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Mewstone PCN

PCN Clinical Pharmacist

Mewstone PCN View all jobs

North East England

Permanent

Pharmacist

GBP 46,148 - 52,809 per year

Posted 19 day(s) ago

Reference: 2347813

Job summary

Are you an enthusiastic, experienced Clinical Pharmacist looking to expand your clinical skills further?

A new opportunity has arisen for an experienced Clinical Pharmacist to join the Mewstone PCN Team. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team responsible for providing a comprehensive Medicine service, providing appropriate medicine and prescribing information and advice.

This role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies, so requires motivation and passion to deliver an excellent service within general practice. The post holder will be supported to develop their role to become a non-medical prescriber if they do not already hold this qualification.

**APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED VIA RECRUITMENT AGENCIES**

Main duties of the job

The clinical pharmacist will provide expertise in clinical medicines management, provide structured medication reviews, manage long term conditions, manage medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, manage repeat prescription authorisation and acute prescription requests. As part of the wider team they will address the public health and social care needs of patients in the GP surgeries that make up the PCN.

The post holder will perform medication reviews for patients with polypharmacy especially for older people, people in care homes and those with multiple co-morbidities. The post holder will provide leadership on quality improvement and clinical audit as well as managing some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework.

About us

Mewstone Primary Care Network has a list size of approximately 32,000 patients. The PCN practices are Church View Surgery, Wembury Surgery, Yealm Medical Practice and Dean Cross Surgery, the practices share the same ethos of supportive learning.

You will work alongside our GPs, nurse teams, administrators and extended workforce including clinical pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, first contact physiotherapist, mental health practitioner, social prescribing link workers, health & wellbeing coaches and care co-ordinators. We already have an established PCN Prescribing Hub that co-ordinates prescribing support to our practices.

All network practices are high achieving practices with a commitment to mentoring and supporting their staff.

Details

Date posted

17 September 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

W0001-26-0005

Job locations

Dean Cross Surgery

21 Radford Park Road

Plymouth

PL9 9DL

United Kingdom

Church View Surgery

30 Holland Road

Plymstock

Plymouth

PL9 9BW

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical practice

Review (where appropriate) patients with single or multiple medical problems where medicine optimisation is required (e.g. Respiratory, Cardiovascular and Diabetes). Review the on-going need for each medicine, a review of monitoring needs and an opportunity to support patients with their medicines taking, ensuring they get the best use of their medicines (i.e. medicines optimisation). Make appropriate recommendations to GPs and AHPs for medicine improvement.
Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for the GP on prescribing and monitoring.
Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration. Undertake clinical medication reviews with care home patients and produce recommendations for the GP on prescribing and monitoring.
Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients at home and produce recommendations for the GPs on prescribing and monitoring. Attend and refer patients to multidisciplinary case conferences.
Review the use of medicines most commonly associated with unplanned hospital admissions and readmissions through audit and individual patient reviews. Put in place changes to reduce the prescribing of these medicines to high-risk patient groups.
Provide patient facing clinics in practices for those with questions and concerns about their medicines.
Provide telephone advice for patients with questions and concerns about their medicines.
Answer relevant medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other surgery staff, other healthcare teams (e.g. community pharmacy) and patients with queries about medicines. Suggesting and recommending solutions. Provide follow up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes.
Ensure that patients are referred to the appropriate healthcare professional for the appropriate level of care within an appropriate period of time e.g. pathology results, common/minor ailments, acute conditions, long term condition reviews etc.
Contribute pharmaceutical advice to repeat prescribing policy within each practice. Support the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptions and reviewing medicines reaching review dates and flagging up those needing a review. Ensure patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place when required.
Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of new services that have medicinal components (e.g. advice on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets.
Develop specialist knowledge and provide specialist clinics in defined clinical areas.

Communication

Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment.
Communicate effectively with and support patients and their families.
Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating.
Anticipate barriers to communication and take action to improve communication.
Maintain effective communication within the practice environment and with external stakeholders.
Participate in practice meetings, case conferences and CPA meetings as required.
Act as an advocate for patients and colleagues.
Ensure awareness of sources of support and guidance and provide information in an acceptable format to all patients, recognising any difficulties and referring where appropriate.
Communicate effectively and regularly with all team members

Delivering a quality service

Undertake clinical audits of prescribing in areas directed by the GPs, feed back the results and implement changes in conjunction with the relevant practice team.
Analyse, interpret and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks to support decision making.
Monitor practice prescribing against the local health economys RAG list and make recommendations to GPs for medicines that should be prescribed by hospital doctors (red drugs) or subject to shared care (amber drugs). Assist practices in seeing and maintaining a practice formulary that is hosted on each practices computer system.
Audit practices compliance against NICE technology assessment guidance.
Provide bulletins on important prescribing messages.
Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance.
Work with the general practice teams to ensure the practices are compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved.
Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the PC.
Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality.
Assess effectiveness of own care delivery through self and 360 peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation.
In partnership with Practice Managers and GPs ensure the maintenance of quality governance systems in the practice and participation in these.
Utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self with lead GP, implementing improvements where required following discussion.
Support public health campaigns, and provide specialist knowledge on public healthprogrammes available to the general public.
Support and participate in shared learning across the practice and wider organisation.
Understand and apply legal issues that support the identification of vulnerable and abused adults, and be aware of statutory vulnerable patients health procedures and local guidance.
Work within policies regarding family violence, vulnerable adults, substance abuse and addictive behaviour. Provide guidance and support to ensure appropriate referral as appropriate.

Personal development

Work with your lead GP to undertake continual personal and professional development, taking an active part in reviewing and developing the role and responsibilities.
To keep up to date with professional issues that influence practice and share this with the team.
Demonstrate an understanding of current educational policies relevant to working areas of practice and keep up to date with relevant clinical practice.
Participate in the delivery of formal education programmes. Provide education and training to primary healthcare team on therapeutics and medicines optimisation.
Promote and practice evidence based psychological care, embracing new ideas, sharing with colleagues so that patient care is continually evaluated and improved.
Take responsibility for own learning and professional growth and for maintaining a record of this within a personal development plan.
Identify own training and development needs.
Maintain competencies pertinent for role and review annually with lead GP.
Work with your lead GP to access regular clinical supervision, to enable you to deal effectively with the difficult issues that people present
Attend training as agreed by lead GP and attend mandatory training as required.
Review yearly progress and develop clear plans to achieve results within priorities set by lead GP.
Adhere to organisational policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance, and health and safety.

Team working

Understand own role and scope and identify how this may develop over time.
Work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working.
Liaise with CCG colleagues including CCG pharmacists as appropriate, on prescribing related matters to ensure consistency of patient care and benefit.
Liaise with colleagues on prescribing related matters to ensure consistency of patient care.
Foster and maintain strong links with all services across the PCN and neighbouring networks.
Participate in team activities that create opportunities to improve patient care.
Prioritise own workload and ensure effective time-management strategies.
Discuss, highlight and work with the team to create opportunities to improve patient care.

Management of risk

Identify cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines through pre-prepared practice computer searches. This might include risks that are patient related, medicine related, or both.
Comply at all times with Health and Safety policy, in particular following safe working procedures and reporting incidents using the organisations Incident Reporting Systems.
Monitor work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and free from hazards and conform to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.
Comply with the Data Protection Act (2018) and the Access to Health Records Act (1990).
Manage and assess patient risk within areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to patients.
Support infection-control measures within the practice according to local and national guidelines.
Participate in the implementation of local and national strategies that are aligned to the values and culture of general practice.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical practice

Review (where appropriate) patients with single or multiple medical problems where medicine optimisation is required (e.g. Respiratory, Cardiovascular and Diabetes). Review the on-going need for each medicine, a review of monitoring needs and an opportunity to support patients with their medicines taking, ensuring they get the best use of their medicines (i.e. medicines optimisation). Make appropriate recommendations to GPs and AHPs for medicine improvement.
Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for the GP on prescribing and monitoring.
Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration. Undertake clinical medication reviews with care home patients and produce recommendations for the GP on prescribing and monitoring.
Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients at home and produce recommendations for the GPs on prescribing and monitoring. Attend and refer patients to multidisciplinary case conferences.
Review the use of medicines most commonly associated with unplanned hospital admissions and readmissions through audit and individual patient reviews. Put in place changes to reduce the prescribing of these medicines to high-risk patient groups.
Provide patient facing clinics in practices for those with questions and concerns about their medicines.
Provide telephone advice for patients with questions and concerns about their medicines.
Answer relevant medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other surgery staff, other healthcare teams (e.g. community pharmacy) and patients with queries about medicines. Suggesting and recommending solutions. Provide follow up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes.
Ensure that patients are referred to the appropriate healthcare professional for the appropriate level of care within an appropriate period of time e.g. pathology results, common/minor ailments, acute conditions, long term condition reviews etc.
Contribute pharmaceutical advice to repeat prescribing policy within each practice. Support the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptions and reviewing medicines reaching review dates and flagging up those needing a review. Ensure patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place when required.
Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of new services that have medicinal components (e.g. advice on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets.
Develop specialist knowledge and provide specialist clinics in defined clinical areas.

