Bank - Advanced Pharmacist

Main duties of the job Being part of a specialist pharmacy team working within mental health services (MHS) and community health services (CHS) ensuring that the changing medicines optimisation and pharmacy needs are being met across NELFT within the inpatient setting and community teams. Providing a clinical ward pharmacy service to MHS and CHS inpatient wards and community teams within NELFT. Supporting the development and implementation of medicines optimisation initiatives within MHS and CHS promote high quality medicine use, effective risk management, clinical governance, and adherence to policies and guidelines concerning medicines use across all settings. Supporting getting the best value from medicines spend within this area across all services. Supporting and contributing to clinical audits and quality improvement projects. Developing and delivering the pharmacy relevant training packages to assist medical, nursing and pharmacy staff across MHS and CHS. Working closely with
quality and patient safety teams to review quality and risk management issues related to pharmacy and medicine management. Line managing and mentoring a rotational Band 6/7 pharmacist, including undertaking regular 1:1s, appraisals and completing practice supervision forms. Participating in the provision of dispensary services.

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. We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.