Specialist Mental Health Pharmacist

Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

The Pharmacy Department at Sheffield Health Partnership University Trust is expanding and recruiting full-time clinical pharmacy professionals to join a forward-thinking team. You will help ensure safe and effective use of medicines throughout the Trust, with a focus on mental health medicines management.

Join a vibrant department that values staff development, collaboration, and high-quality patient care. The role includes on-call, weekend, and late shifts as required, with opportunities to

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Friendly, approachable, adaptable and willing to learn new skills.
• Commitment to continuous professional development and post-registration qualifications.
• Willingness to travel across the city and participate in on-call and weekend rotas.

Responsibilities

• Support the use of medicines across the Trust to achieve best outcomes.
• Apply clinical skills and expertise in medicines management in mental health.
• Prevent and reduce medicines related harm.
• Provide a high level of clinical pharmacy services to allocated teams.
• Undertake medicines reviews and advise on medicines optimisation.
• Competently use electronic prescribing and medicines administration systems.
• Participate in systems for continuous professional development and post-registration qualifications.
• Participate in departmental systems of clinical supervision and peer support.
• Oversee day-to-day running of the clinical trials service and trial procedures.
• Work flexibly and travel to locations across the city.
• Participate in On-call pharmacist service.
• Take part in weekend, bank holiday and late working rotas.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Education

Post-registration qualifications (or equivalent)

Job description

If you are looking for a new challenge in a supportive, enthusiastic and caring environment in a lovely part of Sheffield; Sheffield Health Partnership University Trust Pharmacy department are looking to recruit well motivated, forward-thinking professionals to join our friendly team., As part of the pharmacy service, to ensure the safe and effective use of medicines throughout the Trust

• 1. To support the use of medicines across the Trust to achieve best outcomes for service users in accordance with best practice.
• 2. To apply clinical skills and expertise in the management of medicines in mental health in accordance with best practice.
• 3. To prevent and reduce medicines related harm.
• 4. To provide a high level of clinical pharmacy services to allocated teams.
• 5. To undertake medications reviews and provide advice on medicines optimisation.
• 6. Competently use electronic based notes and prescribing systems.
• 7. Participate in systems to ensure continuous personal professional development, including any agreed post-registration qualifications. Work towards membership of the College of Mental Health Pharmacy (or equivalent).
• 8. Participate in departmental systems of clinical supervision and peer support.
• 9. Responsible for the day to day running of clinical trials service, including pharmacy trial specific procedures.
• 10. To work flexibly and travel to various locations across the city.
• 11. To participate in On-call pharmacist service in accordance with local procedure.
• 12. Participate in weekend, bank holiday and late working rotas in accordance with local procedure.

You will need to have excellent communication skills and enjoy working as part of a multi-disciplinary team. You will need to be friendly, approachable, adaptable, flexible, willing to learn new skills and be committed to continuous professional development.

Become part of a vibrant team who are extremely passionate about staff engagement, culture, and improvement, where everyone has a voice and where service users and staff collaborate to have a direct impact on the things that matter most.

We want to provide the very best care to the people we support, and we're looking for amazing people who share this passion to join us.

The Pharmacy Department is a forward thinking and progressive department seeking to expand our current team as we develop a patient focused and modern hospital pharmacy service to the Trust while constantly looking at ways to further improve our service.

We understand the importance of great team working and have strong links with other disciplines within and around the trust. The patient is at the Centre of all that we do, and we aim to provide a pharmacy service that has Medicine Optimisation as key.

We are looking to recruit full time (37.5) hours per week. We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly or part time.

SHPU has EPMA (electronic prescribing and medicines administrations) throughout the trust In-patient sites.