Job summary
Are you looking for the opportunity to develop your skills in a forward thinking and innovative pharmacy team?
Are you interested in working with an outstanding Trust to develop and deliver patient cantered care in mental health?
We invite you to consider joining our dynamic and enthusiastic team and be actively involved in the implementation of our most ambitious pharmacy strategy yet.
You will provide a clinical pharmacy service within in our structured rotational programme and be supported to further develop your skills and knowledge by undertaking postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualifications. There is the option to enrol on the Newly Qualified Pharmacist Pathway as well as the opportunity to progress to the independent prescribing qualification.
We are open to applications from both newly qualifying pharmacists, who will be registering this summer and those who are already qualified and would like to consider a change in sector.
We welcome flexible working applications (, school hours, part time, job share)
Here's what our staff say about working in the team:
"It's a privilege to help people make the changes they want to see in their lives. As a pharmacist I advocate for my patients, ensuring that they are involved in decisions about their medicines" (Current clinical Pharmacist).
Main duties of the job
As the Clinical Pharmacist, you will be expected to:
1. Provide a clinical pharmacy service to a variety of mental health units including acute and older people, child and adolescent, learning disabilities, and forensic wards.
2. Lead and implement projects that support the Trust Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation Strategy.
3. Be flexible, have excellent communication skills (written and verbal), strong clinical and organisational skills, enjoy working as part of a multidisciplinary team and be able to show compassion and respect for people with mental health problems.
4. Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
In return, at Hertfordshire Partnership Trust (HPFT) we can offer you:
5. have excellent opportunity for progression and development
6. 5% on top of basic salary high-cost allowance supplement (subject to a maximum £2,011 per annum pro rata) depending on location
7. 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)
8. One of the UK's best pension schemes
9. Special leave for family and personal reasons
10. NHS Car Lease Scheme (for substantive staff)
11. Employee Assistance Programme
12. We are receptive to supporting flexible working patterns
About us
The HPFT pharmacy team recruitment promise
13. The pharmacy team embraces and champions, equality, diversity and inclusivity.
14. We commit to consider all potential work life balance options for example part time, job share or flexible hours.
15. We can offer fully paid training opportunities such as Postgraduate Accreditations and Diplomas, student training programmes and advanced leadership courses.
16. We celebrate and welcome applicants from other pharmacy sectors and those returning to practice.
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is a top-tier NHS trust striving for excellence. As one of five mental health trusts rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission, our goal is to lead in mental health and specialist learning disability services nationwide.
Our 3500-strong staff provides health and social care for 400,000 individuals across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk. We offer community and inpatient services, including nationally commissioned specialist care like Tier 4 services for children, perinatal services, and secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Job description
Job responsibilities
17. Work with the Chief Pharmacist and a team of clinical pharmacists, technicians, and the multidisciplinary team (MDT) to provide and support the integrated delivery of pharmaceutical care initiatives to service users with mental health illness and learning disabilities in identified areas of Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
18. Ensure safe, appropriate, and cost-effective use of medicines.
19. Will require planning and organisation of a broad range of activities and ongoing programmes to support the Strategy for Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation.
20. Required to travel to designated units to provide a clinicalpharmacy service, and to other sites covered by Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust as needed to advise and provide training in Medicines Optimisation. This may require walking some distance and carrying heavy equipment including a laptop and teaching materials.
21. Frequent use of VDU equipment every day and intense concentration in a sometimes noisy open plan office environment.
22. Encounter challenging/hostile service users when visiting themental health and learning disabilities units.
Please review the job description and person specification
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
23. UK Registered Pharmacist
24. Additional areas of training through short courses, computer training
Desirable
25. Up to date knowledge of drugs available for prescribing in mental health
26. Specialist theoretical and practical knowledge and experience working in a hospital setting
Experience
Essential
27. Understand the issues facing the NHS
28. Understanding of primary and secondary care working and interface between them
29. Managing quality and cost effectiveness initiates
30. Good planning and organisational skills - able to plan and lead the development of new areas of medicines optimisation prescribing and administration of medicines under patient group directions
31. Able to demonstrate record of achieving results against set targets
Desirable
32. Staff development and change management
33. Project planning
Skills
Essential
34. Good communicator, both verbally and in writing
35. Persuasive and negotiating skills
36. Empathetic and reassurance skills
37. Communicates in a manor that is consistent with legislation, policies and procedures
38. Able to make judgements involving complex facts or situations which require analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of aptions
39. Excellent computer skills to include Word, PowerPoint, Excel and the Internet
Desirable
40. Able to critically appraise clinical trial data and research papers
Accessibility
Essential
41. Have a UK driving licence and access to a vehicle
Diversity
Essential
42. Show respect and treat people with dignity
43. Communicates in a form or manner which is consistent with the person's level of understanding, culture, background and preffered ways of communicating
General
Essential
44. Self-motivated and able to work independently
45. Team worker
46. Self-confident and able to influence professionals