North London NHS Foundation Trust
Advanced Specialist Pharmacist Team Leader
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Advanced Specialist Pharmacist Team Leader
We have an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacist Team Lead to head up our Camden and Islington pharmacy service. This is a pivotal time to join North London NHS Foundation Trust, as we continue to modernise and innovate in the way we deliver high-quality, patient-centred pharmacy support.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
- Lead and inspire a dedicated pharmacy team
- Influence service development aligned with the NHS Long Term Plan
- Contribute to trust-wide strategic initiatives that enhance patient safety and clinical outcomes
- Build strong relationships with multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders
- Develop your leadership skills within a supportive, collaborative environment
We are a friendly, motivated, and inclusive team providing a comprehensive trust-wide pharmacy service. We are seeking a dynamic, resilient, proactive, and forward-thinking leader who shares our enthusiasm for service improvement and our commitment to delivering excellent care for our patients and communities.
If you are passionate about driving change, eager to develop your leadership skills, and ready to take on a rewarding challenge, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
- To support the Associate Chief Pharmacist and Clinical Operations Lead Pharmacist in leading, developing, delivering, and evaluating pharmacy services and medicines optimisation as delegated by the Chief and Deputy Chief Pharmacists.
- To be an active member of the Pharmacy team with allocated management responsibilities.
- Provide leadership, maintain and improve standards of clinical pharmacy practice, quality assurance, risk management and other issues of clinical governance related to medicines optimisation.
- To play a leading role in delivering the Medicines Optimisation Strategy.
- To hold a Trust-wide leadership position for Medicines Optimisation in a defined specialist area of practice and maintain a clinical commitment.
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About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
- We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
- With our partners in North London and each borough, we will ensure equity of outcome for all.
- We will offer great places to work, providing staff with a supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
- We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
In order to meet the needs of the Trust, you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that falls under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington.
The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
- Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Master's degree in pharmacy or equivalent
- Higher Degree/Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy / Diploma in Psychiatry
- Educational Supervisor or Practice Supervisor Accreditation
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Experience and Knowledge
- A minimum of 18 months post-qualification experience as a pharmacist
- Significant and demonstrable experience of working as a clinical pharmacist practitioner in mental health.
- Must have highly specialised knowledge of psychopharmacology and mental health pharmacy services
- Experience of supervising and managing staff
- Experience of training and educating healthcare staff from a variety of professions
- Knowledge of CMM ePMA system
- Evidence of involvement in the management of difficult situations and conflict resolution
Skills and Abilities
- Excellent leadership skills
- Excellent written and oral communication skills. Able to communicate with patients and all grades of healthcare staff (verbally and in writing)
- Good interpersonal skills, confident and assertive when dealing with other professionals
- Ability to influence medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and management
- Ability to work both independently/autonomously and as part of the multidisciplinary team
- Ability to prioritise and respond to urgent requests for advice
Personal Qualities
- Excellent team player
- Must have a positive "can do" attitude
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£66,274 to £73,496 a year per annum inclusive of Inner London HCAS
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