Band 8a Locality Lead Pharmacist (Mental Health) - South Glos
Job Description
Job summary
An excellent opportunity for an experienced pharmacist with a passion for improving the lives of those suffering with mental health conditions has arisen at AWP Mental Health Trust. This role requires a dynamic, enthusiastic pharmacist with good communication skills, in order to manage one of AWPs largest localities.
The role involves working with healthcare professionals across the South Gloucestershire and Bristol area including nurses, doctors and allied health professionals within the inpatient and community mental health teams, local acute trusts as well as colleagues in primary care. The role will focus on improving the clinical pharmacy service within the Bristol locality, securing better outcomes and quality of life for our patients. The post holder will also work closely with the other Locality Lead pharmacists, the Lead technicians and the senior pharmacy leadership to develop and deliver the Medicines Optimisation agenda and AWPs trust values.
The role will be based at the Southmead Hospital site, where AWP have inpatient services; however travel to other sites will be expected.
Main duties of the job
- Lead the local clinical pharmacy team to ensure inpatient units and community teams receive regular high quality clinical pharmacy support appropriate to the needs of the service and service users.
- Line management and leadership of Bristol based staff to ensure the teams objectives and the development needs of staff are met
- Partaking in the clinical rota, through provision of clinical pharmacy support to allocated wards and teams.
- Report writing for and involvement at locality meetings, focusing on cost effective prescribing, medicines safety and pharmacy service within the locality.
- Audits and project work to assess current practice and to identify areas for service improvement.
- Participate in the development and implementation of trust wide policies and procedures.
- Contribute to clinical incident reporting and review incidents when necessary in the locality.
- Provide educational input for health care professionals and to participate in the education and training of all grades of staff within the locality on issues concerned with medicines.
About us
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for details about the main responsibilities of the post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters or equivalent degree in pharmacy, approved by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPC)
- Current GPhC registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Postgraduate diploma/certificate/MSc in clinical pharmacy or equivalent
Desirable
- Postgraduate qualification in mental health pharmacy
- Pharmacist Prescriber qualification
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Membership of the College of Mental Health Pharmacists
Skills
Essential
- Multidisciplinary working: Evidence of working in MDTs/ward rounds
- Good communication skills
- Good attention to detail and ability to work accurately when under pressure
- Critical appraisal and audit skills
- Team player with good leadership skills
- Good time management and prioritisation skills
- Assertive and robust in debate
Desirable
- Experience in writing guidelines and reports
- Advanced computer skills
Experience and knowledge
Essential
- Significant UK hospital pharmacy experience
- Clinical pharmacy experience at band 7
- Detailed knowledge of clinical pharmacy
Desirable
- Clinical pharmacy experience in mental health or similar related specialty
- Working with primary care organizations
- Education and training of others
- Good understanding of interface issues
- Specialised knowledge of mental health treatment options
- Experience of HR and management skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Address
Southmead Hospital and Callington Road Hospital
Bristol
BS10 4NB
Employer's website
http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)
