Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT)
Principal Clinical Pharmacist Mental Health - Division Lead
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An Exciting Opportunity for a Principal Clinical Pharmacist – Division Lead
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and enthusiastic mental health pharmacist to join Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) as a Principal Clinical Pharmacist – Division Lead for our Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), Community Perinatal Mental Health Service and Mother & Baby Unit.
This is a senior leadership role within the Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation Team, providing strategic, clinical and operational leadership across a diverse portfolio of specialist services. The post holder will lead the development and delivery of high-quality, evidence-based and patient-centred pharmacy services, ensuring the safe and effective use of medicines across both inpatient and community settings.
The successful candidate will work closely with senior clinicians, managers and multidisciplinary teams to influence prescribing practice, improve patient outcomes and drive medicines optimisation initiatives across the service.
This is an excellent opportunity for a pharmacist looking to progress their career within specialist mental health services whilst contributing to innovative service development and quality improvement programmes.
As a Divisional Lead Pharmacist, You Will
- Provide highly specialist clinical pharmacy expertise in mental health, learning disabilities and forensic services
- Lead and develop pharmacy services across assigned divisions, ensuring high-quality, evidence-based and cost-effective medicines use
- Influence prescribing practice and contribute to Trust-wide medicines optimisation strategy and governance
- Use Independent Prescribing skills (where qualified) within agreed scopes and Trust policy
- Support medicines safety through incident review, learning, audit and quality improvement initiatives
- Line manage and develop Band 6/7 pharmacists and other pharmacy staff, fostering a strong learning culture
- Deliver and oversee education and training for pharmacists, technicians and wider healthcare professionals
- Contribute to policy development, formulary management and Trust committees (e.g. Drugs & Therapeutics)
- Work collaboratively across services and systems to support safe and seamless transfer of care
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About Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Hertfordship Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission.
Our Family Of Over 4,000 Members Of Staff Provide Health And Social Care For People With Mental Ill Health, Physical Ill Health And Learning Disabilities Across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex And Norfolk, Delivering These Services Within The Community And Several Inpatient Settings. Everything Is Underpinned By Choice, Independence And Equality, With Our Trust Values Embedded Throughout
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What We Offer You
- Leadership and management training opportunities
- 5% on top of basic salary high cost allowance supplement (subject to a minimum and a maximum payment pro rata)
- 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)
- One of the UK's best pension schemes
- Free Pilates lessons
- Comprehensive health and wellbeing services
- Special leave for family and personal reasons
- NHS Car Lease Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
Our staff survey results tell a story of highly engaged, motivated, passionate people working at HPFT. The survey has shown that staff overwhelmingly believe that their role makes a difference to service users, to the extent that HPFT had the best score nationally for this question.
For Further Details / Informal Visits Contact:
- Name: Georgia Michael
- Job Title: Deputy Chief Pharmacist
- Email Address: g.michael@nhs.net
- Telephone Number: 07586492813
Additional Contacts:
- Darshni Haria - darshni.haria@nhs.net
- Akrem Mohammed - akrem.mohammed@nhs.net
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