Senior Clinical Pharmacist
Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
Folkestone,, CT19 5HLView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£57,528 to £64,750
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
16 September 2026
10 days leftJob description
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, and committed pharmacist to provide high-quality clinical pharmacy service to the South Kent Coast Comm...
- You will take on operational responsibility for the safe and effective delivery of medicines management services within their Community Mental Health Together Team.
- You will facilitate pharmacy-led clinics and reviews to support, monitor, and review patients requiring advice and guidance in regards to prescribed medications.
- You will also be required to network and drive innovation in mental health medicines optimisation across the primary and secondary care interface, supporting people with mental health conditions closer to their communities and homes.
- The role involves working in partnership with GPs, primary care pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians, in addition to KMMH pharmacy team and clinicians in secondary care.
We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway and are rated 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our teams support children, young people and adults with a wide range of mental health needs. We also provide specialist services, including all-age eating disorder services and neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people, such as autism and ADHD.
Because we work across the whole county and across hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the people we serve.
Our vision is simple: we are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. Everything we do is guided by our values: caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's working well together.
We are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.
Qualification
Essential
- Master's Degree in Pharmacy
- Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council, with at least 3 year's post graduate experience
- Postgraduate qualification in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent specialist knowledge, acquired through a broad spectrum of clinical pharmacy training and experience
- Non- Medical Prescribing qualification or working towards this qualification
Desirable
- Member of the College of Mental Health Pharmacy
- Practice Supervisor Qualification
- Postgraduate qualification in Psychopharmacology
- Leadership qualification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience working in a pharmacy setting at an advanced level
- Knowledge of Mental Health therapeutics and understanding of implications of Clinical Governance
- Ability to work collaboratively in multidisciplinary settings
Desirable: - Experience of Quality improvement; - Experience of Medicines Information / dealing with complex queries
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- High level of analytical skills and problem solving ability, to ensure that the post holder is able to provide advice on complex issues relating to medicine management and Trust policies.
- Knowledge and experience of Primary and Secondary Care working
- Confident and assertive when dealing with other professionals
- High level of Interpersonal skills, to ensure that the post holder is able to effectively exchange highly complex and sensitive information with patients and relatives, prescribers and senior managers
- IT skills - word-processing, PowerPoint, Excel, statistical package and internet use, so that the post holder can communicate effectively with other Health care professionals and for training purposes.
- Up to date knowledge of prescribing issues in Mental Health
Desirable: - Good project management skills
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
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First seen
2 September 2026
Last checked
4 September 2026
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