East London NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Clinical Pharmacist

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Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and committed pharmacist to join our mental health pharmacy team. The right candidate will be someone keen to learn in the exciting environment of a hospital pharmacy and wanting to forge their career in the specialty of mental health. You will need to be passionate about supporting patients and their families through their recovery process and about managing medicines with your multidisciplinary team.

The East London areas served by the Trust are the most culturally diverse and deprived areas in England and therefore provide significant challenges for the provision of mental health services. The pharmacy department in Tower Hamlets provides a service to the Mile End Hospital for Mental Health and community mental health teams.

Main duties of the job

You will be joining a progressive and developing team and your core duties will be:

To deliver a comprehensive medicines management service to East London Foundation NHS Trust (ELFT) patients and the multidisciplinary treatment team responsible for their care.
To provide input into policy and procedures affecting the use of pharmaceuticals at both local and trust wide levels under the direction of the Clinical Lead/Lead Pharmacist.
To liaise with other pharmacy staff to support an effective dispensing and supply service.
To deputise for the Clinical Lead/Lead Pharmacist in his or her absence.
To provide a single accessible point of contact for the Home Treatment Team (HTT). They will be involved in conducting home visits and phone calls to manage patients with crisis in the community during their HTT rotation

About us

Our dynamic and friendly pharmacy team consist of medicines management technicians and pharmacists dedicated to patient care.

The pharmacy department provide opportunities for educational and training development for all pharmacists.

Date posted

01 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£51,488 to £57,802 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

363-CP5754330

Job locations

Pharmacy, Mile End Hospital

Bancroft Road

Mile End

E1 4DG

Job description

Job responsibilities

As well as playing a key role in the pharmacy team in Mile End you will be a member of the ELFT pharmacy team and regularly meet and work with pharmacists and technicians from other localities in the Trust.

Please see job description and person specification documents attached

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see job description and person specification documents attached

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification / Training

Essential

Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy
Pre-registration training
Post registration training relevant to hospital pharmacy
Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council and/or Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Post graduate certificate in Clinical Pharmacy

Experience

Essential

Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate medicine related information to mental health patients, carers and clinical staff
Previous evaluated experience of mentorship and training skills
To have undertaken clinical audit
Training and education

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Clinical and critical appraisal skills
The ability to identify and prioritise clinical workload
Communicates with medical, nursing and pharmacy staff in clear precise and appropriate manner.
To have an awareness of national and local priorities
The ability to identify and manage risks
Ability to evaluate own work
Enhances the quality of patient care
Demonstrates awareness of the clinical governance agenda
Teaching and presentation skills
Demonstrates ability to meets set targets
Demonstrate ability to organise self to ensure efficient use of time.
Meets expected levels of practice as defined by others
The ability and willingness to ? Able to influence junior medical staff ? Understanding of local trust priorities ? Evidence of writing procedures, guidelines or protocols. A/I/T Page 12 of 12 deputise for senior staff while recognising limitations of experience and ability
Takes responsibilities for own actions

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification / Training

Essential

Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy
Pre-registration training
Post registration training relevant to hospital pharmacy
Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council and/or Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Post graduate certificate in Clinical Pharmacy

Experience

Essential

Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate medicine related information to mental health patients, carers and clinical staff
Previous evaluated experience of mentorship and training skills
To have undertaken clinical audit
Training and education

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Clinical and critical appraisal skills
The ability to identify and prioritise clinical workload
Communicates with medical, nursing and pharmacy staff in clear precise and appropriate manner.
To have an awareness of national and local priorities
The ability to identify and manage risks
Ability to evaluate own work
Enhances the quality of patient care
Demonstrates awareness of the clinical governance agenda
Teaching and presentation skills
Demonstrates ability to meets set targets
Demonstrate ability to organise self to ensure efficient use of time.
Meets expected levels of practice as defined by others
The ability and willingness to ? Able to influence junior medical staff ? Understanding of local trust priorities ? Evidence of writing procedures, guidelines or protocols. A/I/T Page 12 of 12 deputise for senior staff while recognising limitations of experience and ability
Takes responsibilities for own actions

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

Employer details

Employer name

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Pharmacy, Mile End Hospital

Bancroft Road

Mile End

E1 4DG

Employer's website

https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Pharmacy, Mile End Hospital

Bancroft Road

Mile End

E1 4DG

Employer's website

https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)