Specialist Mental Health Pharmacist

Overview

In this role you will provide expert mental health pharmaceutical care across inpatient and community settings, promoting safe, cost-effective, evidence-based prescribing. You’ll work within multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality clinical pharmacy services, support medicines optimisation, and participate in on-call commitments to improve patient outcomes across the Trust. Your work will focus on reducing medicines-related harm and advancing pharmacy services through teaching, trials, and continuous professional development.

Responsibilities

• Deliver safe, effective use of medicines across the Trust with a focus on mental health
• Provide high-level clinical pharmacy services to allocated teams and support medicines optimisation
• Undertake specialist mental health medication reviews and advise on treatment management
• Advise on prescribing, ensure accuracy of prescriptions, and comply with legal/regulatory requirements
• Utilise electronic prescribing and medicines administration systems (EPMA) and related data systems
• Contribute to medicines-related SOPs and support multidisciplinary teams to standardise practices
• Participate in data collection, audits, clinical trials, and regulatory compliance activities
• Act as a deputy for senior pharmacists when required and support training of junior staff
• Work flexibly across locations, including on-call, weekends, and bank holidays

Key requirements

• MPharm or equivalent
• Current General Pharmaceutical Council registration
• Post-registration qualification in Mental Health Pharmacy or Clinical Pharmacy (or working towards it)
• Significant post-registration clinical pharmacy experience
• Ability to work in multidisciplinary teams and travel across the Trust
• Compliance with Trust training, professional development, and quality standards
• Flexibility for late duties, weekend/bank holiday work and on-call commitments

• excellent communication
• collaborative teamwork
• adaptable and flexible
• clinical pharmacy for mental health
• medicines optimisation
• evidence-based practice

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