Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
Clinical Pharmacist
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Are you a qualified Clinical Pharmacist with an interest in working in Mental Health Services?
We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Clinical Pharmacist to join our established, friendly, and highly respected Pharmacy team at Littlebrook Hospital in Dartford on a 12-month maternity cover contract.
About the Opportunity
This is an exciting opportunity to develop your clinical skills within mental health services while working as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team on the Female Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (FPICU), dedicated to delivering high-quality patient care.
This role would suit pharmacists with previous mental health and hospital experience who are looking to consolidate their skills, as well as those considering a move into mental health pharmacy from another sector.
About the Role
As a Clinical Pharmacist for the Trust, you will be provided with opportunities for personal growth and development, including support for post-graduate qualifications in mental health pharmacy. Some of our pharmacists are qualified as independent prescribers and the opportunities to qualify and practice as prescribers will grow as our team does.
We are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.
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Clinical Pharmacist Benefits
- Annual leave allowance starting at 27 days per year (when working full time) + Bank Holidays.
- Access to the fantastic NHS pension scheme.
- Eligibility for the Blue Light Card (discount service for the NHS, providing members with thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street).
Duties
In this role, you will assist the Lead Clinical Pharmacist, Chief Pharmacist, and Deputy Chief Pharmacist in developing a comprehensive medicines management service to patients in the locality. Duties will include:
- Providing a comprehensive clinical pharmacy service for patients admitted to the Female Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit.
- Developing close working relationships with other members of the multi-disciplinary team and contributing to clinical care plans. Responding to medication-related queries, providing advice on prescribing and promoting evidence-based practice.
- Discussing medication with patients and carers and developing a variety of approaches to support informed care.
- Working closely and liaising with other pharmacy colleagues in the other localities and within the community mental health teams to ensure a high-quality medicines management and optimisation service is maintained across the Trust.
- Educating colleagues (including doctors and nurses) about medicines management and medicines optimisation.
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If this sounds like the opportunity you have been waiting for, come and join our diverse and compassionate team committed to delivering excellent care and support for service users and their loved ones.
About Us
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway.
Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated ‘Good’ by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.
Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values: caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that’s doing well together.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Basirat Osinaike
Job title: Lead Clinical Pharmacist
Email address: basirat.osinaike@nhs.net
Telephone number: 07503330539
Lola Ogungbangbe, Service Development Pharmacist on 07707154005
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