Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience

Pharmacist

• Support the safe, effective use of medicines across Psychiatry UK
• Providing clinical, operational, and governance support under the direction of the Lead Pharmacist
• Contribute to medicines safety, prescribing quality, and regulatory compliance across the organisation
• Support the development of the medicines optimisation strategy, implementation and evaluation
• Assist in the review and monitoring of prescribing practices to ensure compliance with legislation and organisational standards
• Support the management of medicines-related incidents and complaints
• Contribute to the analysis of prescribing trends and escalation of risks to the Lead Pharmacist
• Assist in responding to MHRA Drug Alerts and Medicines Recalls
• Support the management of medicines shortages, including risk assessment and identification of suitable alternatives
• Be a point of contact as expert knowledge to answer queries related to prescribing and medicines management from other healthcare professionals
• Work in collaboration with partner organisations and healthcare stakeholders to ensure the safe and effective delivery of pharmaceutical care
• Support responses to external medication-related queries
• Audit, quality improvement, and data support for medicines-related audit programmes
• Maintain and develop advanced clinical pharmacy knowledge to support safe, effective and patient-centred care

Medicines Management Pharmacist