Job Title: Consultant Pharmacist Mental Health
Post requires candidate to be entitled for work: No
Salary Range: £80,567.67 to £92,314.64
Contract Type: Permanent
Full time/Part Time: Full Time
Term Time only post: No
Advert Closing Date:27/01/2025
Whatever you want from your career, you have the scope to find it here. We foster a work approach based on mutual support and collaboration, where everyone feels empowered to empower others. You’ll find countless opportunities to learn, develop and grow a rewarding career where we recognises the importance of your personal and professional well-being. By considering moving internally across the Public Service, you'll be proud of what you can achieve – both for yourself and the people of Jersey.
Job Overview
Are you ready to make a strategic impact on mental health services in Jersey? As a Consultant Pharmacist – Mental Health, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering innovative pharmaceutical care across the island. Join us and become a key leader in driving improvements across mental health pharmacy. For an informal discussion, please contact Salim Ouhadj on S.Ouhadj@health.gov.je.
Job Purpose
This is a unique opportunity to lead mental health pharmacy services on the island of Jersey. As the consultant pharmacist in this specialty, you will provide strategic direction, ensuring the effective, safe, and innovative use of medicines to benefit our community. Working collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams, you will influence prescribing practices, lead service development, and represent Jersey at local, national, and international levels. You will receive support with Consultant Pharmacist Credentialling.
Job Specific Outcomes 1 of 2
- Provide expert clinical pharmacy services to improve mental health outcomes and patient experience across Jersey.
- Lead the strategic development and delivery of pharmacy services, ensuring alignment with island-wide healthcare goals.
- Support the introduction of new medicines and influence prescribing practices through evidence-based approaches.
- Develop and implement policies, guidelines, and training to promote medicines optimisation, quality and safety.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to provide specialist advice and optimise therapeutic outcomes.
- Analyse medicines usage data to identify cost-effective solutions and implement improvement initiatives.
- Represent Jersey in professional networks and contribute to national and international discussions on mental health pharmacy.
Qualifications and Experience
- Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Post-graduate MSc or Diploma in Mental Health Therapeutics or equivalent.
- Expert theoretical and practical knowledge of mental health clinical pharmacy and therapeutic use of medicines.
- Specialist knowledge of common disease states, therapeutic regimes, and medicines governance, particularly in mental health.
- Up-to-date understanding of national guidelines, legislation, and best practices in pharmacy.
- Qualification as a Pharmacist Prescriber (highly desirable)
- Credentialled member of the College of Mental Health Pharmacy or equivalent with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (highly desirable)
- Experience in research and evaluation, through publication in peer-reviewed journals (highly desirable)
- Expert in delivering education and training frameworks and strategies across multiple settings nationally and internationally for both healthcare professionals, patients and carers (highly desirable)
General skills / attributes
- A visionary leader able to shape mental health pharmacy services for Jersey.
- Expertise in medicines safety, governance, and legislation, with a focus on mental health.
- Change management skills to adapt services to evolving healthcare practices and patient needs.
- Proven ability to implement service innovations and align strategies with organisational goals.
Across the Jersey public service, the scope of our work means our people enjoy a wider range of opportunities – to work with recognised experts across teams, learn new skills and develop their careers. We actively look to recruit people from different backgrounds, with diverse perspectives. This creates a richer, more varied environment, where you’re exposed to new ideas, new ways of thinking and new opportunities, so you can develop an exciting and rewarding career.
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