Job summary
Are you anenthusiastic, motivated and committed pharmacist? If so we would like you to join our mental health pharmacy team!
You will need to have the skills to be able to work within the wider multi-disciplinary team of nurses and doctors and other allied healthcare professionals and managers. You will want to develop and improve the reliability and quality of our clinical pharmacy service. You will need to have specific experience working with pharmacy teams and patients within the mental health setting. You will want to reach targets set by the Trust and by the pharmacy service. You must be self- motivated and able to motivate others.
Our dynamic and creative ELFT pharmacy team provides pharmacy services to a wide range of community and inpatient service users in Luton and Bedforshire, City and Hackney, Newham and Tower Hamlets. This includes children and young people to adults of working age, older adults, and forensic patients.
You will lead on the provision of pharmacy services in Hackney Crisis Team. You will also provide support to the medicines management technicians and pharmacists, provide operational support where required, provide a clinical pharmacy service to inpatient wards and work with the multidisciplinary team to ensure the delivery of a safe and effective service to mental health patients in our directorate.
The post is 37.5 hours worked over 5 days, Monday-Friday. There may be an opportunity to build hours on BANK outside the contracted hours.
Main duties of the job
Work towards health promotion and prevention and comprehensively assess and manage patients for risk factors and vulnerabilities.
Lead on Medicines Optimisation initiatives within the Crisis Pathway
Provide a direct link between ELFT and Homerton pharmacy teams.
Provide Education and Training to MDT and pharmacy team members
Draw on a diverse range of knowledge in their decision-making to determine evidence-based therapeutic interventions, which will include psychological therapies and prescribing medication where legally allowed and actively monitoring the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions
Plan and manage complete episodes of care, working in partnership with others, delegating and referring as appropriate to optimize health outcomes and resource use, and provide direct support to staff, patients and clients
Work in partnership with patients and carers promoting a recovery focused model of care
Provide input into policy and procedures affecting the use of pharmaceuticals at both local and trust wide levels under the direction of the Lead/Advanced Pharmacist.
Ensure Parity of Esteem between physical and mental health and promote this agenda amongst the wider MDT
Promote the trust Medicines Safety Agenda in collaboration with the Lead Pharmacist and Medicines Safety Officer
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The job description has been reviewed to provide a greater narrative around the different services involved.
For further information concerning this advert, please feel free to contact s.fontelo@nhs.net
Please note the role is 37.5 hours and intended to be worked over 5 days, Monday to Friday, as specified in the job description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The job description has been reviewed to provide a greater narrative around the different services involved.
For further information concerning this advert, please feel free to contact s.fontelo@nhs.net
Please note the role is 37.5 hours and intended to be worked over 5 days, Monday to Friday, as specified in the job description.
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy
- Member of the General Pharmaceutical council and/or Royal Pharmaceutical society
- Psychiatric qualification or significant experience in psychiatry
Desirable
- Supplementary or Independent Prescriber (or willing to work towards this)
Knowledge
Essential
- Up to date knowledge of current white papers/ national/ government reports affecting psychiatry
- Drugs used in psychiatry.
- Aware of effect of political changes on healthcare
- Sound knowledge of drug management of Mental Health disorders including national guidance
- Clinical and critical appraisal skills
- Able to influence all grades of medical staff
- Evidence in writing procedures, clinical guidelines and policy/protocols.
- The ability to identify and prioritise clinical work load
- 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
- Able to work as part of team or alone
- Shows empathy towards patients' needs
Experiance
Essential
- Proven experience of good performance in previous posts, where relevant
- Demonstrate ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate medicine related information to Mental Health patients, carers and clinical staff
- Previous evaluated experience of mentorship
- Setting objectives and appraisal techniques
- Clinical Audit.
Desirable
- Monitoring and advising on drug expenditure
- Working in a community setting.
Other
Essential
- Works calmly under pressure.
- Understands and shows commitment to continuing personal development.
- Be able to achieve objectives.
- Able to use initiative and show appropriate level of self reliance.
- Friendly personality; helpful to other staff and patients.
- Adaptable
- Demonstrates ability to meets set targets
- Demonstrate ability to organise self in order to ensure efficient use of time.
- Self motivated
- The ability and willingness to deputise for senior staff while recognising limitations of experience and ability
- Takes responsibilities for own actions
Desirable
- Own car and full driver's license.
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy
- Member of the General Pharmaceutical council and/or Royal Pharmaceutical society
- Psychiatric qualification or significant experience in psychiatry
Desirable
- Supplementary or Independent Prescriber (or willing to work towards this)
Knowledge
Essential
- Up to date knowledge of current white papers/ national/ government reports affecting psychiatry
- Drugs used in psychiatry.
- Aware of effect of political changes on healthcare
- Sound knowledge of drug management of Mental Health disorders including national guidance
- Clinical and critical appraisal skills
- Able to influence all grades of medical staff
- Evidence in writing procedures, clinical guidelines and policy/protocols.
- The ability to identify and prioritise clinical work load
- 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
- Able to work as part of team or alone
- Shows empathy towards patients' needs
Experiance
Essential
- Proven experience of good performance in previous posts, where relevant
- Demonstrate ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate medicine related information to Mental Health patients, carers and clinical staff
- Previous evaluated experience of mentorship
- Setting objectives and appraisal techniques
- Clinical Audit.
Desirable
- Monitoring and advising on drug expenditure
- Working in a community setting.
Other
Essential
- Works calmly under pressure.
- Understands and shows commitment to continuing personal development.
- Be able to achieve objectives.
- Able to use initiative and show appropriate level of self reliance.
- Friendly personality; helpful to other staff and patients.
- Adaptable
- Demonstrates ability to meets set targets
- Demonstrate ability to organise self in order to ensure efficient use of time.
- Self motivated
- The ability and willingness to deputise for senior staff while recognising limitations of experience and ability
- Takes responsibilities for own actions
Desirable
- Own car and full driver's license.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
City and Hackney Centre for Mental Health
Pharmacy Department/ Homerton row
London
E9 6SR
Employer's website
https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
