Senior Clinical Pharmacist - Mental Health (Low Secure) NHS

Pennine Care

Rochdale

On-site

GBP 58,000 - 65,000

Full time

11 days ago

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Job summary

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust in Rochdale is seeking a Senior Clinical Pharmacist to join the Rehabilitation and High Support service. You will work mainly in the Low Secure units at Birch Hill Hospital and at the Tameside site, providing expert mental health medicines advice within the MDT.

The role is entirely clinical with no dispensary, out-of-hours or on-call commitments, and offers a permanent full-time contract.

Qualifications

Current member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
Evidence of CPD and commitment to life-long learning
Relevant post graduate qualification, i.e. Diploma / MSc in Clinical Pharmacy / Pharmacy
Practice, or Prescribing Sciences (or equivalent experience)

Responsibilities

To provide, manage, organise and develop the clinical pharmacy service to the Low secure services within the Rehabilitation and High Support care hub in Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
To ensure that the clinical pharmacy service provided meets with the national standardsfor the delivery of the pharmaceutical services to patients within Low Secure Services
To ensure that all developments required for the pharmacy service are implemented and learning spread trust wide
To ensure that pharmacy services work within agreed guidelines to ensure effectivemedicines management.
To ensure the delivery of effective medicines management in conjunction with medicaland nursing staff.
To ensure the implementation of all Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust policies andprocedures that impact on medicines management and pharmaceutical care.
To work in close liaison with other pharmacists and technical staff providing a pharmacy service to Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust under Service Level Agreement (SLA),to ensure the delivery and supply of medication to the mental health wards, departments and units.
To work with the Chief Pharmacist to ensure that there is liaison with the Service Directors and/ or medical manager about medicines management issues, as necessary.
To provide cover for other pharmacists providing a service to and employed by Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, as requested.