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Please note that this vacancy is only open to current NHS Ayrshire and Arran employees.
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
We are looking for a suitably experienced pharmacist who is a highly motivated, innovative and enthusiastic individual for this exciting new role, where you will lead, develop and deliver the provision of prescribing and pharmaceutical care to the Ayrshire & Arran Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS).
You will provide expert advice in pharmaceutical matters & promote safe, clinically effective & cost effective prescribing to this specific group of patients in primary and secondary care. You will also act as an independent prescriber within the CAMHS outpatient setting in accordance with service demands and liaise with health care professionals around the ongoing care of these patients.
This post will also provide a highly specialist clinical pharmacy service to specified child and adolescent patients with mental health disorders within the National Secure Adolescent Inpatient Service (NSAIS) unit when it becomes operational.
As well as providing a highly specialist clinical pharmacy service to this group of patients, you will also contribute to the wider development, evaluation and improvement of pharmaceutical services to CAMHS patients, including the implementation of relevant mental health legislation. You will also be accountable for the safe and cost effective use of medicines within the designated clinical areas & also promote the development of local initiatives to improve medicines management in NHS Ayrshire & Arran. You will also work closely with the primary care team to identify and prioritise key prescribing indicators around the CAMHS prescribing agenda & develop & participate in plans for joint working on any areas identified to ensure the safe, appropriate and cost effective use of medicines. In addition you should have a passion for providing high quality care to patients and the ability to build strong, professional relationships with the wider multi-disciplinary team and hospital and community pharmacy colleagues.
This exciting new post will have a key role within the mental health pharmacy team and will require strong team management and leadership skills. The post requires an ability to work autonomously & be responsible for your own outcomes whilst being innovative and forward thinking to clinical & service developments. This will require self- direction, confidence and problem solving skills.
Good communication, organisational and IT skills along with the ability to work with patients and other healthcare professionals will also be essential. Previous mental health experience would also be desirable but not essential.
You will have substantial experience as a qualified pharmacist, be registered as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council, be an independent prescriber, and hold a postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy (or be able to demonstrate equivalent competence).
The pharmacy directorate is welcoming, progressive and focussed on the provision of high quality pharmacy services. We are committed to continuing professional development (CPD) at all levels within a supportive environment.
Hours: 37.5 per week.
Informal enquiries contact Fiona Sanderson, Principal Pharmacist NHSCP & Mental Health Services on 01294 322096 (or 07833 233 859) or Eileen Bray, Service Manager CAMHS on 01563 826154.
Applications are welcome from UK, EEA and non-EEA candidates.
As part of the recruitment process, you will be required to produce proof of your EU Settlement status from 1st July 2021 to demonstrate your Right to Work in the United Kingdom. Further information: https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families. Existing employees may be asked to provide evidence of their EU Settlement Status from 1st July 2021.