We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, and committed pharmacist to provide high-quality clinical pharmacy service to the South Kent Coast 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 was created as part of the Kent and Medway Community Mental Health Transformation Programme designed to support patients, with severe mental illness (SMI), live fulfilling independent lives in the community.
You will need to have an independent prescribing qualification or be working towards it, a post-graduate qualification in pharmacy, and mental health experience.
On-going training and clinical supervision will be provided by the lead clinical pharmacist for the community service line and Consultant Psychiatrists.
You 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.
As you will be required to travel between Folkestone, Dover and Deal localities, driving would be desirable.
You will take on operational responsibility for the safe and effective delivery of medicines management services within their Community Mental Health Together Team.
You will facilitate pharmacy-led clinics and reviews to support, monitor, and review patients requiring advice and guidance in regards to prescribed medications.
You 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 KMMH pharmacy team and clinicians in secondary care.
We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway and are rated ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our teams support children, young people and adults with a wide range of mental health needs. We also provide specialist services, including all-age eating disorder services and neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people, such as autism and ADHD.
Because we work across the whole county and across hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the people we serve.
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. 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 working 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 under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.
Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.
