(0.5WTE PART TIME, FIXED TERM 6-MONTH CONTRACT)

St Patrick’s Mental Health Services (SPMHS) is seeking a Basic Grade Pharmacist to join our friendly team and gain experience in Hospital Pharmacy.

• SPMHS Pharmacy Department has a clinically focussed Pharmacist Team.
• Our Dispensary is mainly Technician-led with Accuracy Checking Technicians.
• The service is Monday-Friday 9-5pm and we close 1-2pm for lunch.
• This post will be 17.5 hours per week: Wednesday 9am–5pm, Thursday 9am–5pm, and Friday 9am-12.30pm.
• SPMHS has electronic prescribing and records which facilitates remote/hybrid working arrangements for pharmacists where applicable. Note: this role is dispensary based and will not include remote/hybrid working.
• Basic Grade/new to Mental Health Pharmacists will get both experiential and formal online learning in various aspects of mental health including older adult, CAMHS, substance misuse, and general adult.
• As part of SPMHS commitment to staff education and training, funding for additional training may be offered to the successful candidate subject to manager approval.

Applicants for this position must:

• Have a degree in Pharmacy.
• Be registered as a pharmacist with the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland.
• Have some proven clinical knowledge in the field and willing to develop the same.
• Have post-registration hospital pharmacist experience (desirable).
• Have experience of working in the field of psychiatry (desirable).

Informal Enquiries only to:
Ciara Ni Dhubhlaing, Chief I Pharmacist
Tel: (01) 2493261
Email: cnidhubhlaing@stpatricks.ie (APPLICATIONS SHOULD NOT BE MADE TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS)
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Applications in the form of covering letter and Curriculum Vitae, clearly stating the post being applied for should be uploaded as one document by Sunday the 24th of August 2025.
Panels may be formed from which future positions may be filled.
St Patrick’s Mental Health Services is an equal opportunities employer.
Please note that while we seldom work with recruitment agencies, on the rare occasions we specify that we will accept CVs from recruitment agencies, it is only from those who engage in ethical practice. We do not expect recruitment agencies to charge candidates for placements, and do not condone this behaviour as it is not accepted practice.

QUALIFICATIONS AND/OR EXPERIENCE

Candidates must:

• Have a degree in Pharmacy
• Be registered as a pharmacist with the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland
• Post registration hospital pharmacist experience (desirable)
• Experience of working in the field of psychiatry (desirable)

Professional Knowledge

• Proven clinical knowledge in the field and willing to develop the same

Competencies and skills

• Reliability
• Flexibility
• Ability to make sound clinical and professional decisions
• Ability to work as a member of a team or independently
• Self-motivated & able to use own initiative
• Excellent time management skills and the ability to prioritise
• Excellent communication skills
• Recognise responsibility and accountability
• Positively influence individuals and the organisation
• Work to develop and maintain relationships (pharmacy and inter-professional)

Responsibilities

• Supervising pharmacy technician staff and ensuring legislation is met when supplying or dispensing medicines
• Providing guidance/advice with regards to the procurement of medicines
• Advising medical and nursing staff on the safe, effective, and economical use of medicines, encouraging, and facilitating the prescription and use of generic medicines when possible
• Maintaining the confidentiality of service users and staff members at all times
• Providing service user and staff education about medicines
• Maintaining approved standards of quality at pharmacy and ward level
• Referring to and complying with legal, transit and security requirements, as well as those of physical and chemical stability in the economical purchase, storage, supply, and disposal of medicines
• Maintaining records of adherence to standards required in the purchasing, quality control, compounding and dispensing of drugs/pharmaceuticals in an area which is secure and accessible by authorised personnel only
• Fostering open lines of communication both within the department and with other departments in the hospital
• Undertaking continuous education to ensure knowledge of and familiarity with new developments/methods related to the medical fiel