Specialist Mental Health Pharmacist
Specialist Mental Health Pharmacist
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Blackpool, England, United Kingdom
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Are you interested in and enthusiastic about mental health pharmacy or wanting to specialise in this field?
Perhaps you are a recently qualified/soon to qualify Trainee Pharmacist eager to learn more?
Or maybe you are a Community Pharmacist looking for an opportunity to change career pathways and develop your clinical skills?
If any of these apply then this role may be perfect for you!
As a Trust we are committed to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of our staff as well as service users in the localities we serve. We would love for you to join our supportive and nurturing Pharmacy team.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our expanding and highly supportive patient team for the role of a Specialist Mental Health Pharmacist.
The post is based at The Harbour Hospital in Blackpool, covering a range of Mental Health wards including Psychiatric Intensive Care Units, Acute Admissions, Dementia, Elderly, Advanced Care Wards and a 136 suite.
The role offers the ideal job opportunity for a pharmacist who may wish to enhance their knowledge within the mental health field. This role may also be suitable for a soon-to qualify or newly-qualified pharmacist to develop within this area of specialty.
Hospital and/or mental health experience is desirable but not essential as we have an in-house award-winning training programme to support the successful candidate. We are also able to offer the successful candidate the opportunity to complete the Aston University distance learning Postgraduate Certificate in Psychiatric Therapeutics, which is accredited by the College of Mental Health Pharmacy (CMHP). We can also offer other courses and training events to support future clinical, professional and personal development.
The Post Will Provide An Opportunity For The Following
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Holly Webb Job title: Deputy Lead Pharmacist Email address: [email protected]
Perhaps you are a recently qualified/soon to qualify Trainee Pharmacist eager to learn more?
Or maybe you are a Community Pharmacist looking for an opportunity to change career pathways and develop your clinical skills?
If any of these apply then this role may be perfect for you!
As a Trust we are committed to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of our staff as well as service users in the localities we serve. We would love for you to join our supportive and nurturing Pharmacy team.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our expanding and highly supportive patient team for the role of a Specialist Mental Health Pharmacist.
The post is based at The Harbour Hospital in Blackpool, covering a range of Mental Health wards including Psychiatric Intensive Care Units, Acute Admissions, Dementia, Elderly, Advanced Care Wards and a 136 suite.
The role offers the ideal job opportunity for a pharmacist who may wish to enhance their knowledge within the mental health field. This role may also be suitable for a soon-to qualify or newly-qualified pharmacist to develop within this area of specialty.
Hospital and/or mental health experience is desirable but not essential as we have an in-house award-winning training programme to support the successful candidate. We are also able to offer the successful candidate the opportunity to complete the Aston University distance learning Postgraduate Certificate in Psychiatric Therapeutics, which is accredited by the College of Mental Health Pharmacy (CMHP). We can also offer other courses and training events to support future clinical, professional and personal development.
The Post Will Provide An Opportunity For The Following
- Pharmaceutical care planning and clinical review of prescriptions
- Involvement in multi-disciplinary ward rounds
- Provision of medicines information to service users and staff
- Opportunity to experience pharmacy practice across in-patient services and community teams
- Supporting development of robust medicines management processes
- Actively working to deliver the Trust medicines optimisation strategy
- Ensuring compliance to GPhC standards for dispensing.
- Clinical audit
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Holly Webb Job title: Deputy Lead Pharmacist Email address: [email protected]
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