Lead Pharmacist Inpatient Mental Health

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is looking for a Lead Pharmacist to join their Inpatient Pharmacy team. In this role, you will develop clinical pharmacy models that optimize medicine use and enhance patient care at a mental health hospital. Candidates are required to have pharmacist registration and significant experience in mental health care. This position promotes a collaborative environment focusing on continuous professional development.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Registered pharmacist with experience in mental health.
• Commitment to continuing professional development.
• Experience with acute mental health patients required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure appropriate medicines optimisation across the patient pathway.
• Provide expert advice on complex prescribing cases.
• Develop new models for delivering patient care.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Compassionate care

Team collaboration

Time management

Expert clinical knowledge

Education

Pharmacist registration with General Pharmaceutical Council

Evidence of continuing professional development

Job description

Go back Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Lead Pharmacist Inpatient Mental Health

The closing date is 09 October 2025

Band: 8B

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Salary: NHS Band 8B pay scale

Organisation: Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Our Vision: To support our local communities by excelling in everything we do together.

Our Values: We are always learning, respectful, kind, and a team.Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Lead Pharmacist to join our Inpatient Pharmacy team at the Harbour Inpatient Unit. The successful candidate will establish and develop a clinical model of working as a senior level clinician and Non-Medical Prescriber at the Harbour, a 154 bedded mental health hospital situated on the Fylde coast. This role involves ensuring appropriate medicines optimisation across the patient pathway, providing expert advice on prescribing for complex cases and creating new models for delivering patient care.

Main duties of the job

At Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust, our values are at the heart of everything we do. In keeping with these values the Pharmacy team are committed to providing compassionate care and fostering an inclusive environment.

We are looking for a candidate who embodies these values and demonstrates them in their daily work:o Always Learning: Committed to continuous professional development and staying updated with the latest advancements in mental health pharmacy.o Respectful: Treat all patients, colleagues, and stakeholders with dignity and respect, valuing diverse perspectives.o Kind: Provide support and understanding to patients and their families with compassion and empathy.o Team Player: Work effectively within a multidisciplinary team, supporting and motivating colleagues to achieve the best outcomes for patients.

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected.

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

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role

Person Specification

Education

• Pharmacist registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
• Evidence of and commitment to continuing professional development

Knowledge

• Expert clinical knowledge relevant to mental health
• Able to identify a vision for the delivery of an advanced clinical pharmacy service
• Able to apply advanced levels of clinical reasoning and judgement to influence how medicines are used
• Be able to manage difficult and ambiguous problems

Experience

• Extensive experience of providing pharmaceutical care to patients with acute mental health needs
• Experience of practice research or audit
• Able to demonstrate prioritisation and time management skills

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