Clinical Mental Health Pharmacist

NHS; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is looking for a Clinical Mental Health Pharmacist to join their supportive inpatient team in Lancashire. The role involves pharmaceutical care planning, multi-disciplinary ward rounds, and developing medicines management processes. Candidates should be registered pharmacists with clinical experience, particularly in mental health settings. This position encourages flexible working hours to improve work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Supportive work environment

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Qualified pharmacist with registration.
• Experience in clinical pharmacy, hospital, or community settings.
• Awareness of current pharmacy practice issues.

Responsibilities

• Conduct pharmaceutical care planning and clinical reviews.
• Participate in multi-disciplinary ward rounds.
• Provide medicines information.
• Support development of medicines management processes.
• Deliver the Trust's medicines optimisation strategy.
• Ensure compliance with GPhC standards.
• Conduct clinical audits.

Skills

Clinical pharmacy experience

Ability to maintain professional relationships

Calm under pressure

Education

Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council

Commitment to Continuing Professional Development

Job description

Go back Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Mental Health Pharmacist

The closing date is 18 November 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our expanding and highly supportive inpatient team as a Clinical Mental Health Pharmacist.

The post is based at The Harbour Hospital in Blackpool, covering a range of Mental Health wards including Psychiatric Intensive Care Units, Acute Admissions, Dementia, Elderly, Advanced Care Wards and a 136 suite.

Are you a qualified Pharmacist with a passion for mental health pharmacy, or keen to specialise in this rewarding field? Whether you're already working in hospital or mental health settings, or currently in community pharmacy and looking for a new direction to develop your clinical skills, we offer a supportive and dynamic environment to help you grow and thrive. If any of these apply, this role could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Main duties of the job

The post will provide an opportunity for the following:

• Pharmaceutical care planning and clinical review of prescriptions
• Involvement in multi-disciplinary ward rounds
• Provision of medicines information to service users and staff
• Opportunity to experience pharmacy practice across in-patient services and community team
• Supporting development of robust medicines management processes
• Actively working to deliver the Trust medicines optimisation strategy
• Ensuring compliance to GPhC standards for dispensing
• Clinical audit

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages 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, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

Job responsibilities

For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Education / Qualification

• Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Evidence of and commitment to Continuing Professional Development.

Knowledge

• Ability to maintain and develop professional relationships.
• Able to identify when advice needs to be sought.
• Calm and objective under pressure.

Experience

• Variety of clinical pharmacy experience.
• Working in a hospital or community pharmacy.
• Awareness of current issues affecting the practice of pharmacy.

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.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust