6 to 7 Progression Pharmacist

You will be joining a progressive and developing team and your core duties will be:
+ To deliver a comprehensive medicines optimisation service to inpatient services, mental health community teams and community health services based within the Newham directorate and when required to provide this service to other wards across ELFT.
· To provide input into policy and procedures affecting the use of pharmaceuticals at both local and trust wide levels under the direction of the Clinical Lead/Lead Pharmacist.
· To liaise with other pharmacy staff to support an effective dispensing and supply service.
· To deputise for the Clinical Lead/Lead Pharmacist in his or her absence.
· To provide a single accessible point of contact for the Home Treatment Team (HTT).
You will be a member of the ELFT pharmacy team and regularly meet and work with pharmacists and technicians from other localities in the Trust. You will also work on the in-patient wards with other multiprofessionals in delivering care

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our expanding pharmacy team to provide comprehensive clinical pharmacy services across mental health specialties. Experience in mental health would be an advantage, but not essential for the right candidate with a keen interest in this area. Ideally you will already hold a post-graduate qualification in clinical / mental health pharmacy, but we can support the right candidate with this if you are newly qualified. We will provide in-house training to upskill in areas identified for development.
We welcome applications from newly qualified, band 6 or equivalent pharmacists. Applicants may be employed directly at a Band 7 level if they demonstrate the necessary skills and experience. There will also be opportunities to support training to become an independent prescriber.

ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving 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., East London Foundation Trust (ELFT), Our dynamic and creative Trust pharmacy team provides pharmacy services to a wide range of community and inpatient service users in Newham, Luton & Bedfordshire, City & Hackney and Tower Hamlets. These include children and young people to adults of working age, older adults, perinatal, learning disabilities, community health services and forensic patients. We provide a broad range of clinical pharmacy services to our inpatient wards and are supported by trained medicines management technicians.
Working for your organisation:
Our dynamic and friendly pharmacy team consist of medicines management technicians and pharmacists dedicated to patient care. The pharmacy department provide opportunities for educational and training development for all pharmacists.
The East London areas served by the Trust are some of the most culturally diverse and deprived areas in England and therefore provide significant challenges for the provision of mental health services. The pharmacy department in Newham provides a service to the Newham Centre for Mental Health and community mental
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., Quality Improvement is a key part of our work to improve our services and refine how we do things. We have a global reputation for our quality improvement work and we don't stand still! So we offer a fantastic opportunity for our staff to learn, lead and contribute towards improving our services.
We launched our Five Year Strategy in April 2018, which identified four main strategic outcomes to improve: population health outcomes, experience of care, staff experience and improve value. This complements the NHS Long Term Strategy and sets out our direction of travel.
Our Community
We provide a wide range of community health and mental health inpatient services to children, young people, adults of working age, and older adults in The City of London, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Bedfordshire and Luton. We also provide psychological therapy services to the London Borough of Richmond, and provide Forensic services to the whole of North East London. We provide services in urban and rural settings, sometimes in our inpatient units, but mostly in the community close to where people live. Integrated care is key in making the best use of resources and providing effective care.
Aiming High
We were rated 'Outstanding' by the CQC in 2016, were proud to be rated 'Outstanding' again in 2018 and continue to be rate 'Outstanding' in 2021.. We were named in the HSJ's Top 10 best places to work in healthcare and were voted Provider Trust of the Year in 2018.
Staff and Service Users United
We strive to ensure that staff feel valued by the Trust and as they are truly pivotal in delivering better outcomes for our patients and service users. Our aspiration is to help to make ELFT the best place to work. This Trust is clinician-led and provides the highest possible level of clinical expertise throughout its services. We pride ourselves on our service user involvement. A service user will be on your assessment centre and interview panel if you are invited to meet us.
We especially welcome people with lived experience of health difficulties, with insight and understanding of different backgrounds, cultures and lifestyles in our population as we believe that this will equip staff to deliver a high standard of care to our service users and patients.
Diversity
ELFT Is committed to being a diverse organisation and our workforce is reflective of the population and communities we serve. We believe that having colleagues with a range of backgrounds and life experiences enriches and adds value to the outcomes we have set out to achieve. Having partnered and endorsed by organisations who are representative and experts in various areas of equality and diversity, we can ensure we are meeting the pre-set standards all the way from recruitment stage throughout the career journey of our employees by being accessible, having fair inclusive practices and a host of staff networks to support, nurture and celebrate our valued staff in the workplace.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern.