About this role
Job summary
If you have a passion for mental health, this is the role for you. SABP strives to improve the mental health and wellbeing of the people who use our services and to always provide the best evidence-based care that we can. We aim to create a vibrant, engaged, improvement focused culture in which we use the best, and most up-to-date evidence to achieve the best outcomes for our service users.
Boasting a top tier research and development (R&D) facility at our Two Bridges site in Chertsey, where we focus on research and clinical trials for dementia, psychosis, depression and eating disorders. We have an exciting new role to complement our R&D team for an individual who:
values the principles of medicines optimisation and improving the care, quality, and experience of people who use our services has excellent clinical, organisational, and communication skills, sound IT skills and the ability to work unsupervised and as part of a team. will develop and maintain a close relationship with our Pharmacy Team who are based at Farnham Road Hospital, Guildford. SABP are a multisite Trust, so the role may require some travel between sites
Main duties of the job
To work closely with the Clinical Pharmacy Team in delivering excellent clinical pharmacy services to our inpatient wards.
To lead in the delivery of specialist mental health clinical pharmacy services and to inpatient services, based Silverwood at St. Peter's Hospital as part of a multi-disciplinary approach for addressing the pharmaceutical care needs of people who use our services
Pharmaceutical care planning and clinical review of prescriptions including developing strategies for managing complex cases
Involvement of people who use our services in decisions about their medicines to optimise treatment, support adherence and improve outcomes
To provide expert pharmaceutical advice and respond to complex enquiries from consultants, medical staff, non-medical prescribers, nurses and other members of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) and prioritise tasks according to the level of urgency
Working to develop bespoke local guidelines and protocols to support clinicians and nursing staff within the Trust
Provide expert medicines management advice and support and ensuring appropriate governance arrangements are in place for the management of medicines, including the monitoring of prescribing and medicines use.
Please see the attached Job Description for full details.
About us
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.
Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.
For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Job description Job responsibilities
"Please check the job description & person specification document for more information on the requirements for this job."
Person Specification
Qualifications and Professional Registration Essential
Masters or equivalent degree in Pharmacy Postgraduate Certificate in General Pharmacy or Psychiatric Pharmacy (or equivalent) Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council Good Clinical Practice Certificate
Desirable
Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical or Psychiatric Pharmacy Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society Member of College of Mental Health Pharmacy Good Manufacturing Practice Certificate
Experience Essential
Post-registration experience of mental health and/or general hospital pharmacy Knowledge and understanding of evidence-based healthcare Good computer skills Competent interpersonal skills and able to achieve outcomes through team working as well as own initiative Ability to supervise, mentor, and deliver training activities to staff
Desirable
Leading on clinical audit Experience and understanding of pharmacist aspects of clinical trials including Good Clinical Practice Proven skills in information retrieval Demonstrated ability to work with other professional team members in secondary care
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.
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 Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address Silverwood Hospital
Holloway Hill, Lyne
Chertsey
KT16 0AE
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)