Senior Clinical Pharmacist for Community Services

Senior Clinical Pharmacist - CMHT (Community Mental Health Team) Band 7 Full time 37.5hrs / week We have been given a unique opportunity to continue to build a community Mental Health pharmacy team. The main aims of the work is reduce hospital admissions through effective treatment, to improve patient and carer satisfaction with information about medicines and to reduce the inappropriate use of medicines and the amount of medicines waste. Pharmacists will be expected to lead drug treatment changes and, where qualified, to prescribe independently. The pharmacy team will be based within the CMHTs, be supported by a senior pharmacist and be overseen by the deputy director of pharmacy. Individual pharmacists and the pharmacy team will be supported in publishing the results of their interventions. This is a really exciting opportunity for pharmacists to develop a variety of skills and the clinical knowledge necessary for their career development. These are brand new posts which reflect the trust's positive views of the value of pharmacists' contributions. South London and the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK. We are a world leading Trust in research, working closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King's College London. Our services include the Maudsley Hospital, Lambeth Hospital and Bethlem Royal Hospital. We are also part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. About the location: Our Trust headquarters is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2). We also provide services and operate across other locations, such as London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; and substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Lambeth, Greenwich and Wandsworth. The Bethlem Royal Hospital is located in Beckenham, Kent and is served by Eden park train station as well as a bus journey away from East Croydon Station. Benefits : We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer Some of our benefits are highlighted here: * Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service. * Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing. * Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes * Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars * Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites * NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website. Other benefits include: * Counselling services * Wellbeing events * Long service awards * Cycle to work scheme * Season ticket loan * Childcare vouchers * Staff restaurants For further details / informal visits contact: Loren Bailey - Lead Pharmacist Bethlem Royal Hospital / Ladywell unit. 020 3228 4966 / 0203 228 4196 loren.bailey@slam.nhs.uk Employment Type: FULL_TIME