Associate Director, Mental Health Pharmacist

4 weeks ago


Liverpool, United Kingdom Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Associate Director, Mental Health Pharmacist


40 FTE - 15 hours per week


The NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service (SPS) supports the NHS to develop best practice systems of work-related to buying, making and using medicines. The service provides leadership, instructive and informative specialist input and operational support to the sourcing, supply and use of medicines across the system. Our strengths are borne out of connecting national expertise with policy teams and arm's length bodies to ensure consistency and high standards. The service supports both regional and local connections to ensure that the service's outputs resonate with and support local NHS organisations which deliver care to patients. The key successes of SPS are through the development and delivery of their Do Once and Share methodology.
We are looking for an exceptional pharmacist with excellent subject matter expertise in mental health particularly within primary care. You will be confident in presenting your subject matter expertise, advocating for mental health as a national priority, and articulating the challenges around mental health in primary care.
We are a well-respected team interpreting legislation and guidance for NHS organisations and practitioners in England promoting safe patient care across the entire medicines pathway. Closely connected with front line colleagues we work with policy makers, regulators and strategic leaders, responding with agility and flexibility to share local expertise within our extensive clinical networks.
This role will contribute to the national agenda around ensuring parity of esteem between mental health and physical health. Understand the context and challenges of mental health in primary care in order to support the pharmacy workforce, translating national drivers into local practice
Build strong relationships and network with other experts and disciplines, both as individuals and organisations, to identify and support good practice, ensuring a person-centred approach at all times.

Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
Postgraduate degree in pharmacy practice/clinical pharmacy/mental health or can demonstrate equivalent knowledge and relevant experience
Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Committee member (or similar) of nationally recognised body in mental health and pharmacy
Able to demonstrate consultant level practice in mental health, using the NHS consultant pharmacist framework

Demonstrable experience related to the practice of clinical pharmacy in a range of settings but particularly out-of-hospital care in the area of mental health
Experience as a pharmacy team leader delivering projects and/or day to day services
Experience of developing and implementing policies across an NHS organisation
Experience of developing patient care pathways and services in the area of mental health

Experience of working with community and general practice-based pharmacists to implement and deliver improvements to mental health services around medicines


Excellent clinical pharmacy skills and knowledge and experience of their application in mental health community and bedded settings, as well as primary and secondary care settings
High level recognised expertise in mental health and medicines
Contemporary knowledge of NHS policy and detailed understanding of its application in primary, secondary and tertiary care
Highly developed skills in communicating and influencing service users and multi-professional audiences at local, regional or national level (oral, written and other media) including excellent presentation skills
Highly developed IT skills, Microsoft Office, email and internet programs
Demonstrates record of completing projects to time. Planning and change management: Planning and change management: Planning and change management: Ability to deliver results through managing or facilitating others and using a range of levers in the absence of direct line management responsibility.
Able to travel frequently and at short notice

Experience of implementing quality improvement projects


Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Pharmacy Practice Unit



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