Mental Health Network Lead Pharmacist- Community Services: Sponsorship Available

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 66,582 to 77,368 £ / Year

Pennine Care NHS FT

Job summary

We are looking to offer a secondment into the mental health network community lead pharmacist role for 12 months due to the current postholder taking a career break. You would be part of the pharmacy leadership team accountable to the Chief Pharmacist and supported by the wider supportive team.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will lead the management, development and delivery of the clinical pharmacy service and team to the Mental Health Network- community services with a focus on ensuring quality clinical pharmacy services are adequately aligned to patient need.

You will act as a clinical role model for clinical pharmacists working in the Mental Health Network- community services and demonstrate the ability to provide safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of medicines in patients across all Mental Health Network- community services

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

  • Current member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
  • Masters’ degree in Pharmacy (or pre-2000 equivalent)
  • Evidence of CPD and commitment to life-long learning
  • Relevant post graduate qualification, i.e. Diploma / MSc in Clinical Pharmacy / Pharmacy
  • Practice, or Prescribing Sciences (or equivalent experience)
  • Relevant management qualification or equivalent experience

Desirable

  • Post Graduate IT qualification (or equivalent experience)

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in a number of sectors of pharmacy (hospital, PCT medicines management team / GP practice)
  • Experience in initiating, leading and implementing change and new developments
  • Experience of training and supporting other members of staff
  • Previous experience of providing IT/ medicines management advice or support
  • Experience of working in health related IT setting
  • Experience of people management
  • Experience of resource/ budget management
  • Experience of developing guidelines / protocols
  • Experience of influencing and negotiating with internal and external stakeholders
  • Experience of training healthcare professionals both individually and in groups

Desirable

  • Project management and business process mapping

Knowledge

Essential

  • Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to inspire and motivate others, and problem solve
  • Good analytical and presentation skills (verbal and written)
  • Good clinical knowledge
  • Expert user of Microsoft office software
  • Knowledge of project management, in particular managing discrete projects from concept to completion
  • Supervision and line management
  • Knowledge of prescribing analysis tools and terminology In depth understanding of risk, governance frameworks and standards
  • Knowledge and experience of clinical audit
  • Familiar with health service reforms, primary care and the NHS as a whole
  • Knowledge of legislation and regulations relating to pharmacy and use of medicines

Desirable

  • Political awareness

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Critical appraisal skills
  • Data analysis skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work both as a team member and independently
  • Ability to work with multidisciplinary, multi-agency groups
  • Ability to plan own workload with priorities and objectives and work against tight deadlines
  • Presentation and teaching skills

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: 27 September 2026

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