Clinical Pharmacist

Job summary

Clinical Pharmacist - Mental Health (Band 7)

We have an exciting opportunity for a suitably motivated and enthusiastic pharmacist to join our Specialist Mental Health Pharmacy Team based at Hafan Y Coed Unit, Llandough Hospital.

We work closely with our multidisciplinary teams and we will support you to achieve your Independent Prescribing qualification or further develop your prescribing career in this specialist area, from within a nurturing team environment. We have several advanced practice pharmacist roles and this post will add to that pool of highly skilled, specialist mental health, independent prescribers.

Delivery of the highest quality medicines optimisation and management service to all our mental health service users will fundamental. Your relevant hospital pharmacist experience, together with your excellent, demonstrable inter-personal skills and passion for mental health will equip you to develop this role.

We will support your career development by providing access to recognised training and other structured opportunities to challenge and enable you to enhance your clinical role.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this role; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

Core- Clinical Pharmacist Duties for Mental Health

Brief outline:

Provide clinical pharmacy services to identified wards or in pharmacy-led clinics, as specified in departmental procedures. This includes medication review/drug history; review of inpatient and discharge prescriptions for completeness, appropriateness and legality; problem identification and solving; monitoring and adjusting treatment; patient education and overseeing medication supply for inpatients, outpatients or discharge.

Provide information on drug-related questions of a therapeutic, legal or procedural nature to other health care professionals. Promote evidence-based prescribing within Mental Health clinical specialty through the development of prescribing guidelines and pharmaceutical care plans.

Contribute to the development and audit of standards . Provide comprehensive professional cover to the dispensary.

Supervise and support pharmacy staff assigned to the Mental Health wards and within the dispensary. When required, act as an accredited tutor to junior pharmacy staff.

Contribute to the development of pharmacy services to inpatients and outpatients; implement service developments within Mental Health.

Participate in weekend, bank holiday, and on-call rotas, as appropriate.

Act as an independent prescriber within CAVUHB

About us

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.

Our mission is "Caring for People, Keeping People Well", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population's health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.

Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.

Job description

Job responsibilities

A full Job Description and Person Specification are attached in the supporting documents section. Or please click ''Apply now'' to view in Trac.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

MPharm or MSc Pharmacy degree Post Graduate MSc/Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy. Post Graduate MSc/Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Registered with GPhC MRPharmS

Desirable

Independent prescriber Accredited University Diploma tutor

Experience

Essential

Satisfactory broad Post-Registration experience of working in a Hospital Pharmacy Department

Desirable

Experience of patient orientated medicines systems. Expenditure reporting (Excel) and provision of Directorate support.

Skills

Essential

Good verbal/written communication skills. Decision-making skills Computer literate including use of spreadsheets for financial reporting Negotiation skills Enthusiasm for training. Good knowledge of pharmacology and therapeutics. Economics of health care.

Desirable

Organisational ability. Problem solving skills Leadership skills Influencing skills

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