Clinical Services Pharmacist

Job summary

Are you a GPhC registered pharmacist looking for a career opportunity in mental health services?

We are recruiting for a Clinical Pharmacist to join our multi-disciplinary team at Oxford Health on a 12-month fixed term contract beginning Feb 2027. We can offer a variety of flexible working solutions, including full, part-time, and annualised hour contracts.

The Oxford Health Pharmacy & Medicines Management service employs approximately 80 staff, predominantly clinical pharmacists, and technicians, supported by dispensary and administrative staff. Clinical pharmacists and medicines management technicians are based (primarily) on clinical sites, with supply and support functions at hubs in Oxfordshire.

We provide services to our mental health in-patient and outpatient teams, including Acute adult mental health services, Forensic services, Learning disability services and CAMHS, as well as community hospitals.

Your role will primarily be focussed on supporting the adult and older adult mental health teams based at the Whiteleaf or Oxford sites, though you'll be working alongside clinical pharmacy colleagues within the Oxfordshire, Wiltshire and Swindon areas of the Mental Health Directorate so the ability to travel between sites will be required.

If you have experience working in hospital pharmacy and you're looking for your next career move, we'd love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

• Responsible for the development of strong clinical relationships with the patients, carers and healthcare professionals in your in-patient and community settings.
• Directly support patients, prescribers, and other healthcare professionals via attendance at multi-disciplinary team (MDT) meetings and one-to-one patient consultations, carry out medication reviews, engage in discharge-planning with the MDT and ensure the correct application of national and local guidance with regard to therapies involving medicines.
• Support and work alongside our centralised hub pharmacist where necessary (based at the Clinical Pharmacy Support Unit in Oxford).
• Support the ongoing development of the community based pharmacy services.
• Support the Trust and departmental clinical effectiveness initiatives.
• Be a member of the on-call pharmacist out of hours team as per rota where applicable.
• Be encouraged and supported to professionally develop in line with the departmental and your own personal needs as appropriate.
• Be supported in continuing professional development through regular clinical and peer group supervision and education sessions within the Pharmacy department and externally where practicable.

About us

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself. As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"

Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent"

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Job responsibilities

• Optimise drug therapy for individual patients by participation in MDT meetings, drug history taking and Pharmaceutical Care Planning.
• Ensure objective monitoring of clinical response and side effects of medication as part of care planning
• Ensure that prescribing and administration of medication adheres to best evidence and practice and to Trust policy.
• Promote multi-disciplinary training regarding medication.
• Provide coordinated medicine information to patients as part of the discharge-planning process.
• Liaise with members of clinical team and external agencies as part of the CPA and discharge planning and to undertake needs assessment for individual patients e.g., compliance aid requirements
• Document clinical pharmacy contacts, interventions, and records such as drug histories and treatment plans on the pharmacy system and trust EPR system.
• Provide post-discharge care to patients, carers, and relatives as part of the support network, and to act as point of contact for CPNs, GPs and community pharmacists regarding interface issues
• Provide medicines information and advice to patients, carers, hospital, and community staff.

Person Specification

Aptitude and skills

Essential

• Attained General Level Framework competency standard or able to demonstrate comparable experience/qualification.

Desirable

• Awareness of quality and risk-management issues. Driver's License

Knowledge

Essential

• Competence in the use of Microsoft Office (i.e., spreadsheets, word processing, presentation software). Ability to convey complex, sensitive information to other Healthcare professionals and patients.

Desirable

• Ability to manipulate and analyse electronic data.

Qualifications

Essential

• Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent. GPhC Registered. Evidence of CPD.

Desirable

• Certificate in Psychiatric Therapeutics.

Experience

Desirable

• Experience in providing services to mental health units.

Contractual requirements

Essential

• Applicants must have a full valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work. Adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010 where required

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.