Pharmacist Specialist - Mental Health - North of England - National Operations
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Location
Greater Lincoln Area, United Kingdom
Posted At
6/24/2025
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North East England, North West England
Job Summary
Are you committed to helping us regulate health and social care within England?
When thinking about what drives you every day in your job, what keeps you motivated and passionate about your work what comes to mind? For 3000+ people at the CQC we end each day knowing that we have made a difference to the lives of those most in need in our communities. We make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and encourage care services to improve. We are looking for people who are caring, demonstrate integrity and work well as part of a team to join with us and share in this sense of achievement. If you would like to help us make a positive impact to health and social care within England, then read on.
Why this could be a great role for you...
As a Pharmacist Specialist with significant experience in mental health, you’ll be part of a dynamic Medicines Optimisation Team providing specialist advice and expert knowledge to support inspection, registration and risk management across the organisation. You will be leading and promoting CQC’s medicines optimisation agenda in all health and social care services.
Job Description
What you will bring...
With excellent leadership and communication, you will proactively take the lead in specifically allocated areas to support and advise inspections teams in predicting, identifying and prioritising medicines risks. You will routinely provide training and support for CQC representatives for issues relating to medicines optimisation and actively engage with key external stakeholders to promote the safe management of medicines.
We are looking for a specialist pharmacist with expertise in mental health. You should have experience of effectively influencing mental health services and policy to drive medicines optimisation. You will have successfully led change in mental health settings, demonstrating integrity and professionalism when responding to challenge to ensure patient care is at the heart of your approach.
What You Will Bring...
With excellent leadership and communication, you will proactively take the lead in specifically allocated areas to support and advise inspections teams in predicting, identifying and prioritising medicines risks. You will routinely provide training and support for CQC representatives for issues relating to medicines optimisation and actively engage with key external stakeholders to promote the safe management of medicines.
We are looking for a specialist pharmacist with expertise in mental health. You should have experience of effectively influencing mental health services and policy to drive medicines optimisation. You will have successfully led change in mental health settings, demonstrating integrity and professionalism when responding to challenge to ensure patient care is at the heart of your approach.
Person specification
To actively promote medicines optimisation in all Care Quality
Commission (CQC) regulated settings. You will use your pharmaceutical expertise and leadership skills to actively promote good practice to internal and external stakeholders.
To provide expert technical advice on the safe management and effective use of medicines and input into the CQCs regulatory inspection and investigation activity.
To take the lead in specifically allocated areas to support and advise inspection teams in predicting, identifying and prioritising medicines risks.
Essential
Specific Skills and Experience
We want to make working for CQC a great experience for everyone, and to role model a diverse and representative culture. To support an inclusive environment where colleagues feel empowered to bring their whole self to work, we support a variety of staff networks, including the Race Equality Network, LGBT+ Equality Network, Carers Equality Network, Disability Equality Network and Gender Equality network.
Selection process details
tbc
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups
Working for the Civil Service
Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Contact point for applicants
Job Contact
Job Summary
Are you committed to helping us regulate health and social care within England?
When thinking about what drives you every day in your job, what keeps you motivated and passionate about your work what comes to mind? For 3000+ people at the CQC we end each day knowing that we have made a difference to the lives of those most in need in our communities. We make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and encourage care services to improve. We are looking for people who are caring, demonstrate integrity and work well as part of a team to join with us and share in this sense of achievement. If you would like to help us make a positive impact to health and social care within England, then read on.
Why this could be a great role for you...
As a Pharmacist Specialist with significant experience in mental health, you’ll be part of a dynamic Medicines Optimisation Team providing specialist advice and expert knowledge to support inspection, registration and risk management across the organisation. You will be leading and promoting CQC’s medicines optimisation agenda in all health and social care services.
Job Description
What you will bring...
With excellent leadership and communication, you will proactively take the lead in specifically allocated areas to support and advise inspections teams in predicting, identifying and prioritising medicines risks. You will routinely provide training and support for CQC representatives for issues relating to medicines optimisation and actively engage with key external stakeholders to promote the safe management of medicines.
We are looking for a specialist pharmacist with expertise in mental health. You should have experience of effectively influencing mental health services and policy to drive medicines optimisation. You will have successfully led change in mental health settings, demonstrating integrity and professionalism when responding to challenge to ensure patient care is at the heart of your approach.
What You Will Bring...
With excellent leadership and communication, you will proactively take the lead in specifically allocated areas to support and advise inspections teams in predicting, identifying and prioritising medicines risks. You will routinely provide training and support for CQC representatives for issues relating to medicines optimisation and actively engage with key external stakeholders to promote the safe management of medicines.
We are looking for a specialist pharmacist with expertise in mental health. You should have experience of effectively influencing mental health services and policy to drive medicines optimisation. You will have successfully led change in mental health settings, demonstrating integrity and professionalism when responding to challenge to ensure patient care is at the heart of your approach.
Person specification
To actively promote medicines optimisation in all Care Quality
Commission (CQC) regulated settings. You will use your pharmaceutical expertise and leadership skills to actively promote good practice to internal and external stakeholders.
To provide expert technical advice on the safe management and effective use of medicines and input into the CQCs regulatory inspection and investigation activity.
To take the lead in specifically allocated areas to support and advise inspection teams in predicting, identifying and prioritising medicines risks.
Essential
Specific Skills and Experience
- Registration as a Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Practised as a pharmacist for a minimum of 5 years.
- Experience of managing pharmaceutical services and delivering clinical care in primary, secondary and/or social care settings.
- Specialist professional knowledge of effective medicines optimisation and safe management of medicines in primary, secondary and/or social care services.
- Understanding of medicines law and its application to registered services.
- Ability to apply specialist pharmaceutical and regulatory knowledge to all registered settings. Ability to analyse, translate and present complex technical information, making it accessible and understood by internal and external audiences.
- Experience of engaging effectively with people who use services.
- Excellent written communication and presentation skills. IT
- Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively and demonstrate excellent leadership skills.
- Ability to prioritise, manage own workload and referrals effectively.
- Ability effectively communicate with people at all levels and in multiple settings.
- Strong analytical skills
- Experience of translating complex data and information into a user friendly format
- Understanding of the role of the Care Quality Commission and its relationships with key stakeholders, including the full range of partner agencies in the health and social care system.
- Understanding of regulatory law and its application to registered services.
- Ability to coach and develop others.
- What we can offer you...
- 27 days’ annual leave, rising with service to 32.5 days, plus 8 Bank Holidays
- NHS pension scheme, with around a 14% employer contribution
- Free employee assistance service 24 hours a day
- Discounts to supermarkets, high street stores, electronics and fleet cars
- Discounted gym vouchers
- Cycle to work scheme
- Internal reward scheme where you could win a voucher or two!
- Equipment for homeworking
We want to make working for CQC a great experience for everyone, and to role model a diverse and representative culture. To support an inclusive environment where colleagues feel empowered to bring their whole self to work, we support a variety of staff networks, including the Race Equality Network, LGBT+ Equality Network, Carers Equality Network, Disability Equality Network and Gender Equality network.
Selection process details
tbc
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Working for the Civil Service
Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Contact point for applicants
Job Contact
- Name : Recruitment Team
- Email : [email protected]
- Email : [email protected]
Advertise with us by contacting: [email protected]
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