Advanced Clinical Pharmacist for Community Mental Health

Advanced Clinical Pharmacist for Community Mental Health Are you ready to bring your expertise to the heart of mental health care? Were looking for a pharmacist who wants to take on the challenge of a unique role.

This is an opportunity to work across three of our community mental health services, supporting individuals who experience psychosis and need help to stay well and out of hospital. You'll be part of three dedicated teams, working in homes, clinics, and hospital settings; on the frontline of care.

Your role will be vital. You'll work alongside doctors, mental health practitioners, and other professionals to ensure people receive the best possible support. Many of those you'll meet will be on complex medication regimes, may struggle with adherence, or feel anxious about their treatment. You'll be the person who helps them navigate these challenges with understanding and excellent clinical knowledge.

This us a chance to shape a new way of working. You'll be on the frontline of mental health care, building relationships, solving problems, and making a tangible difference every day.

If you're passionate about improving lives and ready to take on a role that's as rewarding as it is unique, wed love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job As the Advanced Clinical Pharmacist for Community MentalHealth, you will have input into the strategic development of MedicinesOptimisation in teams within the Community Mental Health Services specifically supporting people suffering from psychosis.

You will work as part of an MDT within the communitymental health team, specialist outreach recovery team and Insight team as the medicines expert to help support people and will hold a highly visible rolewithin the organisation.

You will be a pharmacist with a passion and commitmentin this area who wants to help develop the service whilst ensuring medicinerelated governance is in place, bringing the additional skills of anexperienced pharmacist to the teams.

You will also support and help develop the MentalHealth pharmacy team and a range of other healthcare professionals withinMental Health, including NMPs in medicines optimisation and related initiativesto the highest clinical pharmacy standards.

This role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route; please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information with regards to eligibility.

Please note that Livewell may close the job advertisement earlier than the specified deadline if a high number of applications are submitted. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

All Livewell staff are expected to be able and willing to work across a 7 day service.

About us Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning socialenterprise delivering integrated health and social care services acrossPlymouth, South Hams, and West Devon, with specialist services in parts ofDevon and Cornwall. Our teams work in community hospitals, GP practices, sportscentres, and health hubs.

As an organisation with a strong social conscience we are guided by our values,kindness, respect, inclusivity, ambition, responsibility, andcollaboration. We focus on transforming services to ensure sustainability, whileempowering staff and those we serve.

We involve the people we care for, along with their families and carers, inshaping the care they receive, striving to deliver the right care at the righttime and place. Centering our work on individual needs helps people leadhealthy, independent lives.

We prioritise employees' development, offering protected CPD time, trainingpathways, leadership programs, and funding for qualifications like the CareCertificate and Nurse Training Scholarships. Our induction and preceptorshipprograms ensure a smooth transition into our organisation.

Livewell Southwest values diversity and encourages applications from allsections of the community, including those with armed forces experience, lived experience of mentalhealth, neuro-diverse conditions and learning disabilities. If you need assistance or reasonable adjustments during theapplication process, contact the Recruiting Manager listed in the job advert.

Job responsibilities SCOPE AND RANGE

As the Advanced Clinical Pharmacist for Community Mental Health, you will have input into the strategic development of Medicines Optimisation in teams within the Community Mental Health Services specifically supporting people suffering from psychosis.

You will work as part of an MDT within the community mental health team, specialist outreachrecovery team and Insight team as the medicines expert to help support people and will hold ahighly visible role within the organisation.

You will be a pharmacist with a passion and commitment in this area who wants to help developthe service whilst ensuring medicine related governance is in place, bringing the additional skillsof an experienced pharmacist to the teams.

You will also support and help develop the Mental Health pharmacy team and a range of otherhealthcare professionals within Mental Health, including NMPs in medicines optimisation andrelated initiatives to the highest clinical pharmacy standards.

MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

Clinical / Professional

To be responsible for and lead the provision of a high quality, specialised clinicalpharmacy service to ensure the safe, clinically effective and cost-efficient use ofdrugs in mental health.

To be responsible for the delivery of the clinical pharmacy services to nominated areas,including attendance at consultant ward rounds, providing expert pharmaceutical adviceand setting standards for junior pharmacists to emulate.

To be responsible for the provision of professional pharmaceutical advice tohealthcare colleagues, patients, and carers as necessary.

To develop and monitor pharmacy initiatives such as medicines reconciliation onadmission and provision of discharge summaries to GPs, which promote seamlesstransfer of patients from secondary care to primary care and vice versa.

To be responsible for the development of ward/unit based pharmaceutical careinitiatives e.g. self-medication schemes, use of patients own drugs in hospital, one stop dispensing, patient and carer counselling, discharge planning, assessing patientconcordance and improved communication with primary care healthcare professionals within mental health.

To lead on and develop policy or service changes within Mental Health which improveward or community services and be responsible for their implementation.

To promote and monitor compliance with the South and West Devon Joint Formulary andto assist in formulary applications and review for medicines to be used in Mental Health.

To be responsible for monitoring prescribing practice to promote cost-effective andeconomic use of resources and contribute to the establishment and implementation ofprescribing guidelines within mental health.

To be lead on and be responsible for reporting and review of clinical and otherpharmacy related audits within mental health.

To be responsible for the development of junior pharmacy staff within mental healthincluding rotational pharmacists and trainee pharmacists

To provide evidence of Continuing Professional Development on an annual basis atappraisal, in accordance with guidance issued by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).

To cover for ward pharmacists as required, during periods of absence.

Occasional dispensary cover including dispensing and checking of medication followinglocal SOPs.

Analytical and Judgemental Skills

Have highly developed skiIls for analysing drug, patient intimation in mental health inorder to provide advice on medicines, dosages, production issues/ in areas whereinformation is lacking and medical or other opinion differs.

Clinical screening of prescription charts and discharge prescriptions, to ensureprescriptions are safe and appropriate.

Responding to and recording medicines information requests from prescribers and otherhealthcare professionals relating to mental health and providing advice on medicinesproactively. In many cases this is a complex task involving highly specialist up to dateknowledge, effective search strategies, evaluation of the evidence base and formulationof an appropriate response.

To be responsible for the investigation and monitoring of medicines related incidentsrelating to mental health, recommending and implementing change as required to improve patient safety, collating these for discussion at pharmacy team meetings and at the Medicines Governance Group (MGG).

Clinical Governance

To be responsible for and lead on clinical governance and risk management throughinterventions which optimise the management of medicines in mental health, supportingbest practice throughout all areas of responsibility.

To participate in and lead multidisciplinary groups in the review and development ofselected medicines related policies and procedures relating to mental health andpresent to the MGG.

To lead on the development and review of documents e.g. Patient Group Directions,Policies, Guidelines and Protocols relating to mental health and presenting revieweddocuments to the MGG

To support professional leads in identifying and addressing evidence-based medicinepractice consistent with the requirements of clinical governance and of national directives

To work with the Pharmacy Senior Management Team to lead on continuous qualityimprovement projects and audit within mental health

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