Senior Mental Health Pharmacist

As the successful candidate you will be responsible for the delivery of a high quality, pro-active and patient focused clinical pharmacy service to the community mental health team. Key components of the role include: Clinical review of prescriptions and patient-orientated medication reviews Provision of specialist pharmaceutical advice to multi-disciplinary teams Involvement of patients in decisions about their medicines to support adherence and improve outcomes Potential to utilise non-medical prescribing skills within the role outline Opportunity to influence the development of services to improve patient care through service redesign Participation in clinical audit and service evaluation Supervision of junior pharmacy staff Contribution to the training and development of junior pharmacy team members and other members of the multi-disciplinary team Participation in the clinical supervision programme Input to the development of policies and procedures and treatment guidelines Contribute to initiatives to improve medicines safety You will have current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.

Are you a highly motivated and enthusiastic clinical pharmacist with a keen interest and previous experience in mental health?, It is also desirable, however not essential that you have a postgraduate pharmacy qualification or equivalent experience, and post registration experience in mental health. The post does not require weekend working or an on-call commitment., We want to recruit people to the service who share our values and are confident in their ability to contribute to the demonstrated effectiveness and acceptability of our service.

An great opportunity has arisen due to maternity leave. We have an exciting vacancy for a senior clinical pharmacist post in The Community Mental Health Team located at The Mount in Accrington. This is a well established MH team within the Pennine Locality. The team is based on 'safety by design' to ensure that it can provide high quality care. The ethos of the team is to provide therapeutic care which is empowering, person-centred and needs led, and focuses on promoting recovery and independence. We are looking to recruit an experienced mental health pharmacist to join our friendly, innovative and supportive clinical pharmacy team on a fixed term 12 month contract., 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.

Band 8a Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve. As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and 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 and South Cumbria NHS 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, and flexi-time. For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT., 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.