Pharmacist, Healthcare

This is an exciting new opportunity for a newly qualified pharmacist with a desire to specialise or learn more about mental health and the role of the pharmacist within the speciality.

The successful applicant will have a hybrid role supporting the community pharmacy team primarily but with opportunities to cover inpatient units. This will offer a fantastic foundation and experience of working with our excellent mediicnes iptimisation team across all dimesnions of mental health services.

The principle duties will include clinically screening prescriptions, completing medication histories, supporting patients with decisions about medicines and ensuring the safe and cost effective use of medicines.

If the successful candidate is a qualified prescriber, we will also support the development of your prescribing skills and ensure a rounded introduction to a career as a clinical pharmacist.

We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.

We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile;

making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification which will provide further information onthis role.

• GPHC registration
• Experience of hospital pharmacy

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.