Clinical Specialist in Mental Health Pharmacy

3 weeks ago


Gloucester, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time
Advanced Specialist Mental Health Pharmacist, Band 8a (NHS AfC: Band 8a) - Pharmacy - Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

This role is part of the commitment to increase specialist mental health pharmacists working in community mental health teams.

The postholder will be a clinical specialist in mental health pharmacy, delivering and further developing clinical pharmacy services to community mental health teams within Gloucestershire, and supporting the lead pharmacist for community mental health teams.

The postholder will be the lead clinical pharmacist for clozapine services within the pharmacy team and will oversee the operational delivery of pharmacy clozapine services. This includes leading and developing the pharmacy technician delivered point of care testing (POCHi) clozapine clinics across the county, managing the governance of clozapine in the Trust, and leading any associated projects.

The postholder will deliver a comprehensive clinical pharmacy and medicines management service to patients under the care of Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC) and to the multidisciplinary teams (MDT) responsible for their care. This involves visiting inpatient wards and community team bases, and regularly attending MDT meetings to proactively review, rationalise, and optimise patients' medications.

Applicants should have some experience in mental health pharmacy and suitable skills to:

  1. Deliver and further develop clinical pharmacy services to community mental health teams within Gloucestershire, and support the lead pharmacist for community mental health teams.
  2. Be the lead clinical pharmacist for clozapine services within the pharmacy team and lead the operational delivery of pharmacy clozapine services, including leading and developing the pharmacy technician delivered POCHi clozapine clinics across the county.
  3. Act as a clinical specialist in mental health pharmacy and as an independent prescriber.
  4. Deliver a comprehensive clinical pharmacy service to patients under the care of GHC and to the MDT responsible for their care.
  5. Support the education, training and development needs of pharmacy professionals and other multidisciplinary staff.


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