# Mental Health Network Lead Pharmacist- Community Services > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/mental-health-network-lead-pharmacist-community-services/24acfe97-a5d5-4f96-9c80-c793042f60a5 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/mental-health-network-lead-pharmacist-community-services/24acfe97-a5d5-4f96-9c80-c793042f60a5.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** The Meadows - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Pharmacist - **Salary:** £66,582 - £77,368 pa, pro rata - **Contract type:** Secondment: 12 months (Until December 2027) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-27T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-10T23:02:27.188Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Ashton_Lyne/Pennine_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Pharmacy/Pharmacy-v8287314 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8287314?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking to offer a secondment into the mental health network community lead pharmacist role for 12 months due to the current postholder taking a career break. You would be part of the pharmacy leadership team accountable to the Chief Pharmacist and supported by the wider supportive team. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will lead the management, development and delivery of the clinical pharmacy service and team to the Mental Health Network- community services with a focus on ensuring quality clinical pharmacy services are adequately aligned to patient need. You will act as a clinical role model for clinical pharmacists working in the Mental Health Network- community services and demonstrate the ability to provide safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of medicines in patients across all Mental Health Network- community services ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To lead the clinical pharmacy service and its staff within the Mental Health Network- community services to ensure a high standard of service is available and delivered to wards, teams and services. To be responsible for strategically developing, planning and organising the clinical pharmacy service working with lead clinical pharmacists across the Mental Health Network- community services and associated care hubs. To manage and participate in the delivery of clinical pharmacy service to services within the Mental Health Network of Pennine Care NHSFT - To deliver the medicines optimisation strategy and monitor the delivery of agreed outcomes To provide a highly specialist mental health clinical pharmacy service and act as a role model and supervisor for other clinical pharmacists In clinical situations, to manage complex and ambiguous pharmaceutical problems, tolerate uncertainty and make decisions autonomously with limited information. To provide training to junior pharmacy staff, medical staff and nursing staff across Pennine Care NHSFT as required To appraise the Chief Pharmacist on clinical and strategic issues leading development of business cases and business plans as required. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to inspire and motivate others, and problem solve - Good analytical and presentation skills (verbal and written) - Good clinical knowledge - Expert user of Microsoft office software - Knowledge of project management, in particular managing discrete projects from concept to completion - Supervision and line management - Knowledge of prescribing analysis tools and terminology In depth understanding of risk, governance frameworks and standards - Knowledge and experience of clinical audit - Familiar with health service reforms, primary care and the NHS as a whole - Knowledge of legislation and regulations relating to pharmacy and use of medicines **Desirable** - Political awareness ### Experience **Essential** - Experience in a number of sectors of pharmacy (hospital, PCT medicines management team / GP practice) - Experience in initiating, leading and implementing change and new developments - Experience of training and supporting other members of staff - Previous experience of providing IT/ medicines management advice or support - Experience of working in health related IT setting - Experience of people management - Experience of resource/ budget management - Experience of developing guidelines / protocols - Experience of influencing and negotiating with internal and external stakeholders - Experience of training healthcare professionals both individually and in groups **Desirable** - Project management and business process mapping ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - Critical appraisal skills - Data analysis skills - Excellent written and verbal communication skills - Ability to work both as a team member and independently - Ability to work with multidisciplinary, multi-agency groups - Ability to plan own workload with priorities and objectives and work against tight deadlines - Presentation and teaching skills ### Education/Qualifications **Essential** - Current member of the General Pharmaceutical Council - Masters’ degree in Pharmacy (or pre-2000 equivalent) - Evidence of CPD and commitment to life-long learning - Relevant post graduate qualification, i.e. Diploma / MSc in Clinical Pharmacy / Pharmacy - Practice, or Prescribing Sciences (or equivalent experience) - Relevant management qualification or equivalent experience **Desirable** - Post Graduate IT qualification (or equivalent experience) ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 170.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10604735) - [person specification (pdf, 116.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10604736) - [policy statement on recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 117.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=440) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.