Advanced Pharmacist

仕事内容

As An Integrated Mental Health, Learning Disability And Community Trust, Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust Provides a Range Of Services Including

Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care. Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support. Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, Psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust supports flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, flexi-time and career breaks.
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Job Overview

Due to the promotion of the previous postholder we are seeking to recruit a highly motivated and enthusiastic pharmacist with experience of working within mental health to work with the community mental health teams in East Lancashire. In addition to working with the CMHT multi-disciplinary team, the post will also involve close liaison with other community based mental health services, primary care and in-patient mental health services.
Successful applicants will be expected to work closely with clinical teams as part of a multi-disciplinary approach to addressing the care needs of patients and service users.
There will also be a requirement ensure safe and effective medicines management processes within the service. This will include compliance with regulatory medicines management standards and implementation of medicines safety alerts. As a senior member of the pharmacy team, you will also have the opportunity to contribute to broader Trust initiatives and priorities.
Main duties of the job
You will have current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council, a postgraduate qualification or equivalent experience, and significant post registration experience in a mental health setting.
Due to the location of various units, an ability and willingness to travel around Trust locations is required.
This post presents a great opportunity for an enthusiastic and experienced pharmacist motivated by the desire to improve patient care to take up this key position within the MDT. The role demands an organised, flexible individual with excellent communication and interpersonal skills and an ability to work on their own initiative.
The Clinical Pharmacy service is highly regarded within the organisation and should you wish to join our team you will become one of a large team of Clinical Pharmacists, Clinical Medicines Management Technicians, Medicines Management Nurses and Pharmacy Assistants working across the Trust.
Working for our organisation
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

The post will provide an opportunity for the following:

Development of a non-medical prescribing role Pharmaceutical care planning and clinical review of prescriptions Involvement of service users in decisions about their medicines to optimise treatment, support adherence and improve outcomes Provision of specialist pharmaceutical advice to the multi-disciplinary team Provision of clinical supervision and professional leadership to other members of the team Provision of expert medicines management advice and support and ensuring appropriate governance arrangements are in place for the management of medicines, including the monitoring of prescribing and medicines use. Attendance at strategic network meetings e.g. locality governance meetings Actively working to contribute to and deliver the Trust medicines optimisation strategy
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
u2022Masters degree in Pharmacy u2022Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain u2022Postgraduate diploma or equivalent including MA/MSc or equivalent experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
u2022Previous experience working in mental health u2022Good clinical knowledge

Experience

Essential criteria
u2022Clear preference for specialisation in mental health
Please note that further communication from Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LCFT) will normally be to the email address given on the application form. You should also ensure that email addresses and telephone numbers are provided for your referees, to enable LSC FT to contact them.
Please ensure that you read the Person Specification attached below as your application will be measured against this document. Applications from job share partners are welcome and other forms of flexible working will be considered for all posts.
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You are advised to consider applying for LSCFT vacancies as soon as possible as in some instances vacancies are closed as soon as a sufficient number of applications have been received. If you are not invited to interview within three weeks of the closing date then please assume that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful, as it is not possible to contact all unsuccessful candidates.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Care is committed to celebrating difference as an asset and we know that recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds helps to create a more flexible, creative and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from people regardless of age, disability (especially those with experience of accessing mental health, or Learning Disability Services or caring for someone who has accessed mental health services or Learning Disability Services), ethnicity, gender, religion or belief or sexual orientation. Our goal is for the Trust to be truly representative of the communities we serve so we are particularly keen to receive applications from people in under-represented groups. The organisation is proud to be listed as one of the Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers and our HR department holds the Lancashire LGBT Quality Mark. If there is anything you’d like to discuss in relation to your application then please ask.