Job summary
Mersey Care has a fantastic and highly rewarding opportunity for B6 Rotational Pharmacists to join our friendly and dynamic team working across clinical services.
Its an exciting time to join our Team. Our services have been restructured to support an enhanced service model under a senior leadership team which is fully committed to delivering outstanding services and investing in the development of its workforce.
Our roles provide an unparalleled opportunity to develop skills and experience across a wide range of clinical services including mental health, secure, and physical health inpatient wards. We provide a well-structured support system, including robust individual and group supervision, and access to personal and professional development opportunities.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated pharmacist with excellent communication, organisational, and team-working skills to deliver clinical pharmacy services alongside multidisciplinary teams. You will be reliable, willing to learn, able to work on your own initiative and flexible to support the wider team.
Previous hospital pharmacy or mental health experience is not essential. Induction and training will be provided. We welcome applications from newly registered pharmacists keen to work in secondary care or more experienced pharmacists looking for a new challenge or pharmacists seeking to gain experience or grow their expertise in mental and physical health.
Interviews planned for W/C 14 July 2025
Main duties of the job
This role offers a unique opportunity to undertake rotations across intermediate care physical health wards, inpatient mental health, secure and learning disabilities services.
Successful candidates will be responsible for delivering a comprehensive clinical pharmacy service to designated wards, providing specialist information and advice to all members of the multi-disciplinary team, to maximise patient pharmaceutical care.
IMPORTANT:The main departmental base is at Maghull Health Park but this post is rotational and regular work-related travel across various Mersey Care sites is required.
The role is mainly clinically focused and includes a requirement to spend at least one session per week in the dispensary to develop and maintain core competencies.
Successful applicants will be expected to support the out of hours advice only medicines advice service at a maximum rota frequency of 1 in 12, including weekend working in the dispensary between 9:30am-13:30pm.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To be actively involved in providing a seven-day medicines management service to Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.
To work on a rotational basis within a variety of settings, supported by the wider medicines management team.
To be responsible for delivering a comprehensive clinical pharmacy service to designated wards, providing specialist information and advice to all members of the multi-disciplinary team, to maximise patient pharmaceutical care.
To participate in the dispensary and on call rota to ensure that medicines are supplied in an accurate and timely manner.
To work flexibly in line with the hours of operation.
Refer to the job description and person specification for full details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To be actively involved in providing a seven-day medicines management service to Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.
To work on a rotational basis within a variety of settings, supported by the wider medicines management team.
To be responsible for delivering a comprehensive clinical pharmacy service to designated wards, providing specialist information and advice to all members of the multi-disciplinary team, to maximise patient pharmaceutical care.
To participate in the dispensary and on call rota to ensure that medicines are supplied in an accurate and timely manner.
To work flexibly in line with the hours of operation.
Refer to the job description and person specification for full details.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master of Pharmacy degree, or equivalent qualification
- Completion of pre-registration training
- Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable evidence of commitment to self development and CPD
- Experience of working within pharmaceutical services
- Experience of undertaking audit within pharmaceutical services
- Understanding of how medicines optimisation contributes to high quality patient care
- Understanding and positive regard for the needs and rights of people with mental health problems or learning disabilities, and their carers
- Experience of multidisciplinary team working
- Clear understanding of relevant legislation and guidance
Desirable
- Experience of working in a hospital pharmacy
- Experience of providing education or information regarding medicines
- Experience of working in providing a pharmacy service within a mental health or learning disabilities setting
- Knowledge of recent initiatives within pharmacy
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
Skills
Essential
- Excellent organisational skills
- Good IT skills
- Excellent communication skills: - written - verbal - listening
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Good time management
- Decision making skills
- Ability to travel between different sites
- Ability to work as a team player and to work independently
- Ability to work flexibly
- Pro-active and displays initiative
- Ability to adapt to changing environments, needs and demands
- Report writing skills
- Professional manner
Desirable
- Critical appraisal skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master of Pharmacy degree, or equivalent qualification
- Completion of pre-registration training
- Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable evidence of commitment to self development and CPD
- Experience of working within pharmaceutical services
- Experience of undertaking audit within pharmaceutical services
- Understanding of how medicines optimisation contributes to high quality patient care
- Understanding and positive regard for the needs and rights of people with mental health problems or learning disabilities, and their carers
- Experience of multidisciplinary team working
- Clear understanding of relevant legislation and guidance
Desirable
- Experience of working in a hospital pharmacy
- Experience of providing education or information regarding medicines
- Experience of working in providing a pharmacy service within a mental health or learning disabilities setting
- Knowledge of recent initiatives within pharmacy
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
Skills
Essential
- Excellent organisational skills
- Good IT skills
- Excellent communication skills: - written - verbal - listening
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Good time management
- Decision making skills
- Ability to travel between different sites
- Ability to work as a team player and to work independently
- Ability to work flexibly
- Pro-active and displays initiative
- Ability to adapt to changing environments, needs and demands
- Report writing skills
- Professional manner
Desirable
- Critical appraisal skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