Communication

Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment.
Communicate effectively with and support patients and their families.
Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating.
Anticipate barriers to communication and take action to improve communication.
Maintain effective communication within the practice environment and with external stakeholders.
Participate in practice meetings, case conferences and CPA meetings as required.
Act as an advocate for patients and colleagues.
Ensure awareness of sources of support and guidance and provide information in an acceptable format to all patients, recognising any difficulties and referring where appropriate.
Communicate effectively and regularly with all team members

Delivering a quality service

Undertake clinical audits of prescribing in areas directed by the GPs, feed back the results and implement changes in conjunction with the relevant practice team.
Analyse, interpret and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks to support decision making.
Monitor practice prescribing against the local health economys RAG list and make recommendations to GPs for medicines that should be prescribed by hospital doctors (red drugs) or subject to shared care (amber drugs). Assist practices in seeing and maintaining a practice formulary that is hosted on each practices computer system.
Audit practices compliance against NICE technology assessment guidance.
Provide bulletins on important prescribing messages.
Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance.
Work with the general practice teams to ensure the practices are compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved.
Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the PC.
Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality.
Assess effectiveness of own care delivery through self and 360 peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation.
In partnership with Practice Managers and GPs ensure the maintenance of quality governance systems in the practice and participation in these.
Utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self with lead GP, implementing improvements where required following discussion.
Support public health campaigns, and provide specialist knowledge on public healthprogrammes available to the general public.
Support and participate in shared learning across the practice and wider organisation.
Understand and apply legal issues that support the identification of vulnerable and abused adults, and be aware of statutory vulnerable patients health procedures and local guidance.
Work within policies regarding family violence, vulnerable adults, substance abuse and addictive behaviour. Provide guidance and support to ensure appropriate referral as appropriate.

Personal development

Work with your lead GP to undertake continual personal and professional development, taking an active part in reviewing and developing the role and responsibilities.
To keep up to date with professional issues that influence practice and share this with the team.
Demonstrate an understanding of current educational policies relevant to working areas of practice and keep up to date with relevant clinical practice.
Participate in the delivery of formal education programmes. Provide education and training to primary healthcare team on therapeutics and medicines optimisation.
Promote and practice evidence based psychological care, embracing new ideas, sharing with colleagues so that patient care is continually evaluated and improved.
Take responsibility for own learning and professional growth and for maintaining a record of this within a personal development plan.
Identify own training and development needs.
Maintain competencies pertinent for role and review annually with lead GP.
Work with your lead GP to access regular clinical supervision, to enable you to deal effectively with the difficult issues that people present
Attend training as agreed by lead GP and attend mandatory training as required.
Review yearly progress and develop clear plans to achieve results within priorities set by lead GP.
Adhere to organisational policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance, and health and safety.

Team working

Understand own role and scope and identify how this may develop over time.
Work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working.
Liaise with CCG colleagues including CCG pharmacists as appropriate, on prescribing related matters to ensure consistency of patient care and benefit.
Liaise with colleagues on prescribing related matters to ensure consistency of patient care.
Foster and maintain strong links with all services across the PCN and neighbouring networks.
Participate in team activities that create opportunities to improve patient care.
Prioritise own workload and ensure effective time-management strategies.
Discuss, highlight and work with the team to create opportunities to improve patient care.

