Clinical Pharmacist (Mental Health) - Suffolk

Job overview

We are looking for a motivated and forward-thinking full time clinical pharmacist, whose career has demonstrated broad-based clinical knowledge and excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work within the mental health teams across Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.

The position is suitable for pharmacists wanting to move sector and from any clinical background. It is a great opportunity to start or continue a career in mental health. The successful candidate will be based at Woodlands Unit in Ipswich and must have the ability to travel to Wedgwood House in Bury St Edmunds, if necessary, with travel reimbursement

This is a patient facing full time role and the post holder will collaborate with other healthcare team members to provide ward-based clinical pharmacy services alongside a team of medicines management technicians. You will have a flexible approach to meet the needs of the service and have a strong teamwork ethics.

There are no dispensary and on-call commitment. Mental health experience is desirable but not essential as the post holder will receive support to complete an inhouse training programme and undertake further accreditations as appropriate.

Please note this is fixed term for one year to cover a secondment.

Main duties of the job

As a clinical mental health pharmacist, you will:

• Deliver comprehensive clinical pharmacy services to inpatient wards aligned with Trust and departmental policies, procedures, and standards.
• Be responsible for building strong clinical relationships with patients, carers, and healthcare professionals in your in-patient settings.
• Directly support patients, prescribers, and other healthcare professionals via attendance at multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings and one-to-one or group patient consultations, engage in discharge-planning with the MDT, and take the lead on medicines optimisation and quality improvement programmes within your clinical setting.
• Train, supervise, coach and mentor other members of the pharmacy team.
• Advise, prepare, and deliver training for clinical staff (e.g., nurses, support workers, and doctors) on a wide range of medicines-related issues.
• Support the Principal Pharmacist in communicating relevant Trust decisions and policies relating to medicines to local clinical areas.
• Be supported in continuing professional development through regular management, clinical and peer group supervision and education sessions within the Pharmacy department and externally where practicable.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the coastline and countryside to Broads National Park. We’re up to 2.5 hours away from London and offer excellent rail and air links across the UK and internationally. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, restaurants, shops, and theatres. We also offer top ranking schooling and affordable house prices.

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