Advanced Clinical Pharmacist – MHICS West | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Interviews are due to be held on 26 November 2024.
We have a great opportunity for an experienced pharmacist to join our MHICS team in West Berkshire to support people suffering significant mental illness. The MHICS teams work in close collaboration with GPs / PCNs and community services to help people access appropriate services.
You will utilise your advanced clinical skills to improve the health of patients with significant mental illness in primary care, provide expert advice on complex mental health disease management, review patient medication to address polypharmacy and be an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team.Candidates must have good organisational skills and ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of healthcare professionals and other stakeholders including patients, families and carers.
The role is based across PCNs in Berkshire West.- To provide expert pharmaceutical advice on management of significant mental illness to GPs and support interventions to improve physical health where appropriate.
- To lead on providing specialist mental health medicines information and medicines optimisation support to health care professionals working in primary care network to help achieve the objectives of supporting people with significant mental illness to receive optimal care with medicines in primary care
- Carry out clinical audit and improvement projects for high-risk medicines such as lithium prescribing, compliance with the valproate ‘Prevent’ programme, benzodiazepine prescribing / deprescribing
- To undertake medication reviews for primary care service users requiring specialist mental health input for appropriate pharmaceutical interventions including reviewing psychotropic medication initiated in secondary mental health care settings, physical health monitoring in line with national guidance
- To work closely with relevant community mental health teams, inpatient specialist clinical pharmacists and MHICS pharmacists in other PCNs to ensure seamless pharmaceutical care is provided throughout each patient’s journey through the various services
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance
- 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
- Free parking across Trust sites
The “must haves” for this role:
- Experience of mental health community or hospital pharmacy
- Self-motivated, confident and ability to prioritise
- Have a flexible approach to work to meet the developing needs of the service
- Strong team player and must be able to navigate conflicting work priorities
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award.Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Dr Elizabeth Francis, Deputy Chief Pharmacist, on 07876217104 or email: elizabeth.francis@berkshire.nhs.uk who will be delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
This advert closes on Sunday 10 Nov 2024