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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Job share
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
395-CC048-26
Employer
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Goodmayes Hospital
Town
Ilford
Salary
£55,690 - £62,682 per annum pro rata plus HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
26/02/2026 23:59
Interview date
20/03/2026

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NELFT NHS Foundation Trust logo

Advanced Level Pharmacist - Crisis Pathway and Home Treatment Team

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London,  and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

We have a vacancy for an Advanced Level Pharmacist  - Crisis Pathway and Home Treatment Team. We are looking  for someone passionate about mental health, a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual with clinical experience in mental health medicines optimisation to join our expanding pharmacy team. 

The role will involve provision and development of patient centred clinical pharmacy services to the Crisis Service and Home Treatment Team as part of the multidisciplinary team.  The successful applicant will  also act as a role model for Junior Pharmacists undertaking their Clinical Diploma, providing support and supervision within the team.

To be a non-medical prescriber is essential, as there is a requirement to prescribe for patients, as part of the multidisciplinary team.

Clinical supervision will be provided as part of this role in developing further expertise in Adult Mental Health. 

Main duties of the job

The aim of this role is to support development of the teams involved in the Crisis Pathway including Home Treatment Teams (HTTs), Acute Crisis and Assessment Teams, and the integrated Care Hub within NELFT, to help facilitate the management and treatment of patients experiencing an acute mental health illness, to either reduce and prevent admission, or facilitate safe discharge, ensuring patients transition safely back into primary care. The post holder will need to be able to provide expert pharmacy and medicines management advice to optimise patient’s medication regimes, advise on appropriate management strategies and safely identify and manage risks.

Working for our organisation

Our Values 2025 - 2030

 

Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have coproduced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.

 

They are:

 

We are kind.

We are respectful.

We work together with our communities.

 

These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.

 

 

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust.  All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment.  As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes.  The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

 

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

 

High Cost Area Supplement – Outer London

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,714 to a maximum of £5,941 per annum (pro rata for part time).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to provide the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

  • A long-standing and award-winning approach to Equality and Diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities and LGBT staff
  • A commitment to supporting our staff achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from Working Families charity
  • Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our KeepingWell hub, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application.

 

We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Please apply as soon as possible as some posts close early to limit the number of applications.

 

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.

 

Use of AI

Please see attached document regarding acceptable use of AI during the recruitment process.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • GPhC registration
  • Clinical diploma or mental health diploma
  • Independent prescribing

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Post registration hospital experience
  • Post registration experience in mental health

Values

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrates at least 1 of the trust values
Desirable criteria
  • Demonstrates all of the trust values

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of medicines legislation, policy and guidelines.
  • Knowledge of medicines optimisation issues in the speciality area

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Employers for CarersApprenticeships logoAge positiveDisability confident employerHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldEmployers Network for Equality & InclusionTop 10 Employer 2023

Applicant requirements

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Kathleen Alabi
Job title
Lead Directorate Pharmacist - ARD
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07525886568
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