Senior Mental Health Pharmacist – Initial Response Service

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Part time
Band 8a

Main area: Senior Mental Health Pharmacist Grade: Band 8a Contract: Permanent Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Job share could be considered.) Job ref: 351-CS2516-AT-M Site: East Barn, Pathfinders Drive, Town Lancaster Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum Salary period: Yearly Closing: 12/01/2025 23:59 Our Vision : To provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community-based services for the populations we serve. As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including: Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults, including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, and forensic services including low and medium secure care. Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support. Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults. The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices, and volunteers. Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports flexible working, believing that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, and flexi-time. Job Responsibilities

Ensure the provision of a specialist clinical pharmacy service within a community mental health service, working as an integral member of the multidisciplinary team. As the Initial Response Service pharmacist, you will be the first point of contact for any medication advice and guidance from primary care colleagues, people who use services, and carers. You will support clinicians within the service with medicines management-related queries and improve the care of people with mental health issues through medicines optimisation. Key responsibilities include: Providing medicine-related advice and guidance to colleagues in primary care and medicines optimisation support to clinicians within the service. Contributing to patient assessment in relation to medicines optimisation and undertaking medicines reconciliation as part of a ‘trusted’ assessment. Delivering medicine optimisation interventions, including undertaking a non-medical prescribing role where appropriate. Providing highly specialised advice and information on medicines to a variety of other services/agencies/organisations and carers both within and outside mental health services. Person Specification

Qualifications

Masters or Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council of Great Britain Evidence of and commitment to continuing professional development Knowledge

Good clinical knowledge Awareness of current issues relevant to the profession and role Skills

Good written and verbal communication skills Strong organisational skills Experience

Previous experience working in mental health Please note that further communication from Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCft) will normally be to the email address given on the application form. Ensure that email addresses and telephone numbers are provided for your referees, to enable LSCft to contact them. For all posts which require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, please be aware of the Disclosure and Barring Service Code of Practice, a copy of which is available by logging on to the DBS website. LSCft is committed to celebrating difference as an asset and we know that recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds helps to create a more flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from people regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

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