# Senior Specialist Pharmacist - Mental Health > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-specialist-pharmacist-mental-health/a9d5b276-41d8-4c1b-8a36-9eeff520e3e0 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-specialist-pharmacist-mental-health/a9d5b276-41d8-4c1b-8a36-9eeff520e3e0.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Manchester - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Pharmacist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent: Requirement to take part in on call rota - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Participation in on call rota - Happy to discuss flexible working) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-24T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-10T09:00:43.247Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Crumpsall_Manchester/Greater_Manchester_Mental_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health/Mental_Health-v8010832 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8010832?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated pharmacist to join our innovative and friendly pharmacy team. The post holder will be responsible for the provision and continued development of a specialist clinical pharmacy service to wards at North View four days per week with one day per week providing specialist input into our citywide Early Intervention Services (EIS) North View is a brand new award winning inpatient mental health unit on the North Manchester General Hospital site. The successful candidate will also provide senior leadership within the Manchester pharmacy team. They will clinically supervise and support more junior pharmacists including direct line management were necessary. The Post Holder will hold a Non-Medical Prescribing qualification or be keen to work towards this whilst in post. ### Main duties of the job To deliver, develop and evaluate specialist clinical pharmacy services to the inpatient wards at North View, North Manchester General Hospital and Early Intervention Services citywide. To deputise for the North Manchester Lead Clinical Pharmacist, when required. To provide expert pharmaceutical advice to consultants and medical staff within the Trust and other members of the multidisciplinary team (MDT). To attend MDT meetings on a regular basis. To provide expert pharmaceutical advice to patients and carers. To ensure that drug therapy is evidence based, safe, cost effective and appropriate to the individual patient. To ensure that medicines management practices within MDT and services comply with legal, national and local guidelines. To develop local procedures and guidelines within designated teams and services. To manage, supervise and train clinical pharmacists, trainee pharmacists and pharmacy undergraduates. To supervise and train technical staff and other health care professionals. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached Job description and Person Specification for details. Staff Benefits - 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years - Excellent pension - Cycle to work scheme - Salary sacrifice car scheme - Wellbeing programme - Blue Light Card Discounts ## Job Details An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated pharmacist to join our innovative and friendly pharmacy team. The post holder will be responsible for the provision and continued development of a specialist clinical pharmacy service to wards at North View four days per week with one day per week providing specialist input into our citywide Early Intervention Services (EIS) North View is a brand new award winning inpatient mental health unit on the North Manchester General Hospital site. The successful candidate will also provide senior leadership within the Manchester pharmacy team. They will clinically supervise and support more junior pharmacists including direct line management were necessary. The Post Holder will hold a Non-Medical Prescribing qualification or be keen to work towards this whilst in post. ## Job Description To deliver, develop and evaluate specialist clinical pharmacy services to the inpatient wards at North View, North Manchester General Hospital and Early Intervention Services citywide. To deputise for the North Manchester Lead Clinical Pharmacist, when required. To provide expert pharmaceutical advice to consultants and medical staff within the Trust and other members of the multidisciplinary team (MDT). To attend MDT meetings on a regular basis. To provide expert pharmaceutical advice to patients and carers. To ensure that drug therapy is evidence based, safe, cost effective and appropriate to the individual patient. To ensure that medicines management practices within MDT and services comply with legal, national and local guidelines. To develop local procedures and guidelines within designated teams and services. To manage, supervise and train clinical pharmacists, trainee pharmacists and pharmacy undergraduates. To supervise and train technical staff and other health care professionals. ## Responsibilities Please see attached Job description and Person Specification for details. Staff Benefits 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years Excellent pension Cycle to work scheme Salary sacrifice car scheme Wellbeing programme Blue Light Card Discounts ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - - Have knowledge of clinical governance, clinical audit and risk management - - Knowledge of primary and secondary care, prescribing and medicines management - - Knowledge of Mental Health therapeutics and services ### Experience **Essential** - - Considerable hospital experience - - Considerable mental health / training experience - - Experience of managing and supervising staff - - Experience of developing prescribing policies - - Experience of designing and undertaking clinical audits **Desirable** - - Experience of developing and delivering training - - Experience of working in both primary and secondary care. - - Experience in working MH inpatient services ### Education / Qualifications **Essential** - - Member of the GPhC - - Masters Degree with demonstrable competency based training with final exams or equivalent - - Post graduate diploma in clinical / psychiatric pharmacy **Desirable** - - Registered non-medical prescriber ## Documents - [important candidate information (pdf, 2.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=931) - [jd & ps 8a senior specialist mental health pharmacist (pdf, 280.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10297027) ## 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.