Management of risk

Identify cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines through pre-prepared practice computer searches. This might include risks that are patient related, medicine related, or both.
Comply at all times with Health and Safety policy, in particular following safe working procedures and reporting incidents using the organisations Incident Reporting Systems.
Monitor work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and free from hazards and conform to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.
Comply with the Data Protection Act (2018) and the Access to Health Records Act (1990).
Manage and assess patient risk within areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to patients.
Support infection-control measures within the practice according to local and national guidelines.
Participate in the implementation of local and national strategies that are aligned to the values and culture of general practice.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Completion of an undergraduate degree in pharmacy
Up to date registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Demonstrates and understanding of, and conforms to, relevant standards of practice
Follows professional and organisational policies/procedures relating to performance management

Desirable

May hold or be working towards an independent prescribing qualification
Clinical Diploma

Attributes

Essential

Meets DBS reference standards and has a clear criminal record, in line with the law on spent convictions
Self-directed practitioner
Highly motivated
Flexibility
Enthusiasm
Team player
Ability to work across boundaries

Desirable

Ability to participate in Enhanced Access services (evenings and weekends) at an agreed rate of pay
Access to own transport and ability to travel across the locality on a regular basis, including to visit people in their own homes

Experience

Essential

Experience and an awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-term conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice
Experience of partnership/collaborative working and of building relationships across a variety of organisations

Desirable

Experience of working in General Practice and / or PCNs
Audit
Research
Project management
Home visits

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Completion of an undergraduate degree in pharmacy
Up to date registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Demonstrates and understanding of, and conforms to, relevant standards of practice
Follows professional and organisational policies/procedures relating to performance management

Desirable

May hold or be working towards an independent prescribing qualification
Clinical Diploma

Attributes

Essential

Meets DBS reference standards and has a clear criminal record, in line with the law on spent convictions
Self-directed practitioner
Highly motivated
Flexibility
Enthusiasm
Team player
Ability to work across boundaries

Desirable

Ability to participate in Enhanced Access services (evenings and weekends) at an agreed rate of pay
Access to own transport and ability to travel across the locality on a regular basis, including to visit people in their own homes

Experience

Essential

Experience and an awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-term conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice
Experience of partnership/collaborative working and of building relationships across a variety of organisations

Desirable

Experience of working in General Practice and / or PCNs
Audit
Research
Project management
Home visits

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Mewstone PCN

Address

Dean Cross Surgery

21 Radford Park Road

Plymouth

PL9 9DL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.wemburysurgery.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Mewstone PCN

Address

Dean Cross Surgery

21 Radford Park Road

Plymouth

PL9 9DL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.wemburysurgery.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Senior Pharmacist - Rheumatology

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust View all jobs

North East England

Permanent

Pharmacist

GBP 57,528 - 64,750 per year

Posted 19 day(s) ago

Reference: 2347809

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our dynamic Pharmacy team as a Senior Pharmacist (Band 8a) working within theRheumatologyDirectorate.

This position offers a wealth of unique clinical and professional development opportunities within the both the Rheumatology and Pharmacy Department.

The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in delivering exceptional pharmaceutical care and services, working collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team to support optimal patient outcomes.

You will:

Work as an integral member of the multi-disciplinary team to provide specialist clinical pharmacy support to the Rheumatology service.

Be responsible for leading and developing the clinical pharmacy service to the Medicines and Emergency Care (MEC) Division in accordance with the objectives set by the Divisional Lead Pharmacist, with particular emphasis on the Rheumatology Directorate.

Provide highly specialised advice in all pharmaceutical matters.

Work as an independent prescriber managing a defined patient caseload within Rheumatology.

Ensure that medicine use within the Rheumatology speciality is safe, effective and cost effective.

Work with the homecare pharmacy team to ensure appropriate use of homecare medicine supply.

Monitor and provide comment on drug expenditure as required e.g in relation to high cost (biologics and biosimilars) and the introduction of new therapeutic agents.

Main duties of the job

Lead and deliver an advanced specialist pharmaceutical care service to patients within the rheumatology service, in accordance with the priorities set by the post-holder and the Clinical Lead Pharmacist, in order to ensure, safe, clinically effective and cost-efficient use of medicines and taking into account national and corporate priorities.

Lead the development of the Rheumatology pharmacy service including; setting up and delivering pharmacist-led rheumatology clinics, providing patient education on systemic treatments for rheumatology and initiate appropriate medication and associated monitoring ensuring accurate transfer of care information and follow up.

Maintain clinical competencies and support the Clinical Pharmacy team by working on in-patient wards or the dispensary.

