Clinical Pharmacist

The post holder will be expected to work across the organisation with the Directorate Clinical Lead Pharmacist to develop and deliver medicines management within our mental health services (inpatient and community). They will be responsible for implementing and monitoring the Trust's clinical pharmacy standards as well as ensuring the clinical service is of high quality and patient focused. They will support with conducting audits. They will identify gaps and problem areas in the service and will use quality improvement methodology to make positive changes., 1. To deliver a comprehensive medicines optimisation service to inpatient services and mental health community teams based within the directorate and when required to provide this service to other wards across ELFT. This is to be in line with the ELFT clinical pharmacy standards.
2. To provide input into policy and procedures affecting the use of pharmaceuticals at both local and trust wide levels under the direction of the Lead Pharmacist/ Clinical Lead Pharmacist
3. To provide dispensary cover where necessary
4. To provide pharmaceutical support to the clozapine clinic(s) in each directorate, screening prescriptions and liaising with the MDT as necessary.
5. To work with the Clinical Lead Pharmacist to undertake audits to evaluate and improve services alongside Trust and local priorities.
6. To work towards quality improvement initiatives in line with the trusts QI vision and with direction from the Lead Pharmacist/ Clinical Lead Pharmacist.
7. To deputise for the Clinical Lead Pharmacist in their absence.
To partake in the pharmacy on-call service (Emergency Duty Cover, bank holiday rotas) and a Saturday service at Mile End Hospital.

Working for our organisation
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. Would you like to work in a progressive and service user focused Pharmacy service? Then this will be the role for you. The successful candidate will provide a clinical pharmacy service to inpatient wards and work with the MDT of nurses, doctors, other AHP and managers to ensure the delivery of a safe and effective service across the Newham directorate. The post holder will be expected to work with the Clinical Lead Pharmacist to implement and monitor the Trust's clinical pharmacy standards as well as ensuring the clinical service is of high quality and patient-focused. They will support with quality improvement projects, provide professional expertise, advice, support and training on policies and practice to health
professionals in the directorate.The postholder should be an enthusiastic and committed pharmacist, must be able to show compassion and respect for people with mental health conditions and be driven to improve their care through medicines optimisation. As an organisation we are passionate about staff development and wellbeing. We support flexible working as part of work life balance as well as other wellbeing initiatives.We are also keen to develop our staff through both internal and external education and training programmes., The post holder will be expected to work across the organisation with the Directorate Clinical Lead Pharmacist to develop and deliver medicines management within our mental health services (inpatient and community). They will be responsible for implementing and monitoring the Trust's clinical pharmacy standards as well as ensuring the clinical service is of high quality and patient focused. They will support with conducting audits. They will identify gaps and problem areas in the service and will use quality improvement methodology to make positive changes.
Making Things Better
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.
Other reasons to apply
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.
As part of the relocation scheme we presently have, the Trust could support you with offering up to £10,000 for removal and associated expenses. This is subject to change and terms and conditions apply.

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.