Employer Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Venture House, Central Pharmacy Town Erdington Salary £64,455 - £74,896 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 28/12/2025 23:59
Band 8b Deputy Chief Pharmacist - Safety and Quality
Band 8b
Please note that this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Job overview
A truly exciting time to join the organisation, develop your career and deliver high quality and meaningful patient outcomes within mental health and specialist services.
We are looking for a highly motivated, dedicated and experienced pharmacist to join our dynamic, inclusive and ambitious team, based at the Central Pharmacy site in Erdington.
We are a forward thinking, well-developed and highly respected pharmacy team, with even higher aspirations to deliver exemplar pharmaceutical care.
Main duties of the job
You will be a key member of the Pharmacy Leadership Team, supporting the Chief Pharmacist in providing senior leadershipfor Medicines Optimisation and ensuring the Trust-wide delivery of safe, effective and efficient medicines use. You will also deputise for the Chief Pharmacist on a range of issues and support the strategic planning of pharmacy services for the future, whilst maintaining your clinical skills.
As Trust Medication Safety Officer you will lead, develop and implement the pharmacy-led medication safety function and medicines-related quality programmes within the Trust.
The post holder will also be responsible for leading the innovative operational and clinical delivery of pharmacy services to the Children and Young Persons (CYP) Directorate. You will be able to identify areas of development and opportunity within our services, engaging patients and colleagues in the development of effective solutions, including establishing pharmacist independent prescribing roles.
Working for our organisation
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Essential and desirable
* MPharm or equivalent experience
* Registered with the GPhC
* Postgraduate clinical qualification to diploma level or above
* Registered independent prescriber (or willing to undertake Independent Prescriber training)
* Substantial post-registration experience within NHS pharmacy practice
* Practical experience of psychiatric pharmacy
* Good clinical knowledge of psychiatric medication
* Good understanding of contemporary Medications Safety Issues
* Good knowledge and understanding of clinical governance
* Confident and assertive when dealing with other professionals
* Good knowledge of Mental Health legislation with regard to consent to treatment
* Good knowledge of all medicines legislation relating to the supply and storage of medicines
* Demonstrates own CPD record / or documented CPD portfolio
* Good interpersonal skills
* Excellent verbal & written communication skills with demonstrable ability to present complex or sensitive information to large groups of clinicians or senior managers
* Demonstrates ability to organise and prioritise workload
* Demonstrates ability to motivate self and others
* Demonstrable ability to lead and motivate a team
* Demonstrable experience of delivering a pharmacy-led medication safety function and leading medicines-related audit programmes within a Trust
* Demonstrable experience of Financial/resource management
* Experience of delivering training to all grades of staff
* Ability to analyse highly complex information, both clinical, financial and managerial
* Experience of supporting Drug and Therapeutics/Medicines Optimisation Committees
* English language competency sufficient to communicate effectively with all staff and deliver education sessions in an appropriate form ILETS level 7 across all domains for overseas pharmacists who did not train in English
* Advanced computer, keyboard and mouse skills
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* Demonstrates empathy towards client groups
* Demonstrates attention to detail, accuracy and numeracy skills
* Independently mobile and able to travel to sites across the region
* Postgraduate qualification in psychiatric pharmacy
* Membership of the College of Mental Health Pharmacy
* Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
* Post Graduate qualification in Psychiatric Therapeutics Diploma in Psychiatric Pharmacy
* Experience of managing budgets and overseeing financial information
* Senior clinical pharmacy experience working within Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
Our Trust is committed to treating individuals fairly and ensuring they have the same opportunities to fulfil their potential, even if this means doing things differently for different people sometimes. We are working hard to ensure our workforce reflects the diversity within Birmingham and Solihull and that our services meet the needs of all diverse service users and carers.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. As part of the selection process you may be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, however all cases of criminal record history are dealt with on a case by case basis.
Please note, if applicable for your role you will be required to cover the cost of your DBS certificate. This will be deducted from your salary over 3 months. You will also be required to sign up to the DBS Update Service before commencement with the Trust. The Trust will reimburse this. You will be contractually obliged to maintain your subscription.
All successful applicants will be required to complete the Trust’s induction programme. The Fundamental (Statutory and Mandatory) training will be in an e-learning format. You will be required to complete training modules online (approx. 9-14 hours depending on post) by the end of your second week with us.
If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process we may contact you via email to advise you of the interview details. Please ensure you access your email account from which you applied regularly once the position has closed. Our selection process may involve more than one interview or assessment.
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, please ensure that you check if this role meets the eligibility criteria for sponsorship. Non UK /Republic of Ireland candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Browse: Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). The minimum salary threshold for a Health and Social Care is £25,000 and for the Skilled Worker route is £38,700. If the starting salary for this role is below this, we will not be able to provide sponsorship.
Relocation expenses may be reimbursed subject to eligibility. The policy provides for reimbursement up to £8,000.
Please note - if you are applying for a role within Police custody, due to Police Vetting requirements you must have been a UK resident for the last years.
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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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