Clinical Pharmacist Band 6-7 Progression

Main duties of the job 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. This includes inpatient and community-based services, as well as liaising between services to ensure continuity of care across the interface. To promote evidenced-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 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.