Access Teams in Stockport. The role focuses on developing clinical pharmacy services and medication pathways without dispensary duties, allowing for professional growth in mental health.

Benefits

Professional Development Opportunities

Clinical Supervision

Qualifications

• Current member of the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Experience in psychiatric pharmacy practice.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop the clinical pharmacy service for Living Well and Access Teams.
• Lead and evaluate specialist clinical mental health pharmacy services.

Skills

Training Delivery

Psychiatric Pharmacy Practice

Change Management

Policy Development

Education

Postgraduate Qualification in Clinical Pharmacy

Job description

Senior Clinical Pharmacist Mental Health Access and Living Well

We have an excellent opportunity for a senior mental health pharmacist to join our Living Well & Access Teams in Stockport. You will work with the Living Well & Access Team as a prescriber and be responsible for developing the clinical pharmacy service and medication-related pathways within your borough. This role involves no dispensary or out-of-hours commitments, providing an ideal opportunity to develop your clinical skills and broaden your mental health knowledge and experience.

Main duties of the job

1. Provide, manage, organise, and develop the clinical pharmacy service for the Living Well and Access Teams across your borough.
2. Lead, deliver, develop, and evaluate specialist clinical mental health pharmacy services within the Living Well Team.
3. Offer expert pharmaceutical advice and liaise with the Living Well Team, GPs, practice pharmacists, other healthcare professionals, patients, and carers.
4. Lead the non-medical prescribing pathway and act as an independent prescriber, ensuring drug therapy is evidence-based, safe, cost-effective, and suitable for the patient.
5. Provide training to the Living Well Team, GPs, and other HCPs in primary care regarding the use of psychotropic medicines.
6. Ensure pharmacy services operate within guidelines to promote effective medicines management.
7. Provide cover for other pharmacists within Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust as needed.

About us

You will be part of a multidisciplinary Living Well & Access Team in your borough, supported by a dedicated clinical pharmacy team committed to delivering excellent services across community, assessment, specialist, and inpatient settings. You will receive clinical and management supervision and have opportunities for professional development through education, training, team meetings, quality improvement, and audits. Support for further qualifications is available. The role is strictly clinical, with no dispensary, out-of-hours, or on-call duties.

Job responsibilities

The main responsibilities include providing, managing, organising, and developing the clinical pharmacy service for the Living Well and Access Teams in Stockport, as detailed in the job description.

Person Specification

• Current member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Experience in developing policies and strategies

Essential and desirable skills and experience

• Experience of delivering training
• Experience in psychiatric pharmacy practice
• Experience in initiating, leading, and implementing change and new developments
• Experience in developing guidelines or protocols
• People management experience

Person-specific requirements

• Current member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Relevant postgraduate qualification (e.g., Diploma/MSc in Clinical Pharmacy/Pharmacy Practice) or equivalent experience
• Experience in psychiatric pharmacy practice
• Experience in leading and implementing change
• Qualified prescriber
• Experience in developing policies and strategies
• CMHP credentialed

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A disclosure check will be required to ensure suitability for the role.