Senior pharmacy leadership role in the Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation Team at Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, where one vacancy covering CAMHS, perinatal and Mother and Baby services is for up to 12 months. The work combines specialist clinical pharmacy advice in mental health, learning disabilities and forensics with leading pharmacy services across a division. Each post leads one division across inpatient and community settings, with line management of Band 6 and 7 pharmacists. GPhC registration and a driving licence for travel across Hertfordshire are needed.
What the job involves
- Provide highly specialist clinical pharmacy expertise in mental health, learning disabilities and forensic services
- Lead and develop pharmacy services across the assigned division, ensuring high-quality, evidence-based and cost-effective medicines use
- Influence prescribing practice and contribute to Trust-wide medicines optimisation strategy and governance
- Use independent prescribing skills where qualified, within agreed scopes and Trust policy
- Support medicines safety through incident review, learning, audit and quality improvement initiatives
- Line manage and develop Band 6 and 7 pharmacists and other pharmacy staff, fostering a strong learning culture
- Deliver and oversee education and training for pharmacists, technicians and wider healthcare professionals
- Contribute to policy development, formulary management and Trust committees such as Drugs and Therapeutics
- Work across services and systems to support safe and seamless transfer of care
- Advise clinical teams on complex medicines issues such as drug interactions, medicines in pregnancy and unlicensed or off-label use
- Give complex, sensitive or contentious information persuasively, including to large groups of staff, service users and carers
- Provide multidisciplinary clinical pharmacy support covering medicines reconciliation, prescription and medication reviews, monitoring, medicines information, supply problems and legislative compliance
What's required
Qualifications
- BPharm, MPharm or BSc Pharmacy
- Postgraduate clinical pharmacy certificate or diploma, or equivalent experience
- Documented CPD record
Registration & licences
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Experience
- Post-registration hospital pharmacy practice in a secondary care setting
- Working as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Involvement in clinical pharmacy provision and operational management
- Writing and reviewing policies, guidelines and procedures
- Documented audit and research practice, with ability to critically appraise trial data and research papers
Skills & knowledge
- Advanced clinical and pharmaceutical knowledge applied across ward, community and dispensary settings, with knowledge of medicines supply and storage legislation and NHS clinical governance priorities
- Excellent written and oral communication, compassionate with patients, families and carers on sensitive issues, and English competency to deliver education
- Ability to lead, inspire and motivate a team and to influence and assert with other professionals
- Organising and prioritising own and others' workload and deadlines under pressure and with frequent interruptions
- High accuracy and numeracy in preparing, checking and dispensing medicines
- Experience of delivering training to staff
Checks & eligibility
- Driving licence for travel across Hertfordshire to different bases and units
Nice to have
- Registration with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Independent prescribing qualification, or working towards one
- Postgraduate certificate or diploma in psychiatric therapeutics, or equivalent experience
- Leadership or management qualification
- Experience as part of a multidisciplinary team in mental health and learning disabilities
- Good management skills, including recruitment, supervision and appraisals
- Experience in incident analysis and investigation
- Experience of chairing committees
What's offered
- Leadership and management training opportunities
- 5% high cost allowance supplement on basic salary, subject to a minimum and maximum payment pro rata
- 27 days holiday rising to 33 days depending on NHS Trust service, plus bank holidays
- One of the UK's best pension schemes
- Comprehensive health and wellbeing services, including an Employee Assistance Programme
- Special leave for family and personal reasons
- NHS Car Lease Scheme
- Free Pilates lessons
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