Job vacancy: Specialist Clinical Pharmacist ADHD and Mental Health, Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust, Hull

Job summary

Main area

Pharmacist

Grade

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time
Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (37.5)

Job ref

338-8238963-26

Employer: Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Trust Headquarters
Town: Hull
Salary: £57,528 - £64,750 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 04/10/2026 23:59
Interview date: 09/10/2026

Specialist Clinical Pharmacist ADHD and Mental Health

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust are proud award winners of the HSJ Provider of the Year 2019

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information with regard to this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Master’s degree in pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent qualification recognised by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
Independent Non-Medical Prescriber qualification with evidence of active prescribing practice.
Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy, Psychiatric Pharmacy or equivalent advanced clinical qualification, or equivalent demonstrable experience.

Desirable criteria

Postgraduate qualification in Psychiatric Pharmacy.
Leadership or management qualification.
ADHD Assessment and Treatment Training UKAAN

Skills and Competencies

Essential criteria

Advanced specialist clinical knowledge of ADHD, psychopharmacology and mental health medicines optimisation.
Confident and assertive when dealing with other professionals
Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills including effective written and verbal communication skills
Ability to manage a complex clinical caseload independently
Excellent clinical assessment, diagnostic reasoning and prescribing skills.
Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Strong organisational and time-management skills with the ability to manage competing priorities. and to work under pressure.
Competent user of electronic prescribing systems, clinical systems and Microsoft Office applications.

Desirable criteria

Tutoring and training skills
Evidence of writing procedures, guidelines and protocols
Research and publication experience.
Experience contributing to regional or national professional networks.

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

Significant post-registration experience in clinical pharmacy practice.
Advanced specialist clinical knowledge of ADHD, psychopharmacology and mental health medicines optimisation
Knowledge of NICE guidance and national policy relating to ADHD and mental health.
Detailed knowledge of psychotropic medicines, prescribing governance and medicines safety.
Experience undertaking complex medication reviews and medicines optimisation interventions.
Experience of autonomous clinical decision-making, risk assessment and independent prescribing

Desirable criteria

Experience working within Adult ADHD Services.
Experience managing ADHD medication initiation and titration clinics.
Experience supervising pharmacists, pharmacy technicians or trainee pharmacists
Experience supporting clozapine, lithium and other high-risk medicines services.

Our recruitment team have shared their top tips to support you when you are ready to make your application. Please ensure that you read this before starting your application.

Please note that if there is a high volume of applications we reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date.

This post will be subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period where applicable, further details would be included within any offer letter.

Where operationally feasible the Trust supports agile working, there is an expectation of attendance of 1 day per week at a Trust site as a minimum operationally. Unless specifically stated in the advert that a role will have home as the base of work, all roles will have the option to work from a Trust base if remote working is not for you.

If required for the post the ability to commute within the Trusts geographical area with access to the appropriate means of transport would be essential.

We will apply for a Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service for the successful candidate if this is required for the post. Anyone applying for a position which involves a regulated activity will require an enhanced Disclosure & Barring check and that the disclosure will, where appropriate to the role, include information against the Independent Safeguarding Authority barred lists for working with children or working with adults or both.

IMPORTANT: Should your application be successfully shortlisted, you will be contacted to attend an interview electronically to the email address provided at the time of the application. It is important therefore, that you CHECK YOUR EMAILS/NHS JOBS ACCOUNT on a regular basis.

If you are not contacted by the Trust within six weeks of the closing date of the vacancy, your application will have been unsuccessful on this occasion. We would however like to thank you for the interest you have shown in the Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust.

On 1 July 2024, NHS England strengthened its commitment to supporting employees already working for the NHS who wish to embark upon an apprenticeship to aide career development.

To ensure these staff do not experience a detriment to their basic pay, the salary for duration of the apprenticeship will be consistent with their current pay or the rate paid to other apprentices, whichever is higher (subject to eligibility criteria)

This change supports exiting NHS employees to undertake a formal apprenticeship programme which, upon completion, would qualify them for a role where the evaluated pay band is the same or higher than the band of their current post.

Mindful employer. Being positive about mental health.

Stonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.

Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name

Alberto Ortiz-Moya

Job title

Principal Pharmacist Mental Health Services

Email address

[email protected]

Telephone number

07931636866

Additional information

Alberto Ortiz-Moya, telephone 07931636866, email [email protected]

Marian Opoku-Fofie Tel: 07748765780 email [email protected]

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Specialist Clinical Pharmacist ADHD and Mental Health

NHS AfC: Band 8a

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