Principal Pharmacist and Advanced Clinical Practitioner CAMHSNHS
Job summary
The Trust is excited to offer this maternity cover post, with the successful candidate leading the delivery and development of medicines optimisation within the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).
We are a hugely passionate team and we would love you to join us in providing patient focussed care. Our ethos and principles are strongly centred around our patients. Where medicines are part of a patient's care plan, we will ensure their safe and effective use, as well as de-prescribe when no longer needed. Our team foundations are built on being passionate about our role, enjoying our work life and developing our skills andexpertise to meet our patient's, personal and wider staff needs. We have a progressive educational programme and embrace innovative and new ways of working. With technological advances we strongly believe in ensuring our time with patients is not rushed and that conversations aboutmedicines are fully connected. We feel so fortunate to live in Sussex, the scenery of the coastline and the South Downs provide so much opportunity to explore.
Main duties of the job
The role will lead on all aspects of medicines optimisation within CAMHS, supporting the development of medicines optimisation agenda, including reviewing Trust guidelines, policies and processes. The role requires you to provide leadership, support and development of all aspects of clinicalpharmacy service and delivery across the Trust and to act at the level of a Pharmacist Advanced Clinical Practitioner.
Please main responsibilities section for more details.
Job description
You will develop and maintain highly specialist knowledge in medicines used within CAMHS.
You will work closely with senior and junior prescribers, care co-ordinators, and other members of the MDT to ensure safe, effective, and cost-effective use of medicines.
As a prescriber you will be required to engage in face-to-face patient consultations for initiating, changing, and stopping medications, you will consult with patients and their parents or guardians to ensure they receive expert advice on their medicines and are supported to manage their medicines.
We expect you to have a good knowledge of psychotropic medications and the ability to independently make appropriate decisions about treatment options, including where there is no clear answer and utilise appropriate evidence sources to support recommendations. You should be able to communicate clinical information effectively and be able to influence prescribing practices.
You will have experience of safeguarding, risk assessment, and escalation of concern, dealing with complex family and social dynamics.You will manage and support senior pharmacy staff fostering high standards and an innovative culture within the specialist division.
You will be required to provide education and training to junior pharmacists and to the wider MDT.
You will support colleagues within primary care and the wider integrated care board (ICB) with issues relating to shared-care and formulary. Some of this work will necessitate you having the ability to calmly deal with conflict in politically charged environments and contribute to workable solutions with stakeholders
You will be highly motivated and proactive in managing your workload through effective prioritisation of tasks and can work with autonomy.
You will provide expert professional leadership and advice across the Trust.
You will oversee medication safety initiatives relating to CAMHS and liaise with the Trust's medicines safety officer to review medicines safety incidents.
Please see attached documents for further information. Alternatively if you have any queries regarding the role please contact us.
About us
Sussex Partnership is a large mental health trust with a thriving pharmacy team. We pride ourselves on innovation and staff wellbeing. We areopen to flexible / part time working as well as a more traditional work pattern depending on the needs of the applicant.
If you are interested to see if this opportunity could be the role for you, please feel free to contact us for further information.