A 12-month fixed-term senior post leading clinical pharmacy across designated inpatient wards at Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust, a mental health and learning disability service. The work combines advanced clinical care for service users, line management of pharmacy staff and operational leadership of designated pharmacy services for the Head of Clinical Services. The role splits time between service management, hands‑on ward pharmacy and specialist services such as Medicines Information, on a full‑time pattern. Current GPhC registration and significant UK hospital pharmacy experience are required.
What the job involves
- Lead and manage designated pharmacy services for the Head of Clinical Services, meeting service objectives, performance standards and quality improvement
- Provide advanced clinical pharmacy and medicines care to service users with mental illness or learning disabilities in inpatient and community settings
- Take responsibility for pharmacy and medicines care for allocated teams, ensuring prescribing is safe, effective, optimised and appropriate
- Deliver operational pharmacy services to a clinical team within a specified geographical area
- Line manage pharmacy staff
- Provide pharmacist support on site and mentor other pharmacists, including trainees
- Educate and develop the pharmacy and wider healthcare workforce as part of a teaching organisation
- Divide time between operational management, hands‑on clinical pharmacy on allocated wards and leading specialist services such as Medicines Information
- Contribute to service improvement and medicines optimisation initiatives
Qualifications
- MPharm or equivalent qualification recognised by the GPhC
- Postgraduate Diploma, MSc or equivalent in clinical pharmacy, or equivalent demonstrable experience
Registration & licences
- Current registration as a pharmacist with the GPhC
Experience
- Significant UK hospital pharmacy experience
- Clinical pharmacy experience at band 7
Skills & knowledge
- Detailed knowledge of clinical pharmacy
- Detailed knowledge of mental health therapeutics
- Communicating effectively with all agencies and levels, including service users, carers and the public
- Critical appraisal and audit skills
- Making decisions under pressure
- Flexible approach to service provision and enthusiasm for change
Other
- Proactive, able to manage in a busy environment
- Leadership, problem‑solving, prioritisation and organisational skills
Nice to have
- Membership of the Royal College of Pharmacy and of the College of Mental Health Pharmacists
- Postgraduate qualification in mental health pharmacy or equivalent specialist training
- Non‑medical prescriber
- Clinical pharmacy experience in mental health or a similar specialty
- Education and training of others
- Good understanding of interface issues
- Experience of line management and HR processes
- Experience writing guidelines and reports
What’s offered
- NHS pension
- Comprehensive in‑house and external training programmes
- Career progression
- 27 days annual leave rising to 33 days based on length of service, plus paid bank holidays
- Staff physio service
- NHS discounts
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