Main duties of the job
Participate in the pharmacy’s provision of safe, effective and responsive clinical and pharmaceutical supply services to Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, and any contracted services.
Contribute to the strategic planning of the pharmacy service and implementation of service objectives.
Lead the development, delivery and evaluation of clinical pharmacy services across the Trust, in line with the Trust and national medicines optimisation agendas.
Develop a competent, motivated and versatile clinical pharmacy workforce across the service, managed within existing budget and underpinned by technology, robust governance and risk management.
Work with the Chief Pharmacist, Deputy Chief Pharmacists and other Clinical Lead Pharmacists to ensure strategic plans are delivered and resources are utilised safely, efficiently and effectively to improve financial management of treatments and medicines expenditure, patient experience and outcome.
Manage the Locality Lead Pharmacists and Specialist Pharmacists working in BSW, as well as BNSSG and SSC, to deliver clinical services and medicines optimisation, including audit and monitoring.
To lead on the delivery and development of robust and progressive medicines optimisation, working with the multidisciplinary team to ensure medicines optimisation is embedded in the organisation at operational and practice level.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Masters degree in Pharmacy (or equivalent)
* Registered with GPhC
* Post-graduate diploma in clinicial or psychiatric pharmacy
Desirable criteria
* Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society
* Masters in Clinical Pharmacy
* Registered Independent Non-medical Prescriber
* Other postgraduate qualifications relevant to pharmacy practice, such as leadership, management or education and training qualifications
* Full (Credentialed) Membership of the College of Mental Health Pharmacists (CMHP) or willingness to work towards this
Previous experience
Essential criteria
* Significant experience of working within hospital pharmacy
* Significant experience of working in specialist mental health inpatient and community
* Experience of delivering and developing teaching/training/ education up to and including post-graduate level
* Demonstrable experience of working with senior healthcare professionals outside of Pharmacy
* Demonstrable experience of managing, developing and mentoring a large number of staff/teams
* Experience in policy/procedure/guideline writing and implementation
Desirable criteria
* Experience in setting up, delivering and developing services, particularly with commissioners
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
* Excellent interpersonal communication and reporting skills, verbal and written
* Ability to work under pressure, prioritise and meet deadlines
* Ability to access, review and process complex clinical information from appropriate sources.
* Good time management, problem solving and prioritisation skills; ability to manage own time and workload
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