# Senior Medicines Advice Pharmacist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-medicines-advice-pharmacist/657c312f-fee8-408d-afe8-5285e3148b70 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-medicines-advice-pharmacist/657c312f-fee8-408d-afe8-5285e3148b70.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Pharmacist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £66,274 - £73,496 Per annum incl. of HCAs (inner) Pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week (plus EDC commitment) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-06T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-22T20:02:47.488Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/South_London_Maudsley_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Pharmacy_Department/Pharmacy_Department-v8070033 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8070033?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.slam.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Senior Medicines Advice Pharmacist Are you a confident & decisive pharmacist with extensive knowledge of psychotropic medicines and excellent written and oral communication skills? If so then this is an opportunity for you to join our highly-respected Maudsley Psychiatric  Medicines Advice Service at the Maudsley Hospital. About the location: Our Trust headquarters is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2).  We also provide services and operate across other locations, such as London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; and substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Lambeth, Greenwich and Wandsworth. ### Main duties of the job Our pharmacy department has a worldwide reputation for research, having published over 300 peer-reviewed clinical papers in the last 25 years. There are numerous opportunities to become involved in research for the successful applicant. The department hosts the Maudsley Psychiatric  Medicines Advice Service and publishes the Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry. The South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC), a pioneering collaboration between King's College London,  Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts. The pharmacy department provides a clinical and dispensing service to wards and community teams in Croydon, Southwark and Lambeth across four hospital sites and a wide variety of community mental health teams. We also provide information about medication to both staff and patients to improve understanding and contribute to evidence based care. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Providing a comprehensive expert psychotropic medicines information service to health-care professionals and patients - Providing specialist training for consultant level health-care professionals - Providing a clinical pharmacy service to a designated ward or group of patients. ## Job Details Senior Medicines Advice Pharmacist Are you a confident & decisive pharmacist with extensive knowledge of psychotropic medicines and excellent written and oral communication skills? If so then this is an opportunity for you to join our highly-respected Maudsley Psychiatric Medicines Advice Service at the Maudsley Hospital. About the location: Our Trust headquarters is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2). We also provide services and operate across other locations, such as London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; and substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Lambeth, Greenwich and Wandsworth. ## Job Description Our pharmacy department has a worldwide reputation for research, having published over 300 peer-reviewed clinical papers in the last 25 years. There are numerous opportunities to become involved in research for the successful applicant. The department hosts the Maudsley Psychiatric Medicines Advice Service and publishes the Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry. The South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC), a pioneering collaboration between King's College London, Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts. The pharmacy department provides a clinical and dispensing service to wards and community teams in Croydon, Southwark and Lambeth across four hospital sites and a wide variety of community mental health teams. We also provide information about medication to both staff and patients to improve understanding and contribute to evidence based care. ## Responsibilities Providing a comprehensive expert psychotropic medicines information service to health-care professionals and patients Providing specialist training for consultant level health-care professionals Providing a clinical pharmacy service to a designated ward or group of patients. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Demonstrates good information retrieval skills - Able to summarise evaluated information to provide highly specialist advice or professional opinion - Evidence of good writing skills - Word and Excel computer skills - Able to communicate effectively with enquirers ### Knowledge **Essential** - Demonstrates advanced specialist clinical knowledge - Aware of legal and ethical issues affecting MI ### Experience **Essential** - Previous experience in psychiatric pharmacy - MI training and experience ### Qualifications **Essential** - MPharm or equivalent - Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), with mandatory CPD **Desirable** - Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society - Member of the College of Mental Health Pharmacists (CMHP) - Post graduate certificate in Clinical or Psychiatric Pharmacy - National MI training course - Independent Pharmacy Prescriber ## Documents - [slam staff benefits (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2341) - [happy to talk flexible working (pdf, 680.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1723) - [senior medicines advice pharmacist jd/js (pdf, 292.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10397139) ## 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.