Job summary
Advanced Clinical Mental Health Pharmacist - CMHT
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and self-motivated pharmacist with experience in mental health to further develop their skills and knowledge in the specialist area of community mental health pharmacy. As a psychiatric clinical pharmacist the post holder will deliver a high standard of clinical pharmaceutical care and be a key member of the multidisciplinary team providing expertise in medicines related issues. The post holder will support the medicines optimisation agenda within own area of specialty.
There are opportunities to practice as an Independent Non-Medical Prescriber so we will support you in your professional development, including gaining the Independent Prescriber qualification.
The role is part-time (2.5 days per week - 18.75 hours per week). We are based at Prospect Park Hospital, in leafy Reading, 30 mins by train from London Paddington and Waterloo stations. We offer free onsite parking, top staff accommodation less than a 5-minute walk from your base.
Main duties of the job
- To provide high quality, specialist clinical pharmacy service to the community mental health team to ensure the safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of drugs
- To participate in MDT meetings to provide expert medicines advice and support the wider medicines optimisation agenda
- To work closely with inpatient and other community based specialist clinical pharmacists to ensure seamless pharmaceutical care is provided throughout each patient's journey
- To provide education and training to healthcare professionals, service users and carers
- To provide clinical pharmacy advice on the management of patients with mental illness in order to maximise benefit and minimise risk in relation to medicines
- To be responsible for updating and reviewing relevant SOPs, guidelines and PGDs within own area of practice
About us
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust isa specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you'll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits of working for us include:
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
- 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and armed forces community to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
- Free parking across Trust sites
Job description
Job responsibilities
The must haves for this role:
The3/4 must haves for you to be considered for this role:
- Experience in mental health hospital pharmacy or community mental health team/service
- Self motivated, confident and ability to prioritise
- Have a flexible approach to work in order to meet the developing needs of the pharmacy service
- Strong team player and must be able to navigate conflicting work priorities
If youre someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, join us and lets be outstanding together.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please dont hesitate to call Dr Elizabeth Francis, Deputy Chief Pharmacist, on 07876 217104 or email Elizabeth.francis@berkshire.nhs.uk , wholl be delighted to help.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The must haves for this role:
The3/4 must haves for you to be considered for this role:
- Experience in mental health hospital pharmacy or community mental health team/service
- Self motivated, confident and ability to prioritise
- Have a flexible approach to work in order to meet the developing needs of the pharmacy service
- Strong team player and must be able to navigate conflicting work priorities
If youre someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, join us and lets be outstanding together.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please dont hesitate to call Dr Elizabeth Francis, Deputy Chief Pharmacist, on 07876 217104 or email Elizabeth.francis@berkshire.nhs.uk , wholl be delighted to help.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Good Pharmacy Honours degree (BPharm or MPharm)
- Clinical or psychiatric postgraduate certificate
- Clinical or psychiatric postgraduate diploma
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Desirable
- MSc in clinical or psychiatric pharmacy or relevant research subject
- Non-medical prescriber (Pharmacist Independent Prescriber) or willing to undertake and complete the NMP training
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Membership of the College of Mental Health Pharmacy
Continuous Professional Development
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development and compliance with the GPhC CPD on-line recording system
- Willingness and ability to undertake all Trust statutory and mandatory training
Previous Experience
Essential
- Substantial post registration experience as a practising pharmacist
- Substantial experience of mental health hospital pharmacy
- Experience of multidisciplinary mental health team working and making clinically appropriate interventions
- Experience of line management
- Experience and competence to provide patient information & education to patients and carers
- Experience of service planning and development
- Experience of teaching and training healthcare professionals at a range of levels (undergraduate and postgraduate)
- Ability to demonstrate an understanding of the key stakeholders the post is likely to be supporting and how they will be expected to support them.
- Experience of managing unpredictable work patterns and to effectively manage situations where concentration may be frequently interrupted, for advice
Desirable
- Experience in audit and project facilitation
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Demonstrates expert clinical knowledge and skills
- Up to date knowledge of NHS and DOH policies and publications relating to medicines, especially national patient & medicines safety agendas
- Ability to influence, negotiate with and practice at senior and directorate level rmacists and pre-registration pharmacists
- High level of report writing and presentation skills
- Critical appraisal skills
- Ability to identify and manage risk
- Keyboard skills and computer literate, with the ability to use software packages.
- Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills in order to communicate confidently and credibly in all situations
- Demonstrates ability to organise and prioritise own workload
- Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the Clinical Governance Agenda
- Keen to undertake self-development
- Diplomatic and assertive
- Time management skills
- Ability to work under pressure, prioritise and to meet deadlines
- Ability to work alone and as part of a team
- Good mentoring, coaching and relationship building skills
- Self-motivated and confident
- Professional manner and physical appearance
- Demonstrates an empathetic, compassionate nature
- Leadership skills
- Adaptable in working practices, including flexibility to teach topics outside own area of expertise
- Role model for junior pharmacists and pre-registration pharmacists
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel across all sites within the Trust
- Ability to work in restricted/hot desk areas as and when required
- Flexible approach to work patterns in line with needs of the service
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Good Pharmacy Honours degree (BPharm or MPharm)
- Clinical or psychiatric postgraduate certificate
- Clinical or psychiatric postgraduate diploma
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Desirable
- MSc in clinical or psychiatric pharmacy or relevant research subject
- Non-medical prescriber (Pharmacist Independent Prescriber) or willing to undertake and complete the NMP training
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Membership of the College of Mental Health Pharmacy
Continuous Professional Development
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development and compliance with the GPhC CPD on-line recording system
- Willingness and ability to undertake all Trust statutory and mandatory training
Previous Experience
Essential
- Substantial post registration experience as a practising pharmacist
- Substantial experience of mental health hospital pharmacy
- Experience of multidisciplinary mental health team working and making clinically appropriate interventions
- Experience of line management
- Experience and competence to provide patient information & education to patients and carers
- Experience of service planning and development
- Experience of teaching and training healthcare professionals at a range of levels (undergraduate and postgraduate)
- Ability to demonstrate an understanding of the key stakeholders the post is likely to be supporting and how they will be expected to support them.
- Experience of managing unpredictable work patterns and to effectively manage situations where concentration may be frequently interrupted, for advice
Desirable
- Experience in audit and project facilitation
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Demonstrates expert clinical knowledge and skills
- Up to date knowledge of NHS and DOH policies and publications relating to medicines, especially national patient & medicines safety agendas
- Ability to influence, negotiate with and practice at senior and directorate level rmacists and pre-registration pharmacists
- High level of report writing and presentation skills
- Critical appraisal skills
- Ability to identify and manage risk
- Keyboard skills and computer literate, with the ability to use software packages.
- Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills in order to communicate confidently and credibly in all situations
- Demonstrates ability to organise and prioritise own workload
- Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the Clinical Governance Agenda
- Keen to undertake self-development
- Diplomatic and assertive
- Time management skills
- Ability to work under pressure, prioritise and to meet deadlines
- Ability to work alone and as part of a team
- Good mentoring, coaching and relationship building skills
- Self-motivated and confident
- Professional manner and physical appearance
- Demonstrates an empathetic, compassionate nature
- Leadership skills
- Adaptable in working practices, including flexibility to teach topics outside own area of expertise
- Role model for junior pharmacists and pre-registration pharmacists
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel across all sites within the Trust
- Ability to work in restricted/hot desk areas as and when required
- Flexible approach to work patterns in line with needs of the service
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).
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).
