Specialist Mental Health Pharmacist

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

Job summary

Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Pharmacy Department is recruiting a highly motivated pharmacist to join a forward-thinking team delivering clinical pharmacy services across the Trust. You will support medicines use, conduct medicines reviews and provide medicines optimisation advice.

The role includes on-call duties, weekend and late rotas, and travel to locations across the city, with opportunities for professional development and post-registration qualifications.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Willingness to learn and engage in continuous professional development.
• Flexibility to travel to locations across the city and participate in on-call duties.

Responsibilities

• Support the use of medicines across the Trust to achieve best outcomes.
• Apply clinical skills in medicines management for mental health.
• Prevent and reduce medicines-related harm.
• Provide high-level clinical pharmacy services to allocated teams.
• Undertake medicines reviews and advise on medicines optimisation.
• Use electronic prescribing and medicines administration systems effectively.
• Engage in CPD and pursue post-registration qualifications as needed.
• Participate in departmental supervision and peer support.
• Manage day-to-day running of the clinical trials service.
• Work flexibly and travel to sites across the city.
• Contribute to on-call pharmacist service and weekend/late rotas.

Skills

Communication skills

Team player

Tools

EPMA systems

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.

Our friendly department provides an environment that supports learning, team working and encourages individuals to develop in their role.

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.