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Main area
Mental Health Inpatient Unit
Grade
Band 6
Contract
12 months (Fixed Term until 31/08/2025)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
351-CS2632-MC
Employer
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Pendleview
Town
Blackburn
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
18/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust logo

Pharmacist

Band 6

Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve.

As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:

•    Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
•    Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
•    Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.

The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, and flexi-time.

For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

Job overview

Are you a highly motivated and enthusiastic clinical pharmacist with a keen interest in mental health?

The Inpatient Pendleview Unit is a well established MH unit within the Pennine Locality and based on the same site as the Royal Blackburn Hospital.
With a total of 87 beds included on a Male treatment ward, Female treatment ward and a Male Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit. 
The inpatient unit at Woodview is a newly opened unit consisting of 32 beds – male treatment ward, female treatment ward & psychiatric intensive care unit.

The units are based on ‘safety by design’ to ensure that they can provide high quality care.  The ethos of the unit is to provide therapeutic care which is empowering, person-centred and needs led, and focuses on promoting recovery and independence. 

We are looking to recruit a pharmacist to join our friendly, innovative and supportive clinical pharmacy team on a fixed term contract for 12 months due to maternity leave/secondment. 

Main duties of the job

As the successful candidate you will be responsible for the delivery of a high quality, pro-active and patient focused clinical pharmacy service to the in-patient mental health unit. Key components of the role include:
•    Clinical review of prescriptions and patient-orientated medication        review
•    Provision of specialist pharmaceutical advice to multi-disciplinary teams
•    Involvement of patients in decisions about their medicines to support adherence and improve outcomes
•    Opportunity to influence the development of services to improve patient care through service redesign
•    Participation in clinical audit and service evaluation
•    Supervision by senior pharmacy staff 
•    Support with training and development as a junior pharmacy team member and support from other members of the multi-disciplinary team 
•    Participation in the clinical supervision programme
•    Input to the development of policies and procedures and treatment guidelines
•    Contribute to initiatives to improve medicines safety

You will have current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council. 
We will provide a supportive environment to enable you to increase your knowledge in mental health via a wide range of external and in house training platforms.

Working for our organisation

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Masters degree in Pharmacy
  • Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
  • Commitment to continuing professional development

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrates Knowledge in mental health pharmacy
  • Good written and verbal skills
  • Awareness of current issues affecting the practice of pharmacy

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Clinical pharmacy experience
  • Working in a hospital or community pharmacy

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Good communication skills
  • Calm and objective under pressure
  • Able to identify when advice needs to be sought

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerCare Leaver CovenantStep into healthDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Gold

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Usman Akram
Job title
Deputy Lead Pharmacist
Email address
[email protected]
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