Main Duties
- To work collaboratively as part of a specialist pharmacy team within mental health services (MHS) and community health services (CHS) to ensure evolving patient care needs are being met across NELFT and the wider integrated care system.
- To deliver a comprehensive Clinical Pharmacy Service to specialities on a rotational basis within both MHS and CHS, including inpatient and community-based services, and to liaise between services to ensure continuity of care across the interface.
- To promote evidence-based and cost-effective medicines use, effective risk management, clinical governance, and adherence to policies and guidelines concerning medicines use across all settings.
- To support patients to gain maximum benefits from their medicines through medicines-related consultations with patients and carers, practicing shared-decision making to improve concordance with treatment plans and overall satisfaction with information they receive about medicines.
- To maintain high standards of care by supporting, contributing and implementing actions from clinical audits, research and quality improvement projects.
- To act as a Practice Supervisor in the development of new starters, Trainee Pharmacists, Pre-Registration Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacy Students (once progressed to band 7).
- To participate in the Pharmacy On-Call Service (EDO) and a Saturday Service.
- To participate in the provision of Dispensary services.
About NELFT
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex. The Trust delivers patient-centered care, research and development, and evidence-based innovation within integrated care.
Induction and Probation
All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction lasting up to two weeks, including mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. The induction is held at the head office in Rainham, Essex, and includes opportunities to meet the executive team and senior managers to support engagement, health, wellbeing and key processes.
The post is subject to a probationary period; internal applicants are exempt unless they are already in transition or a bank member of staff.
Compensation
This post attracts a High Cost Area Supplement of 15 percent of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,714 and a maximum of £5,941 per annum pro rata for part time).
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