In addition, you will be required to:

* Assist in the development of relevant policies, guidelines and pathways.

* Monitor compliance with NICE guidance and TAs, and other nationally and locally agreed guidelines, pathways and audits.

* Work with the homecare pharmacist to incorporate relevant treatments or undertake medicine switches.

* Proactively undertake quality improvement and/or research.

About us

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust aims to deliver the highest quality care to its patients. We employ dedicated staff, some of which have won awards for their work and are internationally renowned.

Whilst being spread across sites and having a large number of staff we are very welcoming to all and have many assistants, technicians and pharmacists who have worked and progressed with us for very many years.

We have strong links with our local universities with three teacher practitioners who support junior pharmacists and provide teaching to medical and pharmacy undergraduates.

We have highly specialist pharmacists working within other clinical areas e.g Homecare and Medicines Information and those who deliver clinics for Cardiology, Dermatology and Paediatrics. We are keen to support the professional development of our staff and look to the future of Consultant Pharmacist roles at the Trust.

It is a challenging time for all in the NHS, but at East Lancashire Teaching Hospitals you be given support, mentorship, autonomy and the Pharmacy Management Team will work hard to ensure that you reach and maintain your potential whilst having a rewarding and fulfilled career.

Details

Date posted

17 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£57,528 to £64,750 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

435-D161-26

Job locations

Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital

Haslingden Road

Blackburn

BB2 3HH

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

See attached documents for full details of the job description and person specification.

If you have any questions or would like to arrange an informal visit, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Please contact:

Hannah Robinson [email protected] (ClinicalLead Pharmacist - Medicine) on 01254 732251 or

Emma Coupe [email protected] (Assistant Director of Clinical Pharmacy and Governance) on 01254 732791 or via email.

Job description Job responsibilities See attached documents for full details of the job description and person specification. If you have any questions or would like to arrange an informal visit, please don't hesitate to get in touch. Please contact: Hannah Robinson [email protected] (ClinicalLead Pharmacist - Medicine) on 01254 732251 or Emma Coupe [email protected] (Assistant Director of Clinical Pharmacy and Governance) on 01254 732791 or via email.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

MPharm Degree (4 years) or equivalent
Member GPhC
Postgraduate clinical diploma/qualification (or equivalent NHS hospital experience)
Non-medical Prescriber (to be undertaken on appointment if not already a registered NMP)
Evidence of CPD

Desirable

Postgraduate qualification in rheumatology
Membership of the Royal College of Pharmacy (prev. Royal Pharmaceutical Society)

Skills & Abilities

Essential

Ability to provide a high level of pharmaceutical care within a specialism
Ability to holistically and critically analyse prescriptions and treatment plans
Advanced clinical assessment skills
Ability to work on own initiative or as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Ability to work under pressure
Ability to supervise / mentor staff and support others
Good time management, ability to prioritise and evaluate appropriately
Computer skills
Aware of limitations

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

Relevant post-registration hospital pharmacy experience
Thorough knowledge of care boundary issues and medication commissioning
Clinical experience in rheumatology and of delivering clinical pharmacy services
Experience of initiating, leading and managing a range of projects
Experience of budgetary management and financial control
Experience of managing and motivating staff, appraising and giving feedback
Experience of audit and quality improvement
Ability to work in a busy environment with daily contact with patients

Desirable

Experience of teaching or tutoring
Experience of research practice

Judgement

Essential

Intuition - anticipate difficulties and take appropriate action
Knows when to consult (own limitations)
Reflects on own practice and learns from experience

Communication Skills

Essential

Excellent oral communication skills
Able to provide written information in a concise readable manner for patients and colleagues
Formal presentation skills
Excellent report writing skills
Facilitating and negotiating skills
Able to build effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders

Personal Qualities

Essential

Self-motivated
Articulate
Willing to adapt to change and learn new systems
Innovative
Organised and methodical approach to work
Have integrity in all aspects of work
Committed to providing a high quality pharmacy service

