Specialist Mental Health Pharmacist

Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SHPU) is an NHS Trust that is primarily focused on mental health and wellbeing, learning disabilities, neurodiversity and dementia. Our vision is to improve the mental, physical and social wellbeing of the people in our communities. Our services include some highly specialised regional services such as Gender Identity Services and Forensic Secure Mental Health; and a wide variety of local and neighbourhood-based services such as primary care mental health and Talking Therapies. This is in addition to being the major provider of secondary mental healthcare for the people of Sheffield.

We have a dedicated and skillful team of people caring in Sheffield, which you could become a part of.

Our values are at the heart of everything we do.

We work together, We are respectful and Kind, We are inclusive and We keep improving.

If you are looking for a new challenge in a supportive, enthusiastic and caring environment in a lovely part of Sheffield; Sheffield Health Partnership University Trust Pharmacy department are looking to recruit well motivated, forward-thinking professionals to join our friendly team.

We are seeking a Specialist Pharmacist to work clinically within designated teams in inpatient and community mental health settings, acting as an expert source of pharmaceutical advice promoting safe, cost effective and evidence-based prescribing and medicines use. In addition to the focus above, as part of the SHPU pharmacy team you will also work to provide specialist mental health pharmaceutical support to across the trust to help achieve best outcomes with medicines. There will be a requirement to undertake on call support out of hours.

You will need to have excellent communication skills and enjoy working as part of a multi-disciplinary team. You will need to be friendly, approachable, adaptable, flexible, willing to learn new skills and be committed to continuous professional development.

As part of the pharmacy service, to ensure the safe and effective use of medicines throughout the Trust

01. To support the use of medicines across the Trust to achieve best outcomes for service users in accordance with best practice.

02. To apply clinical skills and expertise in the management of medicines in mental health in accordance with best practice.

03. To prevent and reduce medicines related harm.

04. To provide a high level of clinical pharmacy services to allocated teams.

05. To undertake medications reviews and provide advice on medicines optimisation.

06. Competently use electronic based notes and prescribing systems.

07. Participate in systems to ensure continuous personal professional development, including any agreed post-registration qualifications. Work towards membership of the College of Mental Health Pharmacy (or equivalent).

08. Participate in departmental systems of clinical supervision and peer support.

09. Responsible for the day to day running of clinical trials service, including pharmacy trial specific procedures.

10. To work flexibly and travel to various locations across the city.

11. To participate in On-call pharmacist service in accordance with local procedure.

12. Participate in weekend, bank holiday and late working rotas in accordance with local procedure.

Working for our organisation

Become part of a vibrant team who are extremely passionate about staff engagement, culture, and improvement, where everyone has a voice and where service users and staff collaborate to have a direct impact on the things that matter most.

We want to provide the very best care to the people we support, and we're looking for amazing people who share this passion to join us.

Our friendly department provides an environment that supports learning, team working and encourages individuals to develop in their role.

The Pharmacy Department is a forward thinking and progressive department seeking to expand our current team as we develop a patient focused and modern hospital pharmacy service to the Trust while constantly looking at ways to further improve our service.

We understand the importance of great team working and have strong links with other disciplines within and around the trust. The patient is at the Centre of all that we do, and we aim to provide a pharmacy service that has Medicine Optimisation as key.

We are looking to recruit full time (37.5) hours per week. We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly or part time.

SHPU has EPMA (electronic prescribing and medicines administrations) throughout the trust In-patient sites.

The following represent a broad outline of tasks the post holder will be expected to perform in achieving their key result areas. These are not intended as a fixed list of duties. The post holder will, under the direction of the Chief Pharmacist or senior pharmacist, perform whatever duties are reasonably necessary to achieve the job purpose and the overall safe provision of pharmacy services throughout the Trust.

01. Working predominantly within designated multidisciplinary teams, provide a clinical pharmacy service to teams in order to ensure pharmacological treatment provides best outcomes for service users and is in line with nationally agreed standards for best practice.

02. Support designated multidisciplinary teams to develop safe and effective medicines related practice. Aid teams to develop and adhere to medicines related Standard Operating Procedures

03. Develop and maintain relationships within designated multidisciplinary team(s) in order to ensure service user’s care plans, reflect the best use of pharmacological treatments.

04. Support the delivery of clinical pharmacy services to other areas of the Trust.

05. Promote the safe use of medication throughout the Trust and wider health community.

06. Provide advice to service users and where relevant, carers on the best use of their medicines. Work with individual service users, carers or groups or to help achieve best outcomes from pharmacological treatments.

07. Advise medical, nursing and other staff on medicine related problems and medicines optimisation.

08. Perform specialist mental health medication reviews, reviewing and advising on the management of service users receiving complex pharmacological treatments or not responding to existing treatments. Where appropriate collaborate with other health care providers to ensure that physical health considerations are encompassed.

09. Participate in SHSC drug information systems and provide expert advice on medication related queries to healthcare professionals, patients and carers.

10. Deputise for the senior pharmacists when necessary.

11. Responsibility for clinical and other checks within the dispensary, and to act as Responsible Pharmacist. Advise of the legal aspects of prescribing and the clarity and accuracy of prescriptions

12. Responsibility to act as a pharmacist for the purposes of the 2012 Human Medicines Regulations and other statutory instruments

13. Participate in data collection/audits and clinical trials.

14. Participate in the systems and processes which will ensure compliance with the requirements laid down by CQC or other regulatory bodies.

15. Participate in department systems to implement any MHRA or other medicines alerts

16. Support medicines management training and development within SHSC

17. Undertake mandatory and other training as required by the trust.

18. When appropriate, supervise teach and assess junior pharmacy staff, technicians, and students.

1. Support developments in services under the direction of the senior pharmacy team.

2. Support development and implementation of new processes and procedures.

3. Under supervision, implement policies and propose changes to practices and procedures

4. Support senior pharmacists to implement training developments, adapt training materials and organise and deliver training.

We aim to be an organisation that is diverse and inclusive and to meet this aim we welcome applications from people with a wide range of life experience and whose diversity echoes the diversity of Sheffield, that of the people who use our services, and that of the people who may need to use our services but face barriers to access. Please think about your personal values and how these align with our Values when you are applying. Find out more about our organisation through our website.

We are a Disability Confident employer. We offer a guaranteed interview to disabled applicants who meet all of the essential criteria for a role. When you apply you will have the opportunity to let us know if you require adjustments to be made, please contact us if you are not sure or if you require adjustments to the application process itself.

Our six staff network groups welcome new members, these are:

We know how important flexible working can be to applicants and therefore we encourage you to discuss any working arrangements as part of this process. We will always aim to accommodate requests, wherever possible.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children and as part of our safe recruitment practice the successful applicant(s) will be subject to a check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) if it is deemed appropriate for the role. The cost of the DBS check must be met by the successful applicant(s).

At SHPU, we prioritise the well-being and safety of both our service users and employees. It is our policy and a condition of employment that all employees must join the DBS Update Service. This service carries an annual fee, which employees are responsible for paying up front. However, employees may claim this cost back through the Trust's Employee Expenses Reimbursement Policy. For those requiring a Basic DBS check, it is necessary to register for a DBS Online Account.

When applying for this post you will redirected to complete your application in our preferred applicant management system, Trac. If you are successfully offered a role, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. In addition, in submitting an application, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed.

Please note, all communication regarding your application will be made via email, please ensure you check your junk/spam folders as emails are sometimes filtered there.

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