Clinical Pharmacist Mental Health

at  Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

NHFT are dedicated to making a positive difference and providing care with compassion. We put the person at the centre of everything we do, so if you want to work for a Trust that makes a difference & rated Outstanding by the CQC this is the place for you.
Are you a dynamic, motivated, forward-thinking clinical pharmacist, who wishes to specialise in mental health whilst continuing to maintain and develop your skills in general medicine and palliative care? We are seeking to appoint to a fixed term maternity leave post.
You will be part of a friendly, innovative and supportive pharmacy team. delivering a high-quality patient focused clinical pharmacy service to:
Adult and Older People’s Mental Health wards
Child Adolescent Mental Health wards
Community Hospital wards/Palliative care
You will provide pharmacy support and advice at ward level, supported by Medicines Management Technicians, attend consultant ward rounds, develop policies and guidelines, complete both national and local audits and be involved in the teaching of staff. There is currently no dispensary commitment and no on-call commitment or weekend working. Mental health experience is desirable but not essential as we have in-house training programme.

AS CLINICAL PHARMACIST MENTAL HEALTH THE POST HOLDER WILL :

Deliver pharmaceutical support to the Mental Health inpatient areas and support medicines management throughout the organisation.
Deliver a specialist clinical pharmaceutical service to patients with mental health problems and support the safe and effective use of both psychotropic and general medications throughout the hospital;
Support the clinical pharmacy service to Community Hospital inpatient areas, and provide ad hoc support to hospices
Ensure risks within medicines management are identified and managed
Ensure compliance with all relevant medicines–related legislation and policy
Provide input to consultant ward rounds/team meetings
Train, teach and supervise other members of the pharmacy team
Provide education on medicines for other healthcare professionals, patients and carers
Advise senior and junior medical staff and nurses on medicines management issues
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document

Please refer the Job description for details