Specialist Mental Health Pharmacist | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 17 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,392 - £50,056 pro rata per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 16 June 2024 |
| Location: | Blackpool, FY4 4FE |
| Company: | Lancashire Care Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6320937/351-CS2585-LW |
Summary
Are you interested in and enthusiastic about mental health pharmacy or wanting to specialise in this field?
Perhaps you are a recently qualified/soon to qualify Trainee Pharmacist eager to learn more?
Or maybe you are a Community Pharmacist looking for an opportunity to change career pathways and develop your clinical skills?
If any of these apply then this role may be perfect for you!
As a Trust we are committed to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of our staff as well as service users in the localities we serve. We would love for you to join our supportive and nurturing Pharmacy team.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our expanding and highly supportive patient team for the role of a Specialist Mental Health Pharmacist.
The post isbased at The HarbourHospital in Blackpool, covering a range of Mental Healthwards including Psychiatric Intensive Care Units, Acute Admissions, Dementia, Elderly, Advanced Care Wards and a 136 suite.
The role offers the ideal job opportunity for a pharmacist who may wish to enhance their knowledge within the mental health field. This role may also be suitable for a soon-to qualify or newly-qualified pharmacist to develop within this area of specialty.
Hospital and/or mental health experience is desirable but not essential as we have an in-house award-winning training programme to support the successful candidate. We are also able to offer the successful candidate the opportunity to complete the Aston University distance learningPostgraduate Certificate in Psychiatric Therapeutics, which is accredited by theCollege of Mental Health Pharmacy(CMHP). We can also offer other courses and training events to support future clinical, professional and personal development.
The post will provide an opportunity for the following:
· Pharmaceutical care planning and clinical review of prescriptions
· Involvement in multi-disciplinary ward rounds
· Provision of medicines information to service users and staff
· Opportunity to experience pharmacy practice across in-patient services and community teams
· Supporting development of robust medicines management processes
· Actively working to deliver the Trust medicines optimisation strategy
· Ensuring compliance to GPhC standards for dispensing.
· Clinical audit
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.
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
This advert closes on Friday 31 May 2024