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Job requirements
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Essential
3 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Knowledge and Experience
Evidence of confidence managing dispensary services
- Knowledge and Experience
Evidence of confidence in clinical areas
- Training and qualifications
Registered as a pharmacist with GPhC
Desirable
4 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Knowledge and Experience
Good clinical knowledge of psychiatric medication
- Knowledge and Experience
Evidence of relevant current CPD
- Training and qualifications
Postgraduate qualification in psychiatric pharmacy
- Training and qualifications
Other relevant postgraduate qualification
Job overview
An excellent opportunity is now available for a highly motivated and dedicated pharmacist to join our Pharmacy team based in the main Trust Pharmacy. You will participate in the provision of clinical pharmacy services, based in our Central and Summerhill dispensaries. This is a great opportunity for a newly qualified pharmacist interested in either hospital or mental health pharmacy experience.
The Trust Pharmacy service comprises over 50 staff including 14 pharmacists and 17 pharmacy technicians. The service provides for 120 teams, including inpatients, forensic inpatients, forensic CAMHS, home treatment, assertive outreach, community mental health teams and early intervention. Within the service, there is an inpatient dispensary and an outpatient dispensary, with its own compliance aid filling robot.
Consideration will be given to full time or part time applicants.
Main duties of the job
The Job Summary is as follows:
- To work within the Trust dispensaries providing clinical support for the ward and community clinical teams, as well as the Pharmacy service teams
- To provide medicine related information to doctors, nurses and other health care professionals, as well as patients and their carers.
- To implement and monitor medicines management systems promoting economical, safe and rational use of drugs.
- to act as the responsible pharmacist in Summerhill Pharmacy when required to do so.
- To participate in and encourage the recognition and reporting of adverse drug reactions
- To be conversant with the departmental and trust computer systems.
- To adhere to all national, professional, and local policies and procedures.
- To ensure that personal training needs are met.
- To participate in education and training for all grades of staff.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.
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 Band 6 Dispensary Pharmacist - Venture House with Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust in Birmingham, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Pharmacist role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata. The contract type is 6 months (Fixed Term end date 31st March 2027). The application deadline is 27 Sep 2026.
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