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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
12 months (Fixed term contract to cover maternity leave.)
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Job share
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
395-CC047-26
Employer
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Lenworth Clinic
Town
Willesborough, Ashford
Salary
£55,690 - £62,682 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
26/02/2026 23:59
Interview date
18/03/2026

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NELFT NHS Foundation Trust logo

Advanced Level Pharmacist - CYPMHS

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

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our expanding pharmacy team, which includes innovative roles such as Independent Prescribers and Consultant Pharmacists, to provide comprehensive clinical pharmacy services across community health and mental health specialities.

This post would appeal to those who are ambitious and would like to develop their service development and leadership skills in a supportive environment. The post holder will work closely with the consultant pharmacist for CAMHS as part of a multidisciplinary team, addressing the needs of service users.

The post holder will be responsible for managing patients across Kent as part of the Kent Children and Young Person Mental Health Service.

We welcome applications from experienced pharmacists  who have current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council, a clinical pharmacy diploma and/or Psychiatric Therapeutics postgraduate qualification or equivalent experience, and significant post registration experience in a mental health setting.

The base for this role will be Lenworth Clinic, 329 Hythe Road ,  Willesborough,  however, there  will be requirement for periodic travel to other sites around Kent.

From 1st April 2026 Kent CYPMHS will be provided by Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust.

Main duties of the job

The aim of this post is to operate as an advanced pharmacist leading the medication related service for the Kent Children and Young Person Mental Health Services, including medicines information, education, group and one-to-one work with young service users, guidelines and protocols, and links with CYPMHS consultant psychiatrists to support cost effective, appropriate prescribing and to lead and deliver a specialist clinical pharmacy service to the designated clinical teams.

Main duties include:

  • Providing a service to CYPMHS, optimising patient outcomes, improving patient experience, working within patient care pathways across healthcare boundaries within Kent and Kent collaborative healthcare partners.
  • Managing, leading, and co-ordinating the CYPMHS team in the provision of a safe, effective, and efficient pharmacy and medicines optimisation service, in accordance with local and national standards and strategy.
  • Contributing to improving health outcomes for patients using a holistic approach to care, ensuring the safe and effective use of medicine through provision of medicines-related aspects of patient care.
  • Engaging with patients, ensuring their voices are heard and integral to any decisions made about their care.
  • Promoting improvements in quality, safety and cost effectiveness of medicines use and supporting holistic management of clinical conditions, influencing the wider community of practice

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).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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
  • Masters Degree in Pharmacy
  • Member of the GPhC, with at least 5 years post graduate experience
  • Post graduate qualification in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent specialist knowledge, acquired through a broad spectrum of clinical pharmacy training and experience
  • Non-Medical Prescribing Qualification or working towards
Desirable criteria
  • Member of the College of Mental Health Pharmacy
  • Practice Supervisor Qualification
  • Post graduate qualification in Psychopharmacology

Experience

Essential criteria
  • 2 year's experience of working in mental health services
  • Knowledge of Mental Health therapeutics
  • An awareness of NHS plan, National Services Framework (NSF) and clinical governance priorities
  • Evidence of education, training, performance management and development of staff
  • Proven experience in managing change or developing and delivering pharmacy services.
  • Experience of leading and undertaking clinical audits.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of budget setting and management of drug's budgets.
  • Experience working in CYPMHS

Knowledge and Skill

Essential criteria
  • Good written and verbal communication skills.
  • High level of analytical skills and problem solving ability, to ensure that the postholder is able to provide advice on complex issues, related to medicines management and Trust policies.
  • Knowledge and experience of Primary and Secondary Care working.
  • Confident and assertive when dealing with other professionals.
  • High level of interpersonal skills, to ensure that the postholder is able to effectively exchange highly complex and sensitive information with patients and relatives, prescribers and senior managers.
  • IT skills - word-processing, Power point, Excel, statistical package and internet use, so that the post holder can communicate effectively with other Health care professionals and for tracking purposes.
  • Up to date knowledge of prescribing issues in Mental Health.
Desirable criteria
  • Good project management skills

Values

Essential criteria
  • Demonstration of at least one of the trust values.
Desirable criteria
  • Demonstration of all of the trust values.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Beryl Navti
Job title
Consultant Pharmacist - CAMHS
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07811264808
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