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Specialist pharmacist mental health coastal west sussex

Chichester
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Posted: 9 July
Offer description

Main area Pharmacy Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 15 hours per week (Consideration given to flexible working) Job ref 354-CO-21684-A

Employer Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust Employer type NHS Site Oaklands Centre for Acute Care Town Chichester Salary £46,148 - £52,809 Pro rata for part time Salary period Yearly Closing 21/07/2025 23:59


NHS AfC: Band 7

Come and join us

We're looking for people who share our values (compassion, accountability and optimism) to help us provide high quality care to the patients, carers, families and local communities we serve. We specialise in providing NHS mental health and learning disability services.

So what can we offer you in return?

We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.

You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.

As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.

If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.


Job overview

If you are enthusiastic and passionate about improving the lives of patients in need of mental healthcare treatment, then role as a Specialist Pharmacist in our Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Trust could be right for you. We have an exciting opportunity for an innovative, skilled clinical pharmacist to work as a core member of inpatient and urgent care teams across the Worthing and Chichester area.

You should have an interest for working within a specialist mental health service, an understanding of the medicines used and and an awareness of the people we support and care for. The role will primarily be based at the Oaklands Centre, Chichester.

The post holder will be supported to undertake further accreditations as appropriate, and there are opportunities to develop the role and service to the inpatient wards and urgent care, allowing your vision for clinical care to grow with the service in a collaborative, holistic and accessible therapeutic environment.

You will be joining a friendly, supportive Pharmacy team which is highly regarded in the Trust and is rapidly expanding due to recent significant investments. This role is a great opportunity to start or continue a career in mental health and can lead to a future senior role.

The pharmacy leadership team is committed to education and training of the pharmacy workforce and will provide access to external training (including the introductory College of Mental Health Pharmacy Psych1 and Psych 2 programme).


Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide a clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation service to ensure patients get the best from their medicines, as well as a strong commitment to medicines education and training so that patients, pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals are well informed and able to manage their use of medicines correctly, safely and cost effectively.

The role requires an excellent clinical communicator with an interest in patient facing and multidisciplinary team working. In addition, the appraisal of clinical evidence and generation of high quality pharmacotherapeutic advice to support colleagues will feature as a core part of working.

Inpatient services increasingly interface with community services and primary care partners to ensure the best transition across primary and secondary care. Pharmacist input into these processes is crucial to maintain medicines safety and optimisation.

There is currently no commitment to weekend or dispensary working. On call is for advice only and is currently more than 1 in 30 weeks, with senior support provided and only band 7 and above are on the on-call rota.


Working for our organisation

Sussex Partnership is one of the largest mental health trusts in the UK. We are a friendly and committed pharmacy team, who are keen to support the wellbeing of our patients and each other.

About us

As a mental health trust, Sussex Partnership places a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff, as well as ensuring our reward packages reflect the immensely important work they do.

You can expect:

* Access to full psychological support, the wellbeing team
* Flexible working opportunities
* Access to a host of discount schemes (including gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)
* A position within a trust rated as Outstanding for caring and Good overall by the CQC
* Generous holiday entitlement (starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays)
* Excellent NHS Pension Scheme


Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification. If you have any queries please feel free to contact to discuss further.


Person specification


Knowledge and Experience

* Experience of working with a range of healthcare professionals
* Mental Health Clinical Pharmacy Experience


Registration and qualification

* GPhC registration
* Degree in Pharmacy from British University or recognised equivalent
* Experience of Band 6 rotational post
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Demonstrate ability to work well as a team


Information resources and technology

* Demonstrates IT competency including use of pharmacy computer systems


Values and behaviours

* Demonstrates enthusiasm, good interpersonal skills, reliability, flexibility and motivation

Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority, Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities.

We regret that we are unable to advise candidates if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

In the event of an excessive number of applicants the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated.

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust takes its responsibilities for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults very seriously and expects this of all its employees and bank workers. The Trust works with adult and children’s social care to ensure that the integrated service has systems in place to equip staff and bank workers with the knowledge and skills to recognize abuse, and take action to safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children and young people. It is expected that all staff and bank workers familiarise themselves with the appropriate structures and policies and with the Sussex child protection and safeguarding procedures and the Sussex multi-agency policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable adults and undertake the relevant essential training and further training appropriate to their role.

Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range. However, where previous or equivalent NHS experience in a similar role can be demonstrated and evidenced, this may be taken into consideration when setting the starting salary.


Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

Name Gemma Staniforth Job title Lead Pharmacist Inpatient & Urgent Care, Worthing Email address gemma.staniforth3@nhs.net Telephone number 07833547873 Additional information

Grant Salvage- Lead Pharmacist and Independent prescriber, Chichester In patient and Urgent Care Services.

Grant.salvage@nhs.net 07584 112850

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