Senior Clinical Pharmacist Home Engagement and Rehab Team (HEART)
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Main area Pharmacy Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Full time – 37.5 hours per week (Happy to discuss flexible working.) Job ref 437-8295023
Site Pharmacy Department, Oakwood Building, Prestwich Town Manchester Salary £57,528 – £64,750 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 12/10/2026 23:59
Job overview
The Home Engagement and Rehabilitation Team (HEART) was set up with the aim of reducing reliance on mental health inpatient units, by providing community rehabilitation support to mental health service users with complex support needs.
The team provides intensive support to these service users throughout the hospital discharge process and beyond, to help those who would have otherwise struggled to move back into the community.
HEART is an integrated team, comprised of a variety of professionals who offer effective, goal orientated, person-centred care daily.
HEART currently operates in Manchester and Salford, with the aim of rolling out to other areas of Greater Manchester.
You will act as senior pharmacist for the Rehab Care Group and lead and develop the HEART team pharmacy service, combining specialist clinical practice with service development, medicines governance, financial management, education and influencing prescribing.
You will take professional responsibility for pharmacy’s contribution to the HEART team, and rehab service setting priorities, improving services and ensuring medicines are used safely, effectively and within available resources.
Pharmacist independent prescribing responsibilities support this practice. You will be expected to contribute to planning, education, research, and participate in clinical audit within own area of practice. e.g. provision of education and training, procedures, policies and guidelines, and medicine usage information.
Main duties of the job
Lead, deliver, develop and evaluate specialist clinical mental health pharmacy services within the HEART team
Act as senior pharmacist for Rehab Care group, providing support for pharmacy team within rehab and attending care group Medicines Management Meeting
Provide expert pharmaceutical advice and liaison to the HEART team, GPs, practice pharmacists, other healthcare professionals (HCPs), and patients and carers.
Act as an independent prescriber of medication, ensuring that drug therapy is evidence based, safe, cost effective and appropriate to the individual patient.
Provide training to the HEART team, GPs and other HCPs to ensure competency in prescribing, administration and monitoring of medication
Analyse prescribing data to support cost-effective prescribing, budget management, and service improvement initiatives
Review medication-related incidents, support pharmacovigilance, and ensure compliance with national and local prescribing guidance, including safe prescribing procedures and adherence local, Trust and National Policies
Develop, review, update organisational policies, procedures, and guidance to maintain high standards of medicines management governance
Work with clinical and operational colleagues, external healthcare providers, to promote best practices and patient-centred care
Implement and support digital tools for medication management, including electronic prescribing and remote medication reviews
Take part in the pharmacy on call service
Working for our organisation
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford,Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world’s most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.
Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Please see attached job description and person specification
- Pay Enhancements: – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
Person specification
- Current GPhC registration
- Post Graduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
- Independent Prescribing Qualification or working towards one
- Experience of working as a pharmacist in Psychiatry
- Experience of Line Managing and Supervising Staff
- Experience in Medicines Safety
- Experience of designing and delivering training to healthcare staff
- Evidence of research work
- Evidence of medicines management/ policy/procedure review
- Experience of working across primary and secondary care
Important Information about working for GMMH: All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, for further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website www.nhsemployers.org
The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.
Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.
The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we’d love to hear from you.
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We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment. Please contact our Recruitment Team for more information.
Please note, this vacancy may be closed at any time if sufficient applications have been received
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