Job summary Are you enthusiastic and passionate about improving the lives of patients with mental health conditions, then a role as a specialist pharmacist in our Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Trust could be right for you. We have an exciting opportunity for an innovative, skilled clinical pharmacist to work as a core member of our community teams across Brighton and Hove. You should have an interest for working within a specialist mental health service, an understanding of the medicines used and patients we care for. The role will be based at the Trust community treatments clinics but also include home visitation across the Brighton and Hove area. The post holder will be supported to undertake further accreditation and training as appropriate, and there are many opportunities to develop the role and service to fit in with our new Neighbourhood Mental Health Team (NMTH) structure, allowing your vision for clinical care to grow with the service in a collaborative, holistic and accessible therapeutic environment. You will be joining a friendly, supportive pharmacy team which is highly regarded in the Trust. This role represents a great opportunity to start or continue a career in mental health and can lead to future senior roles. The Pharmacy leadership team is committed to education and training of the pharmacy workforce and will provide access to external training (including the introductory College of Mental Health Pharmacy Psych 1 and Psych 2 programme). Main duties of the job The post holder will provide a clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation service to ensure patients in the community get the best from their medicines, as well as a strong commitment to medicines education and training so that patients, pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals are well informed and able to manage their use of medicines correctly, safely and cost effectively. The role requires an excellent clinical communicator with an interest in patient facing and multidisciplinary team working. In addition, the appraisal of clinical evidence and generation of high quality pharmacotherapeutic advice to support colleagues will feature as a core part of working. Community services increasingly interface with primary care partners to ensure both the transition of care and the triage and receipt of referred patient, pharmacist input into these processes is crucial to maintain the medicines safety and optimisation. There is currently no commitment to weekend or dispensary working. On call is for advice only and is currently more than 1 in 30 weeks, with senior support provided and only band 7and above are on the on-call rota. About us We are a friendly and committed pharmacy team, who are keen to support the wellbeing of our patients and each other. Sussex Partnership is one of the largest mental health trust in the UK. The physical health of our mental health patients is important to us and with the live expectancy of patients with serious mental health dying 15 to 20 years earlier, the trust is committed to reducing this risk and pharmacy play a key role in this. About us As a mental health trust Sussex Partnership places a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff, as well as ensuring our reward packages reflect the immensely important work they do. You can expect: Access to full psychological support, the wellbeing team Excellent supervision programmes. Flexible working opportunities Access to a host of discount schemes (including gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars) A position within a trust rated as Outstanding for caring and Good overall by the CQC Generous holiday entitlement (starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays) Excellent NHS Pension Scheme Details Date posted 23 May 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 7 Salary £46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours Reference number 354-CO-21649 Job locations Millview Hospital Hove BN3 7HZ Job description Job responsibilities Please see attached job description and person specification. If you have any queries please feel free to contact to discuss further. Job description Job responsibilities Please see attached job description and person specification. If you have any queries please feel free to contact to discuss further. Person Specification Qualifications Essential Degree in Pharmacy from British University or recognised equivalent GPhC registration Desirable Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Practice Independent Prescriber (NMP) qualification Knowledge, Training and Experience Desirable Experience of Band 6 rotational working in an acute Trust setting Experience of working in a Primary Care Network setting Experience working within a mental health setting Person Specification Qualifications Essential Degree in Pharmacy from British University or recognised equivalent GPhC registration Desirable Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Practice Independent Prescriber (NMP) qualification Knowledge, Training and Experience Desirable Experience of Band 6 rotational working in an acute Trust setting Experience of working in a Primary Care Network setting Experience working within a mental health setting 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 Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Address Millview Hospital Hove BN3 7HZ Employer's website https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab) Employer details Employer name Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Address Millview Hospital Hove BN3 7HZ Employer's website https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab). Location : Millview Hospital, BN3 7HZ Hove, United Kingdom