About this role
Job summary
Are you a motivated pharmacist looking to take the next step in your career and develop your clinical expertise in mental health while making a difference to people's lives?
North London NHS Foundation Trust Pharmacy Department is offering an exciting 12-month fixed-term rotational pharmacist opportunity, with structured training and a clear development pathway from Band 6 to Band 7.
As a Rotational Mental Health Pharmacist, you will gain experience across two sites and a range of services, including inpatient, rehabilitation and older adult services, providing medicines optimisation, clinical pharmacy support and patient-centred care. Working as part of multidisciplinary teams, you will collaborate with doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals to improve outcomes for service users.
This role is ideal for pharmacists who are passionate about delivering high-quality care and eager to develop specialist knowledge in mental health pharmacy.
Whether you work in community pharmacy, hospital pharmacy, primary care, or are a trainee pharmacist due to imminently join the GPhC register, we would love to hear from you.
If you are looking for a rewarding opportunity to develop clinically, contribute to service improvement and help transform the lives of people affected by mental illness, this could be the perfect role for you.
Main duties of the job
BAND 6
1. To be responsible for the provision and contribute to the development of clinical pharmacy services, in conjunction with the Lead Pharmacists.
2. To provide input into policy and procedures affecting the use of pharmaceuticals at both local and trust wide levels under direction.
3. To provide and participate in the following: ward-based clinical pharmacy, in-patient and outpatient dispensing (including supporting the clozapine dispensing service), patient counselling, medicines information, audit.
BAND 7
1. The Senior Clinical Pharmacist will play a pivotal role in delivering a high-quality, patient-focused pharmacy service to mental health wards, forensic wards, community teams, and rehabilitation and crisis services within the Trust. This includes supporting medicines optimisation, promoting safe and effective use of medicines, and contributing to clinical governance.
2. The post-holder will supervise junior staff and trainees, contribute to education and training initiatives, and support quality improvement (QI) programs.
3. The role requires collaboration across multidisciplinary teams and external partners, with the flexibility to adapt to evolving service needs.
About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.Our Five-Year Strategy:
1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
Why NLFT?
We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
Excellent internal staff network
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Job description Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS Essential
GPhC registration as a pharmacist. Good standard of basic education to include A levels or equivalent. Master's degree (MSc or MPharm) in Pharmacy or equivalent.
Desirable
Commitment to CPD evidenced through participation in suitable programmes.
EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE Essential
1 year's completed pre-registration training and experience.
Desirable
Knowledge of hospital ward-based pharmacy service provision. Experience of working with services users with mental health issues and / or Mental Health experience.
SKILLS AND ABILITIES Essential
Good clinical skills /knowledge. Good time management (including ability to plan and organise workload) Good IMT skills.
PERSONAL QUALITIES Essential
Good oral & written communication skills. Good interpersonal skills.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS Essential
Light lifting and carrying.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name North London NHS Foundation Trust
Address Highgate Mental Health Centre - West OR St Ann's Hospital
Dartmouth Park Hill
London
N19 5NX
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)