Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 383-MED-5747-25
- Employer
- Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kingsway
- Town
- Derby
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 pa, pro-rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/06/2025 08:00
Employer heading
Advanced Pharmacist
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Want to make a real difference and have a truly rewarding career? Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’.
We’ve been rated ‘good’ overall by the CQC, with some outstanding services. The CQC commented at our most recent inspection on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust.
We are passionate about making equality, diversity and inclusion part of our DNA. We take pride in our “People First Culture” which creates a workplace where everyone feels a genuine sense of belonging, difference is celebrated, and people are comfortable to bring their whole selves to work. We value the richness that comes from having colleagues that are fully representative of the local community. We welcome people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, protected characteristics, and with all backgrounds and experiences.
Job overview
We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Pharmacist to join our friendly, established and respected team, in leading and developing the pharmacy service provided to mental health services to the community mental health teams in Derby and Derbyshire.
The role will be expected to spend time at the Trust main base in Derby and within the community mental health team bases. The role could also have a 40% WFH component; service need allowing.
We provide all our pharmacy staff with opportunities for development, including full funding for post-graduate qualifications in mental health pharmacy, including the certificate and diploma through Aston University, and independent prescribing qualification if required.
This role would be ideally suited to an experienced mental health Pharmacist looking to relocate or a mental health Pharmacist looking for progression.
If this sounds like who you are, then please get in touch to discuss!
Main duties of the job
The roles and duties of this post include:
- Developing close working relationships with other members of the multi-disciplinary team and contributing to clinical care plans
- Responding to medication-related queries, providing advice on prescribing and promoting evidence-based practice
- Discussing medication with patients and carers and developing a variety of approaches to support informed care
- Educating colleagues about medicines management and medicines optimisation
- Providing line management and supervision to the clinical and specialist Pharmacists in the team
- Acting as a non-medical prescriber in a community mental health team
Working for our organisation
Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’.
CQC rated us as 'GOOD’ overall, commenting on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust.”
Benefits include:
- Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
- 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years’ service
- Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
- Health service discounts and online benefits
- Incremental pay progression
- Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
- Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
- Health and wellbeing opportunities
- Structured learning and development opportunities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please review the Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GPhC registration
- Postgraduate mental health pharmacy diploma OR a postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy and equivalent experience.
Desirable criteria
- Pharmacist Independent Prescribing qualification
- CMHP Accreditation
- Post-graduate qualification in clinical pharmacy
Knowledge / Experience
Essential criteria
- Hospital pharmacy experience
- Highly specialist knowledge of mental health medications and therapeutics, other therapeutic area or highly generalist knowledge.
- Advanced experience of working as a specialist pharmacist
Desirable criteria
- Line management experience
- Experience of working as a specialist mental health pharmacist
- Experience of quality improvement and service development
- Experience of practicing as a prescriber
- Experience of working across organisational interfaces
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rebecca Keeler
- Job title
- Deputy Chief Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07766 997828
- Additional information
Rebecca Keeler, Deputy Chief Pharmacist (Acute Clinical Services), [email protected], 07766 997828
Please do get in touch if you would like to know more about this position, the Pharmacy team and the Trust.
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Recruitment Team
Kingsway Hospital
- Telephone
- 01332 564856 option 1, option 1
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