Specialist Clinical Pharmacist, CMHT and Mental Health; LW

Overview

NHS Fife Pharmacy and Medicines Directorate has an opportunity for a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist in Community Mental Health teams (CMHT) and Mental Health services.

This role provides a unique opportunity to manage a caseload of patients within inpatient and outpatient mental health settings, and with a variety of mental health conditions, ideally working as an independent prescriber, to provide support and advice to patients, carers /families and multidisciplinary teams. You will showcase your pharmacy expertise in safety of prescribing, administration and governance of medicines, and will be accountable to the senior Mental health and CMHT pharmacist in developing the medication governance, safety delivery in CMHT and inpatient mental health services in Fife.

In shaping the development of pharmaceutical care for patients on CMHT caseloads, you will also work closely with the multidisciplinary team and provide specialist pharmacy advice to ensure safe, appropriate and clinically effective use of medicines in line with national guidance. You will also work across a range of specialist mental health teams, and cross-sector colleagues: including primary care and community pharmacies, in providing patient-centred and seamless care.

• Manage a caseload of patients within inpatient and outpatient mental health settings, providing specialist pharmacy advice to ensure safe, appropriate and clinically effective use of medicines.
• Work as an independent prescriber (if qualified) or contribute to prescribing safety, governance, and delivery of medication safety in CMHT and inpatient services.
• Be accountable to the senior Mental Health and CMHT pharmacist in developing medication governance and safety delivery.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to shape pharmaceutical care for CMHT caseloads and to support patient-centred, seamless care across primary care and community pharmacies.
• Supervise Foundation pharmacists and participate in peer-support networks for independent prescribers and specialist-interest pharmacists.

• Independent prescribing qualification (or working towards it) is essential.
• Completion of the Pharmacy Foundation Programme is desirable.
• Based at Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline, with willingness to travel across West Fife to cover CMHT and Mental Health services.
• Ability to provide supervision to Foundation pharmacists.
• Be prepared to work with cross-sector colleagues across primary care and community pharmacies.

The NHS Fife Pharmacy and Medicines Service provides an ambitious programme of integrated care to the people of Fife. It serves a population of approximately 380,000 people and is staffed by around 300 Pharmacy staff, including Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Support Workers, Nurses and Administrators. The team operates across Acute and Community hospital sites, General Practices, Mental Health services, and a range of specialist teams.

Partnership working is central to our values, and we collaborate with other members of the multi-disciplinary team to deliver high-quality care.

As part of staff engagement and leadership, our Pharmacy Senior Leadership hold monthly staff briefing sessions to update the team on new developments, celebrate achievements and hear ideas from our staff.

Fife has good transport links and is within easy reach of major cities. You will be based at Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline, but must be flexible and willing to travel across West Fife as required.

Fixed Term/Secondment Opportunity

Existing permanent employees must first discuss this opportunity with their substantive line manager. The secondment policy can be found here. External applicants, with continuous NHS Service, must also have a secondment agreement from their existing board to apply for this post. If you do not have approval for a secondment from your current line manager, you will not be able to progress your application for a fixed term post.

For an informal discussion, please contact Silvia Aleksieva - Interim Lead Pharmacist for Mental…