We are excited to celebrate the expansion of our community-based clinical pharmacy services with these new roles. Working with a clinical pharmacist you will support Adult Community Mental Health Teams to develop their medicines pathways and be a patient-facing clinician in your own right. You will join a successful and dynamic wider Medicines Optimisation team within Devon Partnership NHS Trust.
Main duties of the job
There are 2 posts available.
The first is based in Tavistock (0.6 WTE)
The fourth is based in North Devon (Barnstaple, Bideford 0.6 WTE)
The main duties include:
Be a key member of the clinical multidisciplinary team within community mental health teams.
Oversee the safe and effective use of medicines within the teams through training, prescribing review, audit and clinical practice
Establish your own clinical role as a clinician within the team
About us
We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.
We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached JobDescription and Person Specification which will provide further information onthis role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* NVQ level 3 and BTEC in pharmaceutical science or equivalent
* Registered Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
* Evidence of advanced pharmacy technician accreditation/qualification (eg completion of Clinical Prioritisation unit from PWDS)
* Accredited checking technician.
Experience
* Evidence of post-qualification experience of medicine optimisation duties
* Working within a clinical/ward environment
* Experience and/or interest in mental health
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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