Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacist
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 001-PST051-0624
- Employer
- Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hafan Y Coed Pharmacy, Llandough Hospital
- Town
- Penarth
- Salary
- £44,398 - £50,807 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Clinical Pharmacist - Mental Health
Band 7
WHO WE ARE:
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Board in the UK, employing over 16,000 staff and providing over 100 specialist services. Serving a population of around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health
and care needs of our local population whilst also working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone and to delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is “Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together”. We have recently refreshed our strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, which sets out the Health Board’s Vision for improving the health and wellbeing of the populations we serve by 2035 through the delivery of our strategic
objectives; Putting People First, Providing Outstanding Quality, Delivering in the Right Places, and Acting for the Future. We have challenging times ahead, but we are confident that by tackling these challenges together, we can support people to live healthier lives and reduce the unfair differences in
the prevalence of illness and health outcomes we see in our communities today. We aspire to deliver outstanding care and treatment for people when they need it, where they need it; care that compares well with the best in the world, but to do so, we need to transform how we deliver services over the
next decade and beyond.
We are a values-driven organisation and out goals will only be realised if our values are at the heart of everything we do. Created by colleagues, patients and their families and carers, our values are:
- We are kind and caring
- We are respectful
- We have trust and integrity
- We take personal responsibility
As an organisation we strongly believe that it is vital our leaders exhibit the behaviours and values that we expect from all our staff.
We are a teaching Health Board with close links to the university sector, and together we are training the next generation of healthcare professionals, while working on research that will hopefully unlock the cures for today’s illnesses
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
Clinical Pharmacist - Mental Health (Band 7)
We have an exciting opportunity for a suitably motivated and enthusiastic pharmacist to join our Specialist Mental Health Pharmacy Team based at Hafan Y Coed Unit, Llandough Hospital.
We work closely with our multidisciplinary teams and we will support you to achieve your Independent Prescribing qualification or further develop your prescribing career in this specialist area, from within a nurturing team environment. We have several advanced practice pharmacist roles and this post will add to that pool of highly skilled, specialist mental health, independent prescribers.
Delivery of the highest quality medicines optimisation and management service to all our mental health service users will fundamental. Your relevant hospital pharmacist experience, together with your excellent, demonstrable inter-personal skills and passion for mental health will equip you to develop this role.
We will support your career development by providing access to recognised training and other structured opportunities to challenge and enable you to enhance your clinical role.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this role; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
Core- Clinical Pharmacist Duties for Mental Health
Brief outline:
Provide clinical pharmacy services to identified wards or in pharmacy-led clinics, as specified in departmental procedures. This includes medication review/drug history; review of inpatient and discharge prescriptions for completeness, appropriateness and legality; problem identification and solving; monitoring and adjusting treatment; patient education and overseeing medication supply for inpatients, outpatients or discharge.
Provide information on drug-related questions of a therapeutic, legal or procedural nature to other health care professionals. Promote evidence-based prescribing within Mental Health clinical specialty through the development of prescribing guidelines and pharmaceutical care plans.
Contribute to the development and audit of standards . Provide comprehensive professional cover to the dispensary.
Supervise and support pharmacy staff assigned to the Mental Health wards and within the dispensary. When required, act as an accredited tutor to junior pharmacy staff.
Contribute to the development of pharmacy services to inpatients and outpatients; implement service developments within Mental Health.
Participate in weekend, bank holiday, and on-call rotas, as appropriate.
Act as an independent prescriber within CAVUHB
Working for our organisation
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.
Our mission is “Caring for People, Keeping People Well”, and our vision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population’s health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.
Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
A full Job Description and Person Specification are attached in the supporting documents section. Or please click ''Apply now'' to view in Trac.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MPharm or MSc Pharmacy degree Post Graduate MSc/Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy.
- Post Graduate MSc/Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy
- Registered with GPhC
- MRPharmS
Desirable criteria
- Independent prescriber
- Accredited University Diploma tutor
Experience
Essential criteria
- Satisfactory broad Post-Registration experience of working in a Hospital Pharmacy Department
Desirable criteria
- Experience of patient orientated medicines systems. Expenditure reporting (Excel) and provision of Directorate support.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good verbal/written communication skills. Decision-making skills Computer literate including use of spreadsheets for financial reporting Negotiation skills Enthusiasm for training. Good knowledge of pharmacology and therapeutics. Economics of health care.
Desirable criteria
- Organisational ability. Problem solving skills Leadership skills Influencing skills
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Victoria Gimson
- Job title
- Lead Pharmacist for Mental Health CAVUHB
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02921 824798
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