Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, and committed pharmacist to provide high-quality clinical pharmacy service to the Medway Community Mental Health Together team (CMHT).
If you're looking for an innovative clinical role, that is at the forefront of delivering patient-tailored care within the local community, with exciting opportunities for professional development and a good work-life balance, then look no further. This exciting role has been created as part of the Kent and Medway Community Mental Health Transformation Programme designed to support patients, with severe mental illness (SMI), live fulfilling independent lives in the community.
The post holder will need to have an independent prescribing qualification or be working towards it, a post-graduate qualification in pharmacy, and mental health experience.
On-going training and clinical supervision will be provided by the lead clinical pharmacist for the community service line and Consultant Psychiatrists.
The post holder will be supported by a CMHT-based Pharmacy Technician; further support will be available from the Trust-wide Pharmacy Team, including CMHT-based pharmacists.
Our pharmacists are provided with opportunities for personal growth and development, including support for post-graduate qualifications in mental health pharmacy and NHS leadership courses.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will take on operational responsibility for the safe and effective delivery of medicines management services within their Community Mental Health Together Team.
The post holder will facilitate pharmacy-led clinics and reviews to support, monitor, and review patients requiring advice and guidance in regards to prescribed medications.
The post holder will also be required to network and drive innovation in mental health medicines optimisation across the primary and secondary care interface, supporting people with mental health conditions closer to their communities and homes.
The role involves working in partnership with GPs, primary care pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians, in addition to KMMH pharmacy team and clinicians in secondary care.
About us
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated 'Good' by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.
Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's doing well together.
We are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for areas of service and line management of pharmacy technicians working within the community mental health team.
The post holder will also work collaboratively with other pharmacists in undertaking and developing audits and projects to evaluate and improve services, aligned with pharmacy and the Trust priorities and objectives.
Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification
We are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for areas of service and line management of pharmacy technicians working within the community mental health team.
The post holder will also work collaboratively with other pharmacists in undertaking and developing audits and projects to evaluate and improve services, aligned with pharmacy and the Trust priorities and objectives.
Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification
We are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Master's Degree in Pharmacy
- Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council, with at least 3 year's post graduate experience
- Postgraduate qualification in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent specialist knowledge, acquired through a broad spectrum of clinical pharmacy training and experience
- Non- Medical Prescribing qualification or working towards this qualification
Desirable
- Member of the College of Mental Health Pharmacy
- Practice Supervisor Qualification
- Postgraduate qualification in Psychopharmacology
- Leadership qualification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience working in a pharmacy setting at an advanced level
- Knowledge of Mental Health therapeutics and understanding of implications of Clinical Governance
- Ability to work collaboratively in multidisciplinary settings
Desirable
- Experience of Quality improvement
- Experience of Medicines Information / dealing with complex queries
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- High level of analytical skills and problem solving ability, to ensure that the post holder is able to provide advice on complex issues relating to medicine management and Trust policies.
- Knowledge and experience of Primary and Secondary Care working
- Confident and assertive when dealing with other professionals
- High level of Interpersonal skills, to ensure that the post holder is able to effectively exchange highly complex and sensitive information with patients and relatives, prescribers and senior managers
- IT skills - word-processing, PowerPoint, Excel, statistical package and internet use, so that the post holder can communicate effectively with other Health care professionals and for training purposes.
- Up to date knowledge of prescribing issues in Mental Health
Desirable
- Good project management skills
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Master's Degree in Pharmacy
- Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council, with at least 3 year's post graduate experience
- Postgraduate qualification in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent specialist knowledge, acquired through a broad spectrum of clinical pharmacy training and experience
- Non- Medical Prescribing qualification or working towards this qualification
Desirable
- Member of the College of Mental Health Pharmacy
- Practice Supervisor Qualification
- Postgraduate qualification in Psychopharmacology
- Leadership qualification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience working in a pharmacy setting at an advanced level
- Knowledge of Mental Health therapeutics and understanding of implications of Clinical Governance
- Ability to work collaboratively in multidisciplinary settings
Desirable
- Experience of Quality improvement
- Experience of Medicines Information / dealing with complex queries
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- High level of analytical skills and problem solving ability, to ensure that the post holder is able to provide advice on complex issues relating to medicine management and Trust policies.
- Knowledge and experience of Primary and Secondary Care working
- Confident and assertive when dealing with other professionals
- High level of Interpersonal skills, to ensure that the post holder is able to effectively exchange highly complex and sensitive information with patients and relatives, prescribers and senior managers
- IT skills - word-processing, PowerPoint, Excel, statistical package and internet use, so that the post holder can communicate effectively with other Health care professionals and for training purposes.
- Up to date knowledge of prescribing issues in Mental Health
Desirable
- Good project management 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).
