Job overview

Progressive Clinical Pharmacist - Band 6 to 7

This post offers an excellent opportunity for band 6 to 7 progression.  Progression is subject to completion of necessary in-house criteria. It also offers a great opportunity to develop your clinical and professional knowledge and skills in a mental healthcare setting. 

You will need to demonstrate a person-centred approach and have effective interpersonal and organisational skills. Previous NHS Hospital pharmacy experience, including mental health, would be desirable but is not essential.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of an Outstanding Trust, focused on developing innovative patient care in mental health
• Receive support for post-graduate qualifications and, if relevant, the Newly Qualified Pharmacist Pathway
• Direct Band 7 placement possible for candidates demonstrating the required skills and experience

Here’s what our team says:

“It’s a privilege to help people make the changes they want to see in their lives. As a pharmacist, I advocate for my patients, ensuring they’re involved in decisions about their medicines.” – Current Clinical Pharmacist

Main duties of the job

As a Clinical Pharmacist, you will:

• Deliver high-quality clinical pharmacy services across various mental health settings, including acute and older adult care, child and adolescent units, learning disability services, and forensic wards.
• Lead and contribute to impactful projects that drive forward the Trust’s Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation Strategy, supporting continuous improvement in patient care.
• Demonstrate flexibility, strong communication (both written and verbal), and exceptional clinical and organisational skills. You will work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team, showing compassion, respect, and understanding toward individuals with mental health challenges.
• You will also be expected to participate in the weekend duty, following a period of induction and training.
• Maintain active registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).

If you are successful, you will work in a supportive, friendly and forward-thinking environment. You will be encouraged and supported in your development including the Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy, which you will be expected to complete in your role as a B6 pharmacist.

Working for our organisation

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
 
Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
 
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
 
Our Trust values are:
 
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
 
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
 
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?