An opportunity has arisen for an experienced mental health pharmacist to join our established, friendly, and dynamic clinical pharmacy team at the Maudsley Hospital.
You will lead a small team of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians within the Clinical pharmacy services at the Maudsley Hospital, as well as providing direct patient care at the dispensary and ward level as part of the MDT. You will work as an independent prescriber, prescribe medicines to service users within competence and agreed management plans, and liaise with dispensary managers to seek innovative ways to improve the clinical services at the Maudsley.
We are looking for a pharmacist whose career has demonstrated broad-based clinical knowledge and excellent communication skills, and who having already gained a grounding in psychiatric pharmacy is now wanting to develop their career further. You will be a registered pharmacist with a Masters degree in pharmacy or equivalent as well as hold a post graduate qualification.
Key Responsibilities:
- To lead the clinical pharmacy service at the Maudsley Hospital.
- To ensure standards of clinical practice are maintained within the Clinical Pharmacy services at the Maudsley Hospital.
- To implement the trust medicines optimisation programme within the Clinical Pharmacy Services at the Maudsley Hospital.
- To coordinate and provide training and support for patients, carers, healthcare professionals and other staff, and identify unmet needs.
- To ensure that the needs of the patients are the focus of the service.
- To lead on research and audit projects as requested.
- To provide clinical and operational supervision to rotational clinical pharmacists.
- To maintain clinical pharmacy services in line with local and national priorities.
- To implement and audit policy and guidelines as directed by the clinical lead.
- To provide and co-ordinate a quality pharmacy service to multidisciplinary ward rounds at the Maudsley.
- To demonstrate a high standard of clinical knowledge and a patient focussed approach.
- To develop quality improvement initiatives.
- To participate in clinical supervision.
- To advise on updates/changes to the Trust medicines management policy, medicines management bulletins and departmental SOP’s as requested by the Principal Pharmacist.
- To undertake and publish research on psychiatric medication where appropriate.
- To provide education and training to pharmacy staff, medical staff, patients, nursing, occupational therapists and other allied healthcare professionals.
- To ensure patient safety and patient experience remain the focus of the pharmacy department and ensure all patients are offered an appointment to speak to a pharmacist on a 1:1 basis during their admission to hospital.
- To carry out any other duties as specified by the Chief Pharmacist.
- To demonstrate innovation and extend the boundaries of the profession.
- To work as an independent pharmacist prescriber within Trust policy and scope of practice.
- To participate in emergency duty, Saturday, late clinic and bank holiday rotas as required.
Communications and Working Relationships:
- To provide specialist information on medicines to patients, carers, doctors and other healthcare professionals and to advise and support more junior pharmacists in their clinical advice and decision making.
- To ensure information provided by the pharmacy department is done so in a timely manner in line with the Trust’s 5 commitments.
- To interact with all team members in a manner that is open and inclusive.
- To encourage others to share their ideas and suggestions.
- To share relevant information with co-workers, including job knowledge.
- To keep appropriate people informed of relevant issues and events.
- To demonstrate excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
- To demonstrate highly effective listening.
- To use opportunities to teach others.
- To respond to needs/requests and inform others when the request will be met.
- To introduce self to others, present purpose of interaction or ask “how may I help?”.
- To use tone and body language that reflects interest and willingness to help.
- To make clinical decisions affecting the pharmacy department and know when and where to refer if necessary.
- To lead by example.
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