Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacist
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 351-CS2817-BD
- Employer
- Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Various
- Town
- Central & West
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/12/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Clinical Pharmacist
Band 7
Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism, community, and physical health services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) delivers a comprehensive range of services, including:
- Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults, including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, and forensic services with low and medium secure care.
- Specialist mental health inpatient care for individuals with learning disabilities, alongside specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
- Extensive community physical health and well-being services for children and adults, covering prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and long-term condition management.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,500 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health, general nurses, children’s nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers, as well as those specialising in learning disabilities and community physical health services.
For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Job overview
To contribute to the provision of a specialist mental health pharmacy service within the Central and West Lancashire Inpatient units of Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust. The role will provide clinical pharmacy input into the Scarisbrick and Chorley Adult Mental Health Inpatient wards. As a purely clinical service there is currently no pharmacy-based dispensary commitment, bank holiday or weekend working.
Main duties of the job
An opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic specialist clinical pharmacist to join the pharmacy team based in the mental health units in Ormskirk and Chorley. The role also includes providing clinical pharmacy input in to the mental health inpatient units in Chorley and Preston, along with Pharmacy colleagues based in those units. The successful applicant will work alongside members of the multi-disciplinary team to support prescribing and offer specialist clinical pharmacy advice. You will also have close links to the wider Pharmacy department across LSCFT.
The main duties of the post holder will be to provide a patient-focussed clinical pharmacy service to service users in the inpatient setting. You will be expected to provide a high level of pharmaceutical care to patients as part of the wider multi-disciplinary team, participate in consultant ward reviews, undertake clinical audit and be actively involved in the education and training of trainee pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and other healthcare professionals. The role also involves providing support to other members of the Pharmacy team through clinical supervision.
Working for our organisation
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The role demands an organised, flexible individual with excellent communication and interpersonal skills and an ability to work on their own initiative.
Applications from job share partners are welcome and other forms of flexible working will be considered.
The Pharmacy Service is highly regarded within the organisation and is a well-established team with a wealth of expertise in both Mental Health and Physical services, and continues to provide high quality clinical input into all aspects of the health provision delivered by the organisation. We are a supportive team committed to the education and development of our expanding service. Should you wish to join us you will become one of a large team of Clinical Pharmacists, Medicines Management Technicians, Medicines Management Nurses and Pharmacy Assistants working across the Trust.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Masters degree in Pharmacy
- Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
Experience
Essential criteria
- Variety of clinical pharmacy experience
- Working in a hospital, community pharmacy or GP practice
- Awareness of current issues affecting the practice of pharmacy
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lisa Ainsworth
- Job title
- Lead Pharmacist Central & West
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07852 467429
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