Job summaryWe have an excellent opportunity for a pharmacist to join our Rehabilitation and High Support service. You will work within the Low Secure units primarily at Birch Hill Hospital but also at the Tameside site, acting as a key contributor within the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) to support safe, effective and evidence based treatment to patients with serious and enduring mental illness. You will be embedded within the MDT as well as part of a friendly pharmacy team within the Trust. There is no dispensary or out of hours commitment providing the perfect opportunity for a clinical role within a friendly and forward thinking team.Main duties of the jobTo provide, manage, organise and develop the clinical pharmacy service to the Low Secure services within the Rehabilitation and High Support care hub in Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust To ensure that the clinical pharmacy service provided meets with the national standardsfor the delivery of the pharmaceutical services to patients within Low Secure ServicesTo ensure that all developments required for the pharmacy service are implemented and learning spread trust wideTo ensure that pharmacy services work within agreed guidelines to ensure effectivemedicines management.To ensure the delivery of effective medicines management in conjunction with medicaland nursing staff.To ensure the implementation of all Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust policies andprocedures that impact on medicines management and pharmaceutical care.To work in close liaison with other pharmacists and technical staff providing a pharmacy service to Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust under Service Level Agreement (SLA),to ensure the delivery and supply of medication to the mental health wards, departments and units.To work with the Chief Pharmacist to ensure that there is liaison with the Service Directors and/ or medical manager about medicines management issues, as necessary.To provide cover for other pharmacists providing a service to and employed by Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, as requested.About usYou will work within a multi-disciplinary team at Prospect Place and Tatton Ward, the low secure units within Pennine Care, providing expert mental health medicines advice including at ward and board rounds. Monitoring the safety, effectiveness of medicines as well as the physical health of these long stay patients is the mainstay of the role. Supported by a friendly MDT, medical and pharmacy leadership, as well as a friendly team of pharmacists and technicians, you will receive clinical and and management supervision and have opportunities to develop yourself and the role through education, training, team meetings and opportunities such as Quality Improvement and audit. You will be supported to undertake further qualifications as needed . The role is entirely clinical with no dispensary, out of hours or on call commitmentDetailsDate posted26 October 2026Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 8aSalary 57,528 to 64,750 a year PA, pro rata ContractPermanentWorking pattern Full-time Reference number311-M312-26Job locationsProspect Place, Birch Hill HospitalBirch RoadRochdaleOL12 9QBUnited KingdomJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesYou will deliver the established clinical pharmacy service to the Low secure units; the main responsibilities are covered in the job description Job description Job responsibilitiesYou will deliver the established clinical pharmacy service to the Low secure units; the main responsibilities are covered in the job descriptionPerson Specification Education/Qualifications EssentialCurrent member of the General Pharmaceutical CouncilMasters degree in Pharmacy (or pre-2000 equivalent)Evidence of CPD and commitment to life-long learningRelevant post graduate qualification, i.e. Diploma / MSc in Clinical Pharmacy / PharmacyPractice, or Prescribing Sciences (or equivalent experience)DesirableManagement qualification or equivalent experience Experience EssentialVariety of clinical pharmacy experience including mental healthExperience in initiating, leading and implementing change and new developmentsExperience of developing guidelines or protocolsExperience of training and supporting other members of staffExperience of in-patient mental health pharmacy servicesDesirableExperience of people managementParticipation in practice based ResearchKnowledge of methods of analysis of prescribing Knowledge EssentialCurrent member of the General Pharmaceutical CouncilMasters degree in Pharmacy (or pre-2000 equivalent)Relevant post graduate qualification, i.e. Diploma/MSc in Clinical Pharmacy/Pharmacy Practice or equivalent experienceExperience in a number of areas of psychiatric pharmacy practiceExperience in initiating, leading and implementing change and new developmentsKnowledge and experience of clinical auditDesirabledeveloping policies and strategiesCMHP credentialedQualified Prescriber Person Specification Education/Qualifications EssentialCurrent member of the General Pharmaceutical CouncilMasters degree in Pharmacy (or pre-2000 equivalent)Evidence of CPD and commitment to life-long learningRelevant post graduate qualification, i.e. Diploma / MSc in Clinical Pharmacy / PharmacyPractice, or Prescribing Sciences (or equivalent experience)DesirableManagement qualification or equivalent experience Experience EssentialVariety of clinical pharmacy experience including mental healthExperience in initiating, leading and implementing change and new developmentsExperience of developing guidelines or protocolsExperience of training and supporting other members of staffExperience of in-patient mental health pharmacy servicesDesirableExperience of people managementParticipation in practice based ResearchKnowledge of methods of analysis of prescribing Knowledge EssentialCurrent member of the General Pharmaceutical CouncilMasters degree in Pharmacy (or pre-2000 equivalent)Relevant post graduate qualification, i.e. Diploma/MSc in Clinical Pharmacy/Pharmacy Practice or equivalent experienceExperience in a number of areas of psychiatric pharmacy practiceExperience in initiating, leading and implementing change and new developmentsKnowledge and experience of clinical auditDesirabledeveloping policies and strategiesCMHP credentialedQualified PrescriberDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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 SponsorshipApplications 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). Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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 SponsorshipApplications 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 detailsEmployer namePennine Care NHS FTAddressProspect Place, Birch Hill HospitalBirch RoadRochdaleOL12 9QBUnited KingdomEmployer's websiteEmployer detailsEmployer namePennine Care NHS FTAddressProspect Place, Birch Hill HospitalBirch RoadRochdaleOL12 9QBUnited KingdomEmployer's website
Senior Clinical Pharmacist Low Secure Services employer: National Health Service
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