Lead Pharmacist Inpatient and Urgent Care - East Sussex
Are you a caring, engaging and innovative pharmacist? If so, you could be well suited to this role.
We are looking to recruit a highly committed band 8a Lead Pharmacist (Mental Health) to be part of the Trust Medicines Management Team working with our urgent care and inpatient services in East Sussex. This post will be based in Hastings to cover urgent care services and providing clinical cover to outlying units like Amberstone and Beechwood.
You will be offering advice on complex medicines queries along with delivering direct patient care, with the opportunity to become a qualified prescriber embedded within the team. We are looking to recruit a pharmacist with mental health experience who is looking to develop their leadership skills.
This post is subject to an enhanced check with adults barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check. The role demands an organised, flexible individual with excellent communication and interpersonal skills and an ability to work on their own initiative.
Sussex Partnership is one of the largest mental health trust in the UK. The physical health of our mental health patients is important to us and with the live expectancy of patients with serious mental health dying 15 to 20 years earlier, the trust is committed to reducing this risk and pharmacy play a key role in this.
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
* Excellent supervision programmes.
* 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) pro rata
* Excellent NHS Pension Scheme
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Trudie Morgan Job title: Associate Divisional Director Pharmacy - East Email address: trudie.morgan@nhs.net Telephone number: 07876740121
Seniority level
* Not Applicable
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Health Care Provider
* Mental Health Care
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