Other Requirements

Essential

Flexible and adaptive approach

Person Specification Qualifications Essential MPharm Degree (4 years) or equivalent Member GPhC Postgraduate clinical diploma/qualification (or equivalent NHS hospital experience) Non-medical Prescriber (to be undertaken on appointment if not already a registered NMP) Evidence of CPD Desirable Postgraduate qualification in rheumatology Membership of the Royal College of Pharmacy (prev. Royal Pharmaceutical Society) Skills & Abilities Essential Ability to provide a high level of pharmaceutical care within a specialism Ability to holistically and critically analyse prescriptions and treatment plans Advanced clinical assessment skills Ability to work on own initiative or as part of a multi-disciplinary team Ability to work under pressure Ability to supervise / mentor staff and support others Good time management, ability to prioritise and evaluate appropriately Computer skills Aware of limitations Knowledge & Experience Essential Relevant post-registration hospital pharmacy experience Thorough knowledge of care boundary issues and medication commissioning Clinical experience in rheumatology and of delivering clinical pharmacy services Experience of initiating, leading and managing a range of projects Experience of budgetary management and financial control Experience of managing and motivating staff, appraising and giving feedback Experience of audit and quality improvement Ability to work in a busy environment with daily contact with patients Desirable Experience of teaching or tutoring Experience of research practice Judgement Essential Intuition - anticipate difficulties and take appropriate action Knows when to consult (own limitations) Reflects on own practice and learns from experience Communication Skills Essential Excellent oral communication skills Able to provide written information in a concise readable manner for patients and colleagues Formal presentation skills Excellent report writing skills Facilitating and negotiating skills Able to build effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders Personal Qualities Essential Self-motivated Articulate Willing to adapt to change and learn new systems Innovative Organised and methodical approach to work Have integrity in all aspects of work Committed to providing a high quality pharmacy service Other Requirements Essential Flexible and adaptive approach

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital

Haslingden Road

Blackburn

BB2 3HH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://jobs.elht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital

Haslingden Road

Blackburn

BB2 3HH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://jobs.elht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Therapy Assistant

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust View all jobs

North East England

Temporary

Exercise Therapist

GBP 28,392 - 31,157 per year

Posted 19 day(s) ago

Reference: 2347808

Job summary

Please note: There are 3 Senior Therapy Assistant posts available within the PARALEL service.

Are you an enthusiastic and motivated individual looking to make a difference? We have an exciting opportunity to join PARALEL, an innovative rehabilitation, relapse prevention and alternative to admission service supporting adults with eating disorders across community and inpatient settings.

What you'll do:

Work as a Senior Therapy Assistant within a developing community rehabilitation service
Deliver and support therapeutic interventions on an individual and group basis, including psychoeducation, cooking, shopping, social eating and relaxation
Support service users in their homes, local communities and within the PARALEL service
Plan, facilitate and document therapeutic activity, adapting interventions to meet individual needs
Work closely with the multidisciplinary team to support recovery, independence and relapse prevention
Contribute to the ongoing development of a new service

The successful candidate will have an understanding of Occupational Therapy, mental health and eating disorders, be able to manage risk appropriately, and be committed to delivering compassionate, recovery-focused care.

Main duties of the job

You'll work with the entire integrated multidisciplinary team (MDT) which include, Occupational Therapists and Senior therapy assistants, experienced Dietician and Clinical psychiatrist to ensure a seamless and supportive care experience for every individual.

Why Join Us?

Be part of a friendly, supportive, new and emerging service.
Receive dedicated guidance and direction from the experienced Occupational Therapist.
Benefit from ongoing professional development, including:
- Clinical supervision
- Annual appraisals
- A wide range of training opportunities

Who We're Looking For:We're seeking an individual who is:

Passionate about mental health and improving lives.
Has excellent self-management and organisational skills.
Caring, enthusiastic, adaptable and eager to learn.
Highly motivated and ready to thrive in developing a new service.
A team player who can take direction but is also able to work autonomously.

Experience of this type of work is desirable but experience of working with people with eating disorders, aptitude and motivation are considered to be essential qualities in providing the high standards of service that this post demands.

About us

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you'll find something to suit you at CWP.

Details

Date posted

17 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£28,392 to £31,157 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

373-SMH2754

Job locations

Pioneer House and Springview hospital

Unit 4, Pioneer Business Park,

North Road Ellesmere Port

CH65 1AD

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please download a copy of the job description (see documents to download section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.

At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trusts Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trusts Values and think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trusts Values and associated behaviours and you should provide examples from your work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviours.

An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Further help and support for completing your application can be accessed via our website. If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email at: [email protected] or by calling 01244 393100.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the essential criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer YES to the question: Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon!