Specialist Clinical Pharmacist (Mental Health)

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT NHS); Lincoln; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate clinical pharmacist to join their dedicated Pharmacy team. This role offers a unique opportunity to work in mental health pharmacy, where you will provide vital clinical services to patients and support the development of non-medical prescribing qualifications. You will be part of a supportive environment that invests in your professional growth, ensuring high standards of care. If you are looking to make a meaningful impact in healthcare while enjoying a collaborative and rewarding workplace, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Early access to Psychological Therapies

Competitive annual leave allowance

Car leasing scheme

Free eye tests

Money saving options through salary sacrifice scheme

Discounts on major high street retailers

Qualifications

• Must be a registered pharmacist with relevant qualifications.
• Experience in clinical pharmacy and mental health settings is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist pharmaceutical services and promote safe practices.
• Support the development of better medicines management throughout the Trust.

Skills

Teamwork

Professional assessment of prescriptions

Adaptability

Critical evaluation skills

Decision making

MS Word

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

MS Outlook

Electronic patient records

Education

BSc, BPharm or MSc in pharmacy

Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC

Post-graduate diploma in mental health pharmacy

Post graduate qualification in clinical pharmacy

Tools

Electronic patient records/systems

Web-based resources

Job description

Main area: Pharmacy Team

Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time (37.5 hours per week, Flexible working options available)

Job ref: 274-11282-COR-A

Employer: Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: To Be Confirmed

Town: Lincolnshire

Salary: £37,338 - £52,809 per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 23/03/2025 23:59

Interview date: 02/04/2025

NHS AfC: Band 6

Job overview

Are you a clinical pharmacist with a passion for delivering outstanding care that brings the 6 Cs (care, compassion, commitment, courage, communication and competence) to life? If so, we want to hear from you.

This is a clinical role and a great opportunity for pharmacists from a variety of backgrounds to gain experience in mental health pharmacy, including support with the development of non-medical prescribing qualifications and roles.

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated pharmacist with a clinical and patient facing focus to join our established and friendly Pharmacy team. The post holder will be responsible for delivering a clinical service on our inpatient wards and within our community teams. An excellent leadership and clinical development package will be on offer for our successful candidates as we aim to invest in our staff to deliver high standards of care to our patients.

Depending on experience this post will either be a developmental post (band 6 role which will develop into a B7 as the post holder will be supported through PG certificate and diploma competency framework) or direct into a band 7 role.

Main duties of the job

1. To provide specialist pharmaceutical services to patients, staff and carers in order to promote evidence-based prescribing and use, informed choices, and safe practices in accordance with Trust guidelines, procedures and policies.
2. To contribute to the development of the pharmacy service and its workforce.
3. To be responsible for supporting the development of better medicines management understanding throughout the Trust and promoting good practice in line with national and local guidance.

Working for our organisation

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism, and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high-quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups, and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge, or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable, and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.

When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

We will invest in you, so we will fully fund and support postgraduate studies or courses to help you further develop your career. We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

• Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
• Competitive annual leave allowance
• Car leasing scheme
• Free eye tests
• Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

Get in touch today:

Our friendly team is here to answer any questions you may have about our roles. For more information, please contact Joshua Confue, Clinical Pharmacy Services Manager, via email at [e-mail] or by telephone at 01522 421468.

Person specification

Qualifications

• BSc, BPharm or MSc in pharmacy
• Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC
• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
• Band 7: Post-graduate diploma in mental health pharmacy or equivalent experience
• Post graduate qualification in clinical pharmacy.

Experience

• Recent post-registration experience of working as a pharmacist
• Experience of working under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Band 7: Experience of working as a pharmacist in a hospital and/or mental health setting

Skills

• Demonstrates ability to work within a team, to support individuals and the pharmacy service
• Able to work to a high level of accuracy in professional assessment of prescriptions and interpretation of information
• Able to adapt to change in working practice and able to respond to changing situations
• Band 7: Demonstrates the application of critical evaluation skills to review academic literature in the context of specialist practice
• Band 7: Demonstrates a high level of professional autonomy and effective judgement, prioritisation and decision making
• Show competence in using the following computer programs: MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint, MS Outlook
• Show competence in using web-based resources
• Competence in using electronic patient records/systems

Special requirements

• Must have the ability to travel independently across sites without the use of public transport. Willingness to work across all Trust sites

As an ethical recruiter, we will not pursue applications from red list countries as defined by the World Health Organisation. In order to pursue and apply for this role, you must have UK NHS experience.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.