Overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, and committed pharmacist to provide high-quality clinical pharmacy service to the Medway Community Mental Health Together team (CMHT).
If you're looking for an innovative clinical role that is at the forefront of delivering patient-tailored care within the local community, with exciting opportunities for professional development and a good work-life balance, then look no further.
This exciting role has been created as part of the Kent and Medway Community Mental Health Transformation Programme, designed to support patients with severe mental illness (SMI) to live fulfilling independent lives in the community.
Duties
- The post holder will need to have an independent prescribing qualification or be working towards it, a post-graduate qualification in pharmacy, and mental health experience.
- Ongoing training and clinical supervision will be provided by the lead clinical pharmacist for the community service line and Consultant Psychiatrists.
- The post holder will be supported by a CMHT-based Pharmacy Technician; further support will be available from the Trust-wide Pharmacy Team, including CMHT-based pharmacists.
- Our pharmacists are provided with opportunities for personal growth and development, including support for post-graduate qualifications in mental health pharmacy and NHS leadership courses.
- The post holder will take on operational responsibility for the safe and effective delivery of medicines management services within their Community Mental Health Together Team.
- The post holder will facilitate pharmacy-led clinics and reviews to support, monitor, and review patients requiring advice and guidance regarding prescribed medications.
- The post holder will also be required to network and drive innovation in mental health medicines optimisation across the primary and secondary care interface, supporting people with mental health conditions closer to their communities and homes.
- The role involves working in partnership with GPs, primary care pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians, in addition to the KMMH pharmacy team and clinicians in secondary care.
About Us
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs.
Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated ‘Good’ by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.
Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values: caring, inclusive, curious, and confident.
Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that’s doing well together.
We are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from underrepresented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.
For further details / informal visits, contact:
Name: Adekemi Oluwabunmi
Job title: Lead Advanced Community Clinical Pharmacist
Email address: adekemi.oluwabunmi@nhs.net
Telephone number: 07584885079
Jagdip Bahia, Chief Pharmacist on 07796197394
