Clinical Pharmacist

Job summary

We are excited to advertise a permanent Clinical Pharmacist position working across Exeter and Langdon, Dawlish, localities.

The Clinical Pharmacist will gain experience and provide clinical input to a range of inpatient wards, including:

Adult acute mental health

Psychiatric intensive care

Rehabilitation

Older peoples mental health (including dementia)

Secure services (including low and medium security)

Eating disorders

Perinatal

Under the supervision of a Senior Clinical Pharmacist, the post-holder will be supported to develop their experience and interest in mental health, neurodiversity and learning disability services. The postholder will have close clinical support via regular managerial and clinical supervision with their line manager, access to an array of friendly, experienced and supportive pharmacists and pharmacy technicians across the Trust as well as a variety of networks including a regular pharmacy peer group.

This is the perfect role for someone wanting to develop their skills within this specialism and work within a dedicated and growing pharmacy team.

***Banding subject to job matching***

Main duties of the job

Working closely with the Rotational Pharmacists, Senior Clinical Pharmacists, Clinical Pharmacy Technicians and Medicines Optimisation Technicians, the postholder will provide expert clinical pharmacy service across Langdon and Exeter inpatient wards.

The postholder will attend relevant multi-disciplinary team meetings such as ward rounds, risk-review meetings and discharge planning meetings to ensure that clinical experience and expertise is provided to patients with complex medication regimes and critical medications. In a targeted approach, the Clinical Pharmacist will review clinical information from the electronic patient records as well as gathering the views and wishes of the patient, carers and/or relatives to recommend and guide evidence-based and person-centred treatment plans.

The potholder will also provide line management and support the Rotational Pharmacists to develop and progress within their roles. Clinical Pharmacists will also support wider ward-based action plans to address areas of improvement relating to medicines management.

***Banding subject to job matching***

About us

About Devon Partnership Trust

We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.

We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification which will provide further information on this role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Masters degree in pharmacy or equivalent, plus pre-registration year.
• Current registration and practicing member of General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.

Desirable

• Member of the College of Mental Health Pharmacy
• Postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy / therapeutics.
• Certificate/Diploma or Masters in Psychiatric Pharmacy practice.

Other including knowledge, communication, analytical and judgmental skills, planning and organisation and physical skills

Essential

• Evidence of post registration Pharmacy practice, knowledge and experience to demonstrate the competency in the following areas
• Broad clinical and pharmaceutical knowledge, with an understanding of national policies and issues impacting on prescribing and medicines optimisation services.
• Excellent, communication and interpersonal skills, including presentation skills for a wide variety of audiences.
• Team working skills.
• Critical appraisal and analytical skills, with an understanding of evidence based medicine.
• The ability to deal with complex situations and bring to a satisfactory resolution.
• The ability to be flexible and adjust to a rapidly changing environment.
• Ability to analyse and interpret a wide range of data, including prescribing data.
• High-level time management skills.
• The ability to plan and organise broad range of complex activities, formulate strategic/ long-term plans involving uncertainty.
• The ability to work on own initiative, organise self and prioritise own workload, including resolution of conflicting priorities.
• The ability to work under pressure and complete work to tight deadlines.
• Logical approach to new situations and problem solving.
• Must be independently mobile across the Trust area and beyond. The post holder will need
• to travel to various locations throughout the Trust and beyond.
• Computer literacy including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Email and Internet.

Desirable

• Willingness to obtain further qualifications in mental health or pharmacy practice if not already held as identified through the post holders personal development plan.
• Knowledge of relevant health legislation and awareness of current issues in mental health and learning disability services.
• The ability to negotiate, facilitate and influence change.
• The ability to present complex information to a variety of audiences, including service-users and carers,
• in an understandable way.
• Experience of using databases.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary healthcare team / environment.
• Ability to supervise activities of pharmacy technicians and assistants.
• Managing change in a complex environment and evidence of having successfully implemented change.

Desirable

• The ability to work under pressure, to deadlines where there are conflicting priorities.
• Experience of undertaking clinical audit.
• Experience of delivering training programmes