Perinatal Pharmacist: Sponsorship Available

West London NHS Trust

Job summary

Are you a highly experienced, enthusiastic, innovative pharmacist who is keen to deliver high-quality medicines optimisation to service users who are expectant parents and to young people? Are you keen to embrace a unique opportunity for personal development? If so, you should apply for this role as advanced specialist pharmacist to our Tri-Borough Perinatal Service.

The successful candidate(s) will be highly motivated with good communication skills and a keen interest in specialist areas of mental health who derive satisfaction from developing both the service and pharmacy colleagues. The applicants should be able to work well both in a team and autonomously.

The pharmacist will be part of a vibrant, expanding team. Building on the excellent pharmacy service with bases in the five main Trust sites, the team includes pharmacists dedicated to OPMHS, CAMHS and the MINT Teams as well as the Crisis teams. There is a team focus on growth and development, including Clinical Diplomas, non-medical prescribing qualifications, consultant pharmacist accreditation and writing articles and posters for publication.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work with MDT colleagues to:

– Complete in-depth medication optimisation/reviews, which include researching the most recent clinical evidence on use of medicines during pregnancy and breastfeeding

– Provide medicines information, advice and education to service users, carers and staff

– Build on the work of the current post-holder to develop the service, for example the pre-conception clinic

– Contribute to clinical governance within the Perinatal service

The candidate will provide training and development on Perinatal-related medicines management to junior and trainee staff, including trainee pharmacists, pre-registration pharmacy technicians and visiting trainee pharmacists. The candidate will act as a practice supervisor, educational supervisor and/or designated supervisor to trainee staff as necessary and appropriate.

The candidate will work in collaboration with the rest of the West London NHS Trust pharmacy team to provide pharmacy services across the Trust. Where necessary, the candidate may be asked to cover colleagues’ leaves of absence.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Masters Degree in Pharmacy
  • Post graduate clinical diploma in pharmacy or equivalent experience
  • Specialist knowledge of Mental Health pharmacy gained through diploma level training and /or equivalent experience e.g. Psychiatric Therapeutics PgCert/ Psychiatric Pharmacy PgDip

Desirable

  • Accredited Pre- registration tutor
  • Independent Prescriber
  • Accredited pharmacy diploma tutor
  • Specialist knowledge of Mental Health pharmacy including use of medicines during the Perinatal Period.

Experience

Essential

  • Specialist knowledge of medicines management systems and process in an integrated NHS
  • Knowledge and experience of a range of healthcare settings

Desirable

  • Demonstrate specialist knowledge in more than one field

Other Requirements

Essential

  • Flexible approach to needs of the service to undertake on call work, weekend and evening opening
  • Ability to travel between sites in a timely manner

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 25 September 2026

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