Pharmacy Assistant

Lancashire Care Foundation Trust; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A public health organization in the United Kingdom is seeking a dedicated Pharmacy Support Worker to join their pharmacy team in a Mental Health Hospital. The role involves working collaboratively within a clinical team to ensure high-quality patient care and effective medicines-management processes. Ideal candidates should have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be motivated to provide patient-centered support. The organization promotes flexible working arrangements and values diversity in its workforce.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Supportive team culture

Commitment to professional development

Qualifications

• Must have ongoing right to work in the UK.
• Experience in pharmacy or similar clinical environment considered an advantage.
• Commitment to patient-centered care.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a clinical inpatient team.
• Deliver excellent patient care.