Lead Pharmacist Clinical Pharmacy Services Maudsley Hospital

You will lead a small team of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians within the Clinical pharmacy services at the Maudsley Hospital, as well as providing direct patient care at the dispensary and ward level as part of the MDT. You will work as an independent prescriber, prescribe medicines to service users within competence and agreed management plans, and liaise with dispensary managers to seek innovative ways to improve the clinical services at the Maudsley, + To lead the clinical pharmacy service at the Maudsley Hospital
+ To ensure standards of clinical practice are maintained within the Clinical Pharmacy services at the Maudsley Hospital
+ To implement the trust medicines optimisation programme within the Clinical Pharmacy Services at the Maudsley Hospital
+ To coordinate and provide training and support for patients, carers, healthcare professionals and other staff, and identify unmet needs
+ To ensure that the needs of the patients are the focus of the service
+ To lead on research and audit projects as requested
+ To provide clinical and operational supervision to rotational clinical pharmacists, § To maintain clinical pharmacy services in line with local and national priorities
§ To implement and audit policy and guidelines as directed by the clinical lead
§ To provide and co-ordinate a quality pharmacy service to multidisciplinary ward rounds at the Maudsley
§ To liaise with dispensary managers to seek innovative ways to improve the clinical services at the Maudsley
§ To demonstrate a high standard of clinical knowledge and a patient focussed approach
§ To develop quality improvement initiatives
§ To participate in clinical supervision
§ To advise on updates/changes to the Trust medicines management policy, medicines management bulletins and departmental SOP's as requested by the Principal Pharmacist
§ To undertake and publish research on psychiatric medication where appropriate
§ To provide education and training to pharmacy staff, medical staff, patients, nursing, occupational therapists and other allied healthcare professionals
§ To ensure patient safety and patient experience remain the focus of the pharmacy department and ensure all patients are offered an appointment to speak to a pharmacist on a 1:1 basis during their admission to hospital
§ To carry out any other duties as specified by the Chief Pharmacist
§ To demonstrate innovation and extend the boundaries of the profession
§ To work as an independent pharmacist prescriber within Trust policy and scope of practice
§ To participate in emergency duty, Saturday, late clinic and bank holiday rotas as required
Communications and Working Relationships:
§ To provide specialist information on medicines to patients, carers, doctors and other healthcare professionals and to advise and support more junior pharmacists in their clinical advice and decision making
§ To ensure information provided by the pharmacy department is done so in a timely manner in line with the Trust's 5 commitments
§ To interact with all team members in a manner that is open and inclusive
§ To encourage others to share their ideas and suggestions
§ To share relevant information with co-workers, including job knowledge
§ To keep appropriate people informed of relevant issues and events
§ To demonstrate excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills
§ To demonstrate highly effective listening
§ To use opportunities to teach others
§ To respond to needs/requests and inform others when the request will be met
§ To introduce self to others, present purpose of interaction or ask "how may I help?"
§ To use tone and body language that reflects interest and willingness to help
§ To make clinical decisions affecting the pharmacy department and know when and where to refer if necessary
§ To lead by example
The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:
+ Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
+ Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
+ We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity
Please note:
+ That all applications for this post will need to be made online
+ That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
+ That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
+ That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
+ That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
+ That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
+ That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
+ That we are a smoke-free Trust
SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe'

We are looking for a pharmacist whose career has demonstrated broad-based clinical knowledge and excellent communication skills, and who having already gained a grounding in psychiatric pharmacy is now wanting to develop their career further. You will be a registered pharmacist with a Masters degree in pharmacy or equivalent as well as hold a post graduate qualification.

NHS AfC: Band 8a
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good'.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone's potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I'm going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you'll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working., Working for our organisation
South London and the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust provides the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK. We are a world leading Trust in research, working closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King's College London.
The pharmacy department provides dispensing services from the Maudsley, Lambeth, Bethlem Royal hospitals and Ladywell unit and a clinical pharmacy service to 1,000 inpatients and 3,000 community patients. The Medicines Information Centre at the Maudsley is the national centre for information on psychotropics. The department produces the Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines, now on its 14th Edition, for expert guidance on prescribing practice in mental health, including drug choice, treatment of adverse effects and how to augment or switch medication. The department is the world's leading pharmacy centre for research in psychiatry, having published over 300 clinical papers in the past 25 years.