Main area Pharmacy Team Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours
Full time
Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Flexible working options available) Job ref 274-11282-COR
Employer Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site To Be Confirmed Town Lincolnshire Salary £37,338 - £52,809 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 13/02/2025 23:59 Interview date 27/02/2025
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
Are you a clinical pharmacist with a passion for delivering outstanding care that brings the 6 Cs (care, compassion, commitment, courage, communication and competence) to life? If so, we want to hear from you. We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated pharmacist with a clinical and patient facing focus to join our established and friendly Pharmacy team. The post holder will be responsible for delivering a clinical service on our inpatient wards and within our community teams. An excellent leadership and clinical development package will be on offer for our successful candidates as we aim to invest in our staff to deliver high standards of care to our patients. This is a clinical role and a great opportunity for pharmacists from a variety of backgrounds to gain experience in mental health pharmacy. Depending on experience this post will either be a developmental post (band 6 role which will develop into a B7 as the post holder will be supported through PG certificate and diploma competency framework) or direct into a band 7 role. Main duties of the job
To provide specialist pharmaceutical services to patients, staff and carers in order to promote evidence based prescribing and use, informed choices and safe practices in accordance with Trust guidelines, procedures and policies. To contribute to the development of the pharmacy service and its workforce. To be responsible for supporting the development of better medicines management understanding throughout the Trust and promoting good practice in line with national and local guidance. Working for our organisation
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do. You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this! We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post. When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria. We will invest in you, so we will fully fund and support postgraduate studies or courses to help you further develop your career. We can also offer you many
staff benefits
to help support you which include: Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy Competitive annual leave allowance Car leasing scheme Free eye tests Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants Person specification
Qualifications
BSc, BPharm or MSc in pharmacy Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC Evidence of Continuous Professional Development Band 7: Post-graduate diploma in mental health pharmacy or equivalent experience Post graduate qualification in clinical pharmacy. Experience
Recent post-registration experience of working as a pharmacist Experience of working under pressure and to tight deadlines Band 7: Experience of working as a pharmacist in a hospital and/or mental health setting Skills
Demonstrates ability to work within a team, to support individuals and the pharmacy service Able to work to a high level of accuracy in professional assessment of prescriptions and interpretation of information Able to adapt to change in working practice and able to respond to changing situations Band 7: Demonstrates the application of critical evaluation skills to review academic literature in the context of specialist practice Band 7: Demonstrates a high level of professional autonomy and effective judgement, prioritisation and decision making Show competence in using the following computer programs: MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint, MS Outlook Show competence in using web-based resources Competence in using electronic patient records/systems Special requirements
Must have the ability to travel independently across sites without the use of public transport. Willingness to work across all Trust sites As an ethical recruiter we will not pursue applications from red list countries as defined by the World Health Organisation. In order to pursue and apply for this role you must have UK NHS experience. Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration. The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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Job overview
Are you a clinical pharmacist with a passion for delivering outstanding care that brings the 6 Cs (care, compassion, commitment, courage, communication and competence) to life? If so, we want to hear from you. We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated pharmacist with a clinical and patient facing focus to join our established and friendly Pharmacy team. The post holder will be responsible for delivering a clinical service on our inpatient wards and within our community teams. An excellent leadership and clinical development package will be on offer for our successful candidates as we aim to invest in our staff to deliver high standards of care to our patients. This is a clinical role and a great opportunity for pharmacists from a variety of backgrounds to gain experience in mental health pharmacy. Depending on experience this post will either be a developmental post (band 6 role which will develop into a B7 as the post holder will be supported through PG certificate and diploma competency framework) or direct into a band 7 role. Main duties of the job
To provide specialist pharmaceutical services to patients, staff and carers in order to promote evidence based prescribing and use, informed choices and safe practices in accordance with Trust guidelines, procedures and policies. To contribute to the development of the pharmacy service and its workforce. To be responsible for supporting the development of better medicines management understanding throughout the Trust and promoting good practice in line with national and local guidance. Working for our organisation
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do. You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this! We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post. When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria. We will invest in you, so we will fully fund and support postgraduate studies or courses to help you further develop your career. We can also offer you many
staff benefits
to help support you which include: Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy Competitive annual leave allowance Car leasing scheme Free eye tests Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants Person specification
Qualifications
BSc, BPharm or MSc in pharmacy Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC Evidence of Continuous Professional Development Band 7: Post-graduate diploma in mental health pharmacy or equivalent experience Post graduate qualification in clinical pharmacy. Experience
Recent post-registration experience of working as a pharmacist Experience of working under pressure and to tight deadlines Band 7: Experience of working as a pharmacist in a hospital and/or mental health setting Skills
Demonstrates ability to work within a team, to support individuals and the pharmacy service Able to work to a high level of accuracy in professional assessment of prescriptions and interpretation of information Able to adapt to change in working practice and able to respond to changing situations Band 7: Demonstrates the application of critical evaluation skills to review academic literature in the context of specialist practice Band 7: Demonstrates a high level of professional autonomy and effective judgement, prioritisation and decision making Show competence in using the following computer programs: MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint, MS Outlook Show competence in using web-based resources Competence in using electronic patient records/systems Special requirements
Must have the ability to travel independently across sites without the use of public transport. Willingness to work across all Trust sites As an ethical recruiter we will not pursue applications from red list countries as defined by the World Health Organisation. In order to pursue and apply for this role you must have UK NHS experience. Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration. The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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