Pharmacist Team Manager- Inpatient services, Mid and South Essex

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About Us

EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:

• We are among the largest employers in the in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
• We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.

EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.
Our vision and values

Our Vision

"To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care".

Our Purpose

"We care for people every day. What we do together, matters".

Our Values

• We Care
• We Learn
• We Empower

Our strategic objectives

• We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
• We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
• We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
• We will help our communities to thrive.

Our services

• Mental Health Services
• Community Health Services
• Learning Disabilities Services
• Social Care

Find out more about the services we offer in our service directory.

Job overview

We are seeking an inspiring and dynamic pharmacist to join our senior pharmacy management team as the Pharmacist Team Manager for Adult and Elderly Inpatient Mental Health Services in Mid and South Essex. The role will lead on the robust provision of medicines management expertise to adult and elderly inpatient and urgent care services. These posts would suit experienced pharmacy service managers with uncompromising standards who will strive to make a deep footprint on quality of care we provide to our patients. The post is based in Chelmsford, with responsibility for Mid and South Essex Inpatient and Urgent Care Services. The post holder will be expected to work seamlessly with the other role covering North and West Essex to provide exemplary clinical leadership across the whole of Essex.

As the service leads the posts direct the whole pharmacy inpatient mental health service on a day-to-day basis. They will be highly visible on wards in actively modelling best practice to and coaching our ward teams to ensure that our patients consistently receive the best pharmaceutical care. Working with our senior departmental team of specialists and within the wider Trust, you will set the professional standard and develop our pharmacy team members to achieve their best, and make the transition to the next level of their careers. The role is full time (37.5 hours per week), including participation in on-call, weekend, early, late and Bank Holiday rotas, as necessary.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will exemplify EPUT values of we care, we learn and we empower, and demonstrate the ability to create a high-performing team from the outset. You might not be conventional in your approach, but kindness and empathetic leadership are a must, as is the ability to see the bigger picture and take our team in this direction. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who is committed to driving improvements, and whose passion for patient care is infectious. You should have a Master's Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent, be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and be able to demonstrate evidence of postgraduate training and continuing professional development in clinical pharmacy practice. Whilst ideally this would be in mental health, this post is first and foremost about operational delivery of Great Care - your transferrable skills means you will have what it takes to do what it takes. Experience in mentoring and line managing teams with energy and enthusiasm are vital ingredients, and anyone with a track record of similar in a non-specialist trust is encouraged to apply.

Working for our organisation

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;

• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer

The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• The role requires a competent professional with the clinical, leadership and managerial skills needed to manage the pharmacy services for inpatient and urgent care mental health services.
• The post-holder will provide professional leadership and management for mental health services and work collaboratively, as part of the Trust's pharmacy senior management team, to ensure that service needs are met across all geographic and functional areas of mental health services. They will work with clinical and operational leaders outside the department in their specific area of clinical and/or operational practice.
• The post-holder will support the Director of Pharmacy and Deputy Chief Pharmacists in the delivery of the vision and priorities for the pharmacy department and work alongside colleagues to ensure patient centred services are provided by a competent and flexible pharmacy workforce. They will have both a clinical role and participate in operational and corporate activities at a local and trust-wide level, including leading on specific issues across the Trust.
• To actively contribute to, and participate in, the provision and development of pharmaceutical services within the Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, as part of the Trust's pharmacy and medicines management team.
• To organise and manage the activities of pharmacy staff providing services to clinical teams within inpatient and urgent care mental health services, and act as the first point of contact with operational management for these services. Act as a role model for the clinical pharmacy team and support management, development, supervision and training of staff.
• To take responsibility for the development of services provided to specified areas of the Trust.
• To provide clinical pharmacy advice on the management of patients with mental illness in order to maximise benefit and minimise risk in relation to medicines.
• To participate as an active member of specific ward / unit / clinical teams, and support the safe and effective use of medicines.
• To deputise for the Deputy Chief Pharmacist or Director of Pharmacy as required.
• To lead the development and delivery of trust-wide initiatives and projects relating to medicines management as requested by the Deputy Chief Pharmacist or Director of Pharmacy.
• To work collaboratively with pharmacy colleagues to ensure that the needs of the organisation can be met
• To support and participate in clinical audit.

Person specification

Education and Qualification

Essential criteria

• Current and continued registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council as practicing member
• Postgraduate Diploma in relevant area of pharmacy practice, or willingness to work towards
• Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and a member or willing to work towards Faculty membership
• Member of the College of Mental Health Pharmacy

Desirable criteria

• Qualification as an independent Non-Medical Prescriber, or willingness to work towards.
• Certificate in Management studies or equivalent management experience

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills including effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to critically evaluate clinical material and disseminate findings to others. Demonstrate an advanced level of clinical knowledge and skills
• Able to identify own training needs and those of others. Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
• Proficient IT skills, e.g. ability to use Microsoft Office applications, internet etc.

Desirable criteria

• Tutoring and training skills and experience of planning and delivering training
• Evidence of writing procedures, guidelines and protocols

Skills and Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant post-registration clinical pharmacy experience
• Experience of providing relevant pharmacy services within a mental health / learning disability setting
• Experience of working as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of clinical audit and able to demonstrate how it is used to improve practice
• Experience of managing, developing and mentoring staff
• Experience of participating in multi-disciplinary research

!Important Professional References

Make sure that as a part of your application you have professional references with business contract information covering your last three year employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references.

As a newly appointed employee you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post, the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.

Applications for Job Share are positively welcomed.

Equal Opportunities Employer

Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply. If you require this application form in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape etc, please contact the Recruitment Department on 01375 364513 or email epunft.recruitment.adverts@nhs.net and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you.

The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.

Covid Vaccination

Although Covid vaccinations are no longer a mandatory requirement within the NHS we continue to encourage and support the vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against Covid19. The safety of our staff and patients is a top priority for us at EPUT.

If you would like to book a Covid vaccination or would like more information please contact us by emailing epunft.cv19hr@nhs.net.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Team Manager Pharmacist Inpatient MSE (PDF, 696.5KB)
• Team Manager Pharmacist Inpatient MSE PS (PDF, 544.3KB)
• EPUT Pledge - Step into Health (PDF, 211.0KB)
• Candidate Privacy Policy (PDF, 173.9KB)
• Right to Work Information (PDF, 293.6KB)
• Employer Recognition Scheme - Gold Award (PDF, 27.7KB)
• Trust Vision and Values (PDF, 168.9KB)
• Values of the NHS Pension (PDF, 151.3KB)