Specialist Pharmacist Community Mental Health Services Brighton & Hove

at  Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust

Are you a caring, engaging and innovative pharmacist? If so, you could be well suited to this role.
We are looking to recruit a highly committed band 7 Specialist Pharmacist (Mental Health) to be part of the Trust Medicines Management Team working with our Community Mental Health Teams in Brighton and Hove.
The base is listed as Hove however consideration will be given to other potential bases in East Sussex. Please contact us for further information.
We are ideally looking to recruit a pharmacist with mental health experience, however support and training opportunities are available for the successful candidate if they are transitioning into mental health, as well as opportunities for independent prescribing and extended pharmacy roles.
We offer an in-house training programme with support along with access to wider external training opportunities in line with the needs of the applicant and service.
To protect the health and safety of our staff/workers, patients, and those attending our sites, we encourage our workforce to get fully vaccinated against COVID.
Consideration will be given to part time and flexible / compressed hours.
This post present a great opportunity for a pharmacist motivated by the desire to improve patient care to support the Community Mental Health teams. You will be working with Mental Health Pharmacists and Technicians to provide this service.
The role demands an organised, flexible individual with excellent communication and interpersonal skills and an ability to work on their own initiative.
The team provides a well-structured support system, access to professional training, and excellent opportunity for professional development.
There is no dispensary commitment with this role.
You will be responding to queries, working proactively in teams, and seeing patients to provide choice around medication options.
This role is an exciting opportunity to work in newly emerging mental health roles, with clinical contact and supported training within the context of a highly specialised and experienced team.
We are a friendly and committed pharmacy team, who are keen to support the wellbeing of our patients and each other.
Sussex Partnership is one of the largest mental health trust in the UK. The physical health of our mental health patients is important to us and with the live expectancy of patients with serious mental health dying 15 to 20 years earlier, the trust is committed to reducing this risk and pharmacy play a key role in this.
About us
As a mental health trust Sussex Partnership places a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff, as well as ensuring our reward packages reflect the immensely important work they do.

YOU CAN EXPECT:

Access to full psychological support, the wellbeing team
Excellent supervision programmes.
Flexible working opportunities
Access to a host of discount schemes (including gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)
A position within a trust rated as Outstanding for caring and Good overall by the CQC
Generous holiday entitlement (starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays)
Excellent NHS Pension Scheme
Please see attached job description and person specification. If you have any queries please feel free to contact to discuss further

Please refer the Job description for details