Band 6 Pharmacist

Job overview

This role is open to Trainee foundation pharmacists or qualified pharmacists.

We are seeking an enthusiastic Pharmacist with a keen interest in mental health to join our team. Our pharmacists provide clinical services across a range of teams, including inpatient wards and community teams to provide safe, service user centred care.

Our pharmacists are vital members of the multidisciplinary team, and you will be an active member in meetings for your team, providing clinical support, developing individualised care plans, medicines reconciliation and service user counselling services.

You will also develop your skills through the department’s activities including medicines information, dispensary services and providing teaching for professionals and service users. As a team we are committed to developing our staff and service and have a history of internal promotion.

We are located in the city of Sheffield, with a wide range social and recreational activities including bars, restaurants, theatres an arena and two football stadiums. We are on the edge of the Peak District providing stunning scenery and a host of outdoor pursuits.

The possibility of part-time working can be discussed at interview.

Main duties of the job

• Ability to demonstrate a sound base of clinical pharmacy knowledge.
• Awareness of appropriate clinical guidelines, e.g. NICE.
• Experience of clinical pharmacy services.
• Experience of the use of evidence based clinical pharmacy practice
• Ability to work well on own initiative and as part of a clinical team.
• Evidence of working as part of a clinical team.
• Good verbal and written communication
• Competent interpersonal skills
• IT competency
• Flexible, adaptable and responsive to change
• Effective management skills
• Flexible working to undertake late duties, weekend/bank holiday work and on-call commitment.
• UK driving licence with access to own vehicle, to undertake work in other Trust units throughout the city.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Working predominantly within designated multidisciplinary teams, provide a clinical pharmacy service to wards, units or teams in order to ensure pharmacological treatment provides best outcomes for service users and is in line with nationally agreed standards for best practice.

Support the delivery of clinical pharmacy and dispensary services to all areas of the Trust.

Develop and maintain relationships within designated multidisciplinary teams.

Assist and, where appropriate, take a lead in supporting designated multidisciplinary teams to develop safe and effective medicines related practice.

Provide advice and counselling to service users and, where relevant, carers on the best use of their medicines. Work with individual service users, carers or groups or to help achieve best outcomes from pharmacological treatments.

Advise medical, nursing and other staff of medicine related problems.

Participate in the departmental medicines information systems and answer queries resulting from medicine use in the Trust.

Under supervision, perform specialist mental health medication reviews, reviewing and advising on the management of service users receiving complex pharmacological treatments or not responding to existing treatments. Where appropriate, collaborate with other health care providers to ensure that physical health considerations are encompassed.

Work as a prescriber within clinical teams, when qualified to do so, in accordance with SHSC requirements for Non-Medical Prescribers and relevant legal frameworks

Responsibility for clinical verification and other checks within the dispensary, and to act as Responsible Pharmacist.

Undertake medicines reconciliation in accordance with the SHSC Pharmacy Clinical Standards

Responsibility to act as a pharmacist for the purposes of the 2012 Human Medicines Regulations and other statutory instruments.

Participate in the systems and processes which will ensure compliance with the requirements laid down by the CQC or other regulatory bodies.

Maintain a complete record of CPD as per GPhC requirements.

Participate in department systems to implement any MHRA or other medicines alerts.

Participate in data collection/audits and clinical trials.

Support with assurance checks, e.g.controlled drugs, as required throughout SHSC

Participate in training sessions on medicines for other professional groups.

Support the team to achieve the standards set within the Pharmacy KPIs

Attend and contribute to Multidisciplinary Team Meetings

Undertake mandatory and other training as required by the Trust.

When appropriate, supervise and support junior pharmacy staff, technicians, trainees and students.

To work flexibly and travel to various locations across the city.

Contribute to the out of hours on-call rota including early morning (start at 8am), late night (finish at 6pm), weekends and bank holidays.

Service development:

• Support developments in services under the direction of the senior pharmacy team.
• Assist in developing and implementing new processes and procedures.
• Under supervision, develop and implement policies and propose changes to practices and procedures.
• Assist in delivering and adapting training materials.