Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 16 months (16 Months Fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 173-44525-COR
- Employer
- Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Mary’s Hospital
- Town
- Leeds
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/10/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 21/10/2025
Employer heading
Specialist Clinical Pharmacist (Mental Health)
Band 7
Job overview
This is a full-time fixed term contract for 16 months starting in December 2025/January 2026 depending on the successful candidate.
Interviews for this post will be held on Tuesday 21st October 2025.
We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic pharmacist to join our progressive, pharmacy team. Your role would be to provide high quality pharmaceutical care to inpatient and community mental health service users in Leeds by way of clinical interventions, medicines information and education and training. We have four sites across Leeds each with a subspeciality, you will gain extensive experience at working at one or more of these sites.
You will ideally have had some experience of working in secondary care although not essential. Good organisational and communication skills are essential as is an interest in mental health. Applications from those working in all sectors welcome.
We will support your personal and continued professional development in general and mental health through our in-house training.
Main duties of the job
As a specialist clinical pharmacist in LYPFT, you will develop medicines knowledge and skills to advise clinical and healthcare teams on the safe and appropriate use of mental health medicines. You will have a clinical role working with ward / community hub clinical teams and work independently to support medicines optimisation for service users of LYPFT. You will have opportunities to develop your training skills and educate yourself and others with regards to mental health medicines, develop your leadership and operational management skills and take part in quality improvement and service developments. We have a range of general and specialist mental health services including inpatient Adult and Older Peoples, Forensic, Recovery and Rehabilitation and community and primary care mental health services to the population of Leeds, forensic and CAMHS services to the population of York and tertiary specialist services such as Child and Adolescent Services and the National Inpatient Centre for Psychological Medicine for you to gain exposure of and experience within.
Working for our organisation
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.
We also have a bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.
Applicants should be aware that individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles (this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.
All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team [email protected]
Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.
If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.
So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc / MPharm in Pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good written/verbal communication skills
- Evidence of providing professional / educational / leadership support to others
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post-graduate clinical pharmacy qualification or equivalent years experience
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
- Joanne Stayte
- Job title
- Advanced Clinical Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07929015364
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