About this role
Job summary
We are seeking a specialist Pharmacist to join the Powys Teaching Health Board Pharmacy team to provide clinical leadership to shape mental health pharmacy services. We are looking for someone with mental health pharmacy experience and strong communication, leadership and organisational skills, who is motivated and passionate about patient care and wants to improve patient services.
Working closely with a dedicated senior pharmacy technician, wider pharmacy/medicines management team and an established and experienced multidisciplinary team, you will play a key role in ensuring the safe, effective and person-centred use of medicines across inpatient wards, community mental health services and will provide support to primary care colleagues around mental health medicines. This is an opportunity to influence strategy, improve patient outcomes, and to optimise psychiatric therapeutics across a whole health system.
The post offers a permanent post of up to 37.5 hours per week, the role will be a Powys wide role with support for inpatient areas within south and mid Powys. There can be flexibility in hours worked and in base within mid or south Powys.
Main duties of the job
You will support a wide range of mental health services including acute adult and older adult mental health, learning disabilities, community mental health teams, crisis services, substance misuse and dementia care, with links to CAMHS and perinatal services.Key responsibilities include:
Providing highly specialist expertise and leadership in mental health medicines and psychiatric therapeutics Leading the strategic direction for medicines optimisation across all mental health services in Powys Delivering and developing clinical pharmacy services across inpatient and community mental health settings Overseeing medicines governance, safety, and compliance with legislation and best practice Shaping and implementing policies, guidelines, and formulary decisions Working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams to support complex patient care and medication optimisation You will attend ward rounds and MDT meetings, provide medicines advice across care settings and support high standards of medicines safety and governance.
About us
Being the smallest Heath Board in Wales means that you won't get lost in the crowd. Everybody at Powys Teaching Health Board is valued for the contribution they make to our varied and diverse portfolio of community-based services. Together, we can continue to make a real difference to our patients and build on our unrivalled reputation.
As a supportive and progressive employer, we actively encourage you to carve out a career with us, through a range of development pathways. We're also lucky enough to be situated in one of the most beautiful rural counties in Britain, let alone Wales! Achieving a healthy 'life work' balance is essential, and something we recognise by prioritising your well-being.
To start your journey with us, and to learn more about what we can offer you please visit: https://pthb.nhs.wales/working-for-us/. There you will find information about our benefits and values, read staff experiences and more about what our beautiful county has to offer.
Job description Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
We would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers; but even if you dont speak any Welsh, or want to develop your skills, dont worry: the health board will support you with training.
Person Specification
Qualifications and / or Knowledge Essential
Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or Therapeutics or equivalent Postgraduate Diploma (PG Dip) in Psychiatric Therapeutics (or Postgraduate Certificate in Psychiatric Therapeutics or CMHP Foundation Certificate and a willingness to work towards the PG Dip)te broad clinical knowledge Recognised leadership or managerial development course, or equivalent experience Up to date broad clinical knowledge and highly specialist clinical/therapeutic knowledge within the mental health field Excellent understanding of pharmacy/medicines and mental health standards, legal requirements and guidelines
Desirable
Associate membership of the College of Mental Health Pharmacy (CMHP) Associate membership of the College of Mental Health Pharmacy (CMHP) Membership of the Royal College of Pharmacy Recognised Medicines Information training or experience Recognised Medicines Information training or experience
Experience Essential
Significant recent experience of working as a senior pharmacist in a mental health setting Working directly with clinicians and within a multidisciplinary team Dealing with highly complex clinical situations Supervising and managing others, developing services and implementing change Evidence of leading on policy and procedure development and writing medicines guidelines and protocols Educating, training, supervising and evaluating pharmacy staff, other healthcare professionals or students
Desirable
Previous experience in undertaking audit and research Experience of analysing prescribing data Experience of high-level report writing to inform on current practice or to influence change e.g. business cases
Aptitude & Abilities Essential
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to communicate information clearly, accurately and concisely Communicate highly complex and highly sensitive information to a range of staff groups, patients and service users Manage professionally challenging conversations and situations Analyse, appraise and interpret highly complex data and evidence where information may be limited and open to differing opinions to make an informed recommendation about medication therapy Solve highly complex problems and make effective, prompt decisions when faced with variable, complex information and situations Drive the development of mental health pharmacy services in line with local and national objectives and prioritise workload effectively Work as part of a team and able to both take and give direction Self-motivated, proactive and able to act on own initiative with a significant degree of autonomy Motivate, negotiate with and influence, healthcare professionals, senior managers and patients, where there may be conflicting interests or opinions Deal sensitively and confidentially with upsetting personal patient information Work calmly under pressure and deal with conflicting pressures and deadlines Good IT skills including the full Office 365 suite and internet-based databases
Desirable
Some ability to speak, read and/or write Welsh, or an eagerness to learn Ability to educate, train, supervise and evaluate pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals
Other Essential
Travel across PTHB sites, community clinics, GP practices, care homes, residential settings and to Wales or UK wide meetings
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 Powys Teaching Health Board
Address To be confirmed- Mid or South Powys
To be confirmed
Powys
LD3 0LU
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://pthb.nhs.wales/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)