Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Clinical Pharmacist
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Pharmacist in Mental Health Services
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a motivated and enthusiastic pharmacist to join our mental health services team working across multiple sites in Nottingham and Mansfield (Highbury Hospital, Sherwood Oaks Hospital, Blossomwood Mental Health Unit). This is an exciting Band 6-7 progressional role, providing structured support and development in clinical pharmacy and independent prescribing practice.
You will deliver high quality clinical pharmacy services, support medicines optimisation, and develop your prescribing skills, progressing from Band 6 responsibilities under supervision to full Band 7 duties once competencies are achieved.
Core Hours
Monday – Friday, 37.5 hours plus on-call duties
Location
Highbury Hospital, Blossomwood Unit, Sherwood Oaks Hospital
Development Opportunities
- Structured support
- Mentorship
- Internal career progression
- Prescribing development
Responsibilities
You will be responsible for delivering expert pharmaceutical care to individuals with mental and physical health conditions, ensuring safe and effective use of medications.
This will include:
- Working closely with multidisciplinary teams (MDT), providing medication reviews, offering therapeutic advice, and supporting treatment optimisation.
- Participating in MDT meetings and ward rounds, providing pharmaceutical input and patient-specific care plans.
- Providing training, mentorship, and assessments for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and other healthcare professionals.
- Offering specialist medicines information and counselling to patients, carers, and healthcare staff.
- Clinically validating prescriptions, overseeing dispensing activities, and ensuring compliance with legal and professional standards.
- Collaborating with the wider pharmacy team and MDT colleagues to develop and implement clinical audits, research projects, and quality improvement initiatives.
- Collaborating with medical and nursing teams to optimise prescribing practices and medication management.
- Supporting the development and implementation of treatment guidelines and Trust-wide medicines optimisation strategies.
- Acting as a role model and providing leadership support, including cover for senior pharmacy roles when necessary.
- Providing out-of-hours pharmacy duties through participation in the pharmacy on-call service to maintain continuous pharmacy service.
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Progression
Progression to Band 7 will be based on completion of agreed competencies, demonstration of independent practice, and successful assessment in line with Trust preceptorship and development processes.
About Us
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.
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We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment
Contact Us
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Claire Nowak
- Job title: Interim Chief Pharmacist
- Email address: claire.nowak@nottshc.nhs.uk
Please contact the pharmacy PA team - Liz Smith (liz.smith@nottshc.nhs.uk) or Charlotte Austin (charlotte.austin@nottshc.nhs.uk) if you wish to discuss the role with a member of the team.
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