Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
23 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Post-registration training and experience as a hospital pharmacist.
- PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Experience in providing Clinical Pharmacy Services to Children and Young People with Mental Health illnesses or in general or specialist paediatric wards.
- PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate medicine-related therapeutic options to patients with mental health issues, carers and clinical staff
- PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Training and education of staff
- PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Staff management experience (e.g. recruitment, appraisal, training, leadership, motivation, sickness, absence, & clinical supervision).
- PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Experience working within clinical governance frameworks and policy development
- PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Record of achieving results against set targets
- PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
To have undertaken clinical audit/quality improvement projects
- PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Experience of managing change
- PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
Demonstrates ability to meet set targets
- PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
Demonstrate the ability to organise oneself to ensure efficient use of time.
- PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
The ability and willingness to deputise for senior staff while recognising limitations of experience and ability
- EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Master’s Degree in Pharmacy (or equivalent qualification)
- EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Postgraduate Certificate in Psychiatric Therapeutics/and or significant paediatric pharmacy experience
- EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy practice
- EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Portfolio demonstrating specialist knowledge acquired through training and experience
- SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES
Clinical and critical appraisal skills
- SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES
Evidence in writing procedures, clinical guidelines and policy/protocols.
- SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES
Communicates with medical, nursing, and pharmacy staff in a clear, precise, and appropriate manner.
- SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES
Good presentation and report writing skills
- SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES
The ability to identify and manage risks
Desirable
6 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Monitoring and advising on medicines expenditure
- EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Accredited Membership of RPS Faculty/Credentialed membership of College of Mental Health Pharmacy etc.
- EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Non-medical prescribing
- EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Appropriate management course
- EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Member of College of Mental Health Pharmacy (CMHP) or Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacist Group (NPPG)
- SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES
Advanced clinical knowledge and skills assessed through competency framework
Job overview
CNWL Pharmacy is seeking an enthusiastic, experienced and motivated Advanced Specialist Pharmacist to join our team in Milton Keynes, providing specialist clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation support across Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and the Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team (CRHTT).
This is an exciting opportunity to take a senior clinical role across two important mental health services, supporting patients with complex needs while working closely with multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe, effective and person-centred care.
Main duties of the job
- Provide a comprehensive specialist clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation service to CAMHS and CRHTT patients and their multidisciplinary teams.
- Undertake patient-centred clinical medication reviews for people with complex mental health needs, polypharmacy, adherence difficulties and comorbidities.
- Provide expert advice on the safe, appropriate and cost-effective use of medicines.
- Participate in MDT meetings, inpatient ward rounds, CPA meetings and discharge planning where appropriate, particularly for patients transferring to CRHTT.
- Support reviews of pharmacological treatment options and, where appropriate, lead aspects of medication-focused ward rounds or MDT discussions.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are looking for a pharmacist who can demonstrate:
- Significant clinical pharmacy experience and a strong commitment to patient-centred care.
- Specialist knowledge and experience relevant to mental health pharmacy and medicines optimisation.
- The ability to work confidently and collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.
- Excellent clinical reasoning and decision-making skills when managing complex patients.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to work effectively with patients, carers and healthcare professionals.
- Experience of supporting and developing colleagues through education, training, supervision or mentorship.
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.
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This advert is for Advanced Specialist Pharmacist - CAMHS-CRHTT MK with Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust in Ashford, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Pharmacist role. The advertised salary is £57,528 - £64,750 Per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 10 Sep 2026.
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