Mental Health Network Lead Pharmacist- Community Services

Overview

In this 12-month secondment, you will lead the clinical pharmacy service for the Mental Health Network – community services, reporting to the Chief Pharmacist. You will shape delivery, quality and cost-effective medicines use across multiple settings within the network. You act as a clinical role model, driving safe, effective care and service improvement. This role offers impact at scale within Greater Manchester’s mental health provision and opportunities to influence policy and practice.

Pay / Benefits

• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Flexible working opportunities
• Continued Professional Development access
• Involvement in improvement and research activities
• Health and Wellbeing services
• Staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the clinical pharmacy service and team to deliver high-quality care to wards, teams and services
• Strategically plan, develop and organise the service in collaboration with lead clinical pharmacists and care hubs
• Deliver medicines optimisation and monitor agreed outcomes across the network
• Provide a highly specialist mental health clinical pharmacy service and supervise other pharmacists
• Manage complex pharmaceutical problems autonomously with limited information
• Provide training to junior staff, medical and nursing teams
• Present clinical and strategic issues to the Chief Pharmacist and support business case development

Key requirements

• Current General Pharmaceutical Council registration
• Master in Pharmacy (or pre-2000 equivalent)
• Evidence of CPD and commitment to lifelong learning
• Postgraduate qualification in Clinical Pharmacy / Pharmacy Practice or Prescribing Sciences, or equivalent
• Relevant management qualification or equivalent experience
• Experience across multiple pharmacy sectors and in leading change
• Experience in training staff and providing IT/medicines management advice
• Experience in people management, budgeting and guideline/protocol development
• Strong stakeholder influence, negotiation and cross-disciplinary collaboration
• Ability to manage projects from concept to completion

• Excellent interpersonal and motivational skills
• Strong analytical and presentation abilities
• Clear written and verbal communication
• Advanced Microsoft Office
• Prescribing analysis tools knowledge
• Clinical audit and risk/governance understanding

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