Rotational Mental Health Pharmacist (Band 6 to 7 Progression)

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Job summary

A healthcare provider in Enfield is looking for a GPHC-registered Pharmacist to join their team. This full-time position offers the chance for progression from Band 6 to Band 7. The ideal candidate will support mental health services and participate in clinical pharmacy practices. Applicants should have a Master's degree and be committed to providing high-quality care. Various benefits including NHS discounts and a supportive work environment are also provided.

Benefits

NHS Discounts

Generous annual leave

NHS pension scheme

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• 1 year’s completed pre-registration training and experience.
• Knowledge of hospital ward-based pharmacy service provision.
• Experience working with mental health service users.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical pharmacy services under direction.
• Participate in ward-based clinical pharmacy and patient counselling.
• Deliver a pharmacy service to mental health and community teams.

Skills

Clinical skills

Good oral & written communication skills

Good interpersonal skills

Time management

Education

GPhC registration as a pharmacist

Master’s degree (MSc or MPharm) in Pharmacy

Good standard of basic education (A levels)

Job description

Main area Pharmacist Grade Band 6 to 7 progression post Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (post holder will participate in on‑call and Saturday working rotas) Job ref 455-NLFT-0519

Employer North London NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Edgware Community Hospital / Chase Farm Hospital Town Middlesex/ Enfield Salary £44,485 - £60,651 Per Annum, inclusive of Outer London HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 22/12/2025 23:59

Rotational Mental Health Pharmacist (Band 6 to 7 Progression)

Band 6 to 7 progression post

Thank you for your interest in the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT). This is an exciting time to join us and be part of our journey to improve mental health care across North London and deliver excellent services to our local people. We will achieve this through the North London Way, as we:

• Collaborate at every level by living our values to create the right conditions for us all to work together.
• Develop our new Trust culture, to help make our new Trust a great place to work and to receive great care.
• Empower our teams to lead the planned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes.
• Focus on delivering excellence at every level to improve our performance and ensure consistently high‑quality care across all our services.
• Ensure that research, quality improvement, and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services.
• Take a trauma informed approach to everything we do.

We proactively welcome diversity in our workforce and pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer. We aim to recruit from our local communities and provide opportunities to all including apprenticeships, veterans, care leavers and more.

The North London Way to deliver: Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities.

Are you a newly qualified, pharmacist, or an early careers pharmacist looking to start a rewarding career in mental health pharmacy? Do you want to advance your clinical skills?

Then look no further...

We are recruiting for a GPHC‑registered Pharmacist, who shares our vision to provide outstanding care and an exemplary service to our service users. *Current foundation trainees will not be considered.

As a Band 6 Pharmacist, you will play a key role in delivering high‑quality pharmaceutical care to our service users, with support to progress into a Band 7 post. * Applicants who are able to demonstrate current practice and knowledge skills at a Band 7 level, will be considered for a Band 7 position with us.

We are looking for a highly motivated Pharmacist to join our innovative, progressive, patient‑centred Pharmacy team. We are a friendly department and will support you to become an outstanding clinical pharmacist and help you fulfil your full potential.

You will be involved in covering specialist mental health services including; acute mental health, PICU, forensics, CAMHS, and care of the elderly; and building your portfolio to demonstrate advanced pharmacy skills.

We will also support you to undertake relevant post graduate training following a successful probationary period.

The job application process will be subject to early closure if a large number of applications are received.

Main duties of the job

BAND 6

1. To be responsible for the provision and contribute to the development of clinical pharmacy services, in conjunction with the Lead Pharmacists.
2. To provide input into policy and procedures affecting the use of pharmaceuticals at both local and Trust wide levels under direction.
3. To provide and participate in the following: ward‑based clinical pharmacy, in‑patient and outpatient dispensing (including supporting the clozapine dispensing service), patient counselling, medicines information, audit.

BAND 7

1. The Senior Clinical Pharmacist will play a pivotal role in delivering a high‑quality, patient‑focused pharmacy service to mental health wards, forensic wards, community teams, and rehabilitation and crisis services within the Trust. This includes supporting medicines optimisation, promoting safe and effective use of medicines, and contributing to clinical governance.
2. The post‑holder will supervise junior staff and trainees, contribute to education and training initiatives, and support quality improvement (QI) programmes.
3. The role requires collaboration across multidisciplinary teams and external partners, with the flexibility to adapt to evolving service needs.

Working for our organisation

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five‑Year Strategy:

1. We will provide consistently high‑quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all.
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with a supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

Why NLFT?

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme.
• Excellent internal staff network.

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification by clicking on the JD/PS attachment in the advert.

Person specification

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

• GPhC registration as a pharmacist.
• Good standard of basic education to include A levels or equivalent.
• Master’s degree (MSc or MPharm) in Pharmacy or equivalent.
• Commitment to CPD evidenced through participation in suitable programmes.

EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE

• 1 year’s completed pre‑registration training and experience.
• Knowledge of hospital ward‑based pharmacy service provision.
• Experience of working with services users with mental health issues and / or Mental Health experience.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Good clinical skills /knowledge.
• Good time management (including ability to plan and organise workload).

PERSONAL QUALITIES

• Good oral & written communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

• Light lifting and carrying.

References will be required to cover your last 3 years of employment/training. One has to be from your current or most recent employer and the others from your previous employer. The references should be from persons with management responsibility or HR.

If you have been unemployed for a period of four years or more, please give the details of your last employer and one character referee of your choice (not members of your family). If more applicable, references will be requested from your teacher or head of faculty. Please ensure you provide full contact details.

Vacancies that are advertised as Fixed Term Contracts will also be available as secondment opportunities for substantive internal staff.

Please be aware that your documents eg. Passport/NI Card, will be electronically scanned using Home Office accredited Verification System.

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts, we will close vacancies before the stated closing date once the first 50 applications are received. Therefore, please apply as soon as possible.

All non‑medical posts with the Trust are subject to a probationary period of six months, during which time you will be required to demonstrate to the Trust’s satisfaction, your suitability for the position in which you will be employed.

Should you not hear from us within three working weeks of the closing date for this post, then regretfully in this instance, you have not been shortlisted.

By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at improving efficiencies within the NHS both to make cost savings for NHS organisations but also to save you time when your employment transfers.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

In the absence of Roya Shemirani, please contact Jane Moriba – Senior Lead Pharmacist – Workforce and Development via email: [e-mail] OR telephone: [phone]