Clinical Pharmacist Mental Health

Clinical Pharmacist Mental Health

The closing date is 29 January 2026

NHFT are dedicated to making a positive difference and providing care with compassion. We put the person at the centre of everything we do, so if you want to work for a Trust that makes a difference & rated Outstanding by the CQC this is the place for you.

Are you a dynamic, motivated, forward-thinking clinical pharmacist, who wishes to specialise in mental health whilst continuing to maintain and develop your skills in general medicine and palliative care? We are seeking to appoint a part-time band 7 clinical pharmacist to provide a clinical pharmacy service to our mental health inpatient wards at St Mary’s Hospital in Kettering.

You will be part of a friendly, innovative and supportive pharmacy team, delivering a high-quality patient-focused clinical pharmacy service to:

• Adult and Older People’s Mental Health wards
• Child Adolescent Mental Health wards
• Community Hospital wards / Palliative care

You will provide pharmacy support and advice at ward level, supported by Medicines Management Technicians, attend consultant ward rounds, help in developing and reviewing policies and guidelines, complete both national and local audits and be involved in the teaching of staff.

Mental health experience is desirable but not essential as we have an in‑house training programme.

As Clinical Pharmacist Mental Health the post holder will:

• Deliver pharmaceutical support to the Mental Health inpatient areas and support medicines management throughout the organisation.
• Deliver a specialist clinical pharmaceutical service to patients with mental health problems and support the safe and effective use of both psychotropic and general medications throughout the hospital.
• Support the clinical pharmacy service to Community Hospital and hospice inpatient areas as needed.
• Ensure risks within medicines management are identified and managed.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant medicines-related legislation and policy.
• Provide input to consultant ward rounds / team meetings.
• Train, teach and supervise other members of the pharmacy team.
• Provide education on medicines for other healthcare professionals, patients and carers.
• Advise senior and junior medical staff and nurses on medicines management issues.

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.

We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

• Educated to Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) degree, or equivalent
• Current and continued registration and membership with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Evidence of recent continuing personal learning and development
• Educated to Post-graduate qualification e.g. Clinical pharmacy diploma/certificate/diploma in Psychiatric therapeutics (Aston) or equivalent knowledge and experience

• Post registration experience as a pharmacist
• Experience of working with minimal supervision
• Good IT skills and the ability to work confidently with computer systems
• Hospital clinical pharmacy experience
• Experience of working with patients with mental health condition
• Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of answering medicines information queries
• Experience of planning, implementing, analysing, reporting and changing practice through audit
• Experience of implementing medicines management policies and procedures
• Experience of delivering training packages for staff and service users

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.

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust