About this role
Job summary
The Advanced Specialist Pharmacist Workforce, Education, Training andDevelopment (WETD) will provide strong leadership to the pharmacy workforce and ensure effective and safe provision of pharmacy services.
They will support the Senior Lead Pharmacist with the operational delivery of the pharmacy workforce development, education and training strategy, the people plan and the Medicines Optimisation Programme for North London Foundation Trust (NLFT) and deputise when required.
The Advanced Specialist Pharmacist will also deliver an advanced comprehensive pharmacy service to patients and the multidisciplinary treatment team responsible for their care. This includes provision of clinical pharmacy services, medicines information, patient counselling, and ensuring compliance with trust policies and guidelines as well as Medicines legislation.
The role also requires management and supervision of team members. Attendance at trust wide meetings and reporting through local clinical governance structures is also required.
Main duties of the job
oTo support the Deputy Chief Pharmacist in leading, developing, delivering, and evaluating pharmacy services and medicines optimisation in their allocated area as delegated by the Chief Pharmacist.o To support the Senior Lead Pharmacist WETD in delivering the pharmacy workforce development, education and training strategy and the pharmacy people plan.o To be an active member of the Pharmacy team with allocated management responsibilities.o Provide leadership, maintain and improve standards of clinical pharmacy practice, quality assurance, risk management and other issues of clinical governance related to medicines optimisation.o To play a leading role in delivering the Medicines Optimisation Strategy.
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:
We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all 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
Please see the detailed job description and personal specification attached, which will outline the roles and and responsibilities of the post-holder.
Person Specification
Experience/ Knowledge Essential
Significant and demonstrable experience of working as a clinical pharmacist practitioner in mental health. Must have highly specialised knowledge of psychopharmacology and mental health pharmacy services Experience of supervising and managing staff Experience of training and educating healthcare staff from a variety of professions Minimum of 18 months post-registration experience
Skills/ Abilities Essential
Excellent written and oral communication skills. Able to communicate with patients and all grades of health care staff (verbally and in writing) Good interpersonal skills, confident and assertive when dealing with other professionals
ersonal Qualities Essential
Excellent team player Must have a positive "can do" attitude
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).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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
Dartmouth Park Hill
London
N19 5NX
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)