Band 6 Pharmacist
About us
At Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust we provide a range of mental health, learning disability, substance misuse, primary care and other specialist services designed around the needs of people in our city.
We have a dedicated and skilful team of people caring in Sheffield, which you could become a part of.
Our values are at the heart of everything we do. These are: working together for our service users, respect and kindness, everyone counts, commitment to quality, improving lives.
Job overview
This role is open to Trainee foundation pharmacists or qualified pharmacists.
We are seeking an enthusiastic Pharmacist with a keen interest in mental health to join our team. Our pharmacists provide clinical services across a range of teams, including inpatient wards and community teams to provide safe, service user centred care.
Our pharmacists are vital members of the multidisciplinary team, and you will be an active member in meetings for your team, providing clinical support, developing individualised care plans, medicines reconciliation and service user counselling services.
You will also develop your skills through the department’s activities including medicines information, dispensary services and providing teaching for professionals and service users. As a team we are committed to developing our staff and service and have a history of internal promotion.
We are located in the city of Sheffield, with a wide range social and recreational activities including bars, restaurants, theatres an arena and two football stadiums. We are on the edge of the Peak District providing stunning scenery and a host of outdoor pursuits.
The possibility of part-time working can be discussed at interview.
Main duties of the job- Ability to demonstrate a sound base of clinical pharmacy knowledge.
- Awareness of appropriate clinical guidelines, e.g. NICE.
- Experience of clinical pharmacy services.
- Experience of the use of evidence based clinical pharmacy practice
- Ability to work well on own initiative and as part of a clinical team.
- Evidence of working as part of a clinical team.
- Good verbal and written communication
- Competent interpersonal skills
- IT competency
- Flexible, adaptable and responsive to change
- Effective management skills
- Flexible working to undertake late duties, weekend/bank holiday work and on-call commitment.
- UK driving licence with access to own vehicle, to undertake work in other Trust units throughout the city.
Working for our organisation
At SHSC, we prioritise the well-being and safety of both our service users and employees. It is our policy and a condition of employment that all employees must join the DBS Update Service. This service carries an annual fee, which employees are responsible for paying up front.However, employees may claim this cost back through the Trust's Employee Expenses Reimbursement Policy. For those requiring a Basic DBS check, it is necessary to register for a DBS Online Account.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Working predominantly within designated multidisciplinary teams, provide a clinical pharmacy service to wards, units or teams in order to ensure pharmacological treatment provides best outcomes for service users and is in line with nationally agreed standards for best practice.
Support the delivery of clinical pharmacy and dispensary services to all areas of the Trust.
Develop and maintain relationships within designated multidisciplinary teams.
Assist and, where appropriate, take a lead in supporting designated multidisciplinary teams to develop safe and effective medicines related practice.
Provide advice and counselling to service users and, where relevant, carers on the best use of their medicines. Work with individual service users, carers or groups or to help achieve best outcomes from pharmacological treatments.
Advise medical, nursing and other staff of medicine related problems.
Participate in the departmental medicines information systems and answer queries resulting from medicine use in the Trust.
Under supervision, perform specialist mental health medication reviews, reviewing and advising on the management of service users receiving complex pharmacological treatments or not responding to existing treatments. Where appropriate, collaborate with other health care providers to ensure that physical health considerations are encompassed.
Work as a prescriber within clinical teams, when qualified to do so, in accordance with SHSC requirements for Non-Medical Prescribers and relevant legal frameworks
Responsibility for clinical verification and other checks within the dispensary, and to act as Responsible Pharmacist.
Undertake medicines reconciliation in accordance with the SHSC Pharmacy Clinical Standards
Responsibility to act as a pharmacist for the purposes of the 2012 Human Medicines Regulations and other statutory instruments.
Participate in the systems and processes which will ensure compliance with the requirements laid down by the CQC or other regulatory bodies.
Maintain a complete record of CPD as per GPhC requirements.
Participate in department systems to implement any MHRA or other medicines alerts.
Participate in data collection/audits and clinical trials.
Support with assurance checks, e.g.controlled drugs, as required throughout SHSC
Participate in training sessions on medicines for other professional groups.
Support the team to achieve the standards set within the Pharmacy KPIs
Attend and contribute to Multidisciplinary Team Meetings
Undertake mandatory and other training as required by the Trust.
When appropriate, supervise and support junior pharmacy staff, technicians, trainees and students.
To work flexibly and travel to various locations across the city.
Contribute to the out of hours on-call rota including early morning (start at 8am), late night (finish at 6pm), weekends and bank holidays.
Service development:
- Support developments in services under the direction of the senior pharmacy team.
- Assist in developing and implementing new processes and procedures.
- Under supervision, develop and implement policies and propose changes to practices and procedures.
- Assist in delivering and adapting training materials.
Person specification
qualification
Essential criteria- qualified pharmacist (or due to be)
Experience
Essential criteria- Mental health interest
- high grade at university
- worked in hospital
Knowledge
Essential criteria- discusses national and local guidance in medication
- Aware of the job expectation; mi queries, MDT working , responsible pharmacist
- IT experience
- Audit work related to medication
- mental health knowledge/ experience related to medications
Please think about your personal values and how these align with our values when you are applying. Find out more about our organisation through our website.
We are a Disability Confident employer level 2 and hope to achieve level 3 this year. We offer a guaranteed interview to disabled applicants who meet all of the essential criteria for a role. When you apply you will have the opportunity to let us know if you require adjustments to be made, please contact us if you are not sure or if you require adjustments to the application process itself.
Our six staff network groups welcome new members, these are:
- The Ethnically Diverse Staff Network Group
- The Disability Staff Network Group
- The Lived Experience Staff Network Group
- The Rainbow Staff Network Group
- The Staff Carers Staff Network Group
- The Women’s Staff Network Group
We know how important flexible working can be to applicants and therefore we encourage you to discuss any working arrangements as part of this process. We will always aim to accommodate requests, wherever possible.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children and as part of our safe recruitment practice the successful applicant(s) will be subject to a check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) if it is deemed appropriate for the role.The cost of the DBS check (currently up to £48.23) must be met by the successful applicant(s).
When applying for this post you will redirected to complete your application in our preferred applicant management system, Trac. If you are successfully offered a role, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.In addition, in submitting an application, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed.
Please note, all communication regarding your application will be made via email, please ensure you check your junk/spam folders as emails are sometimes filtered there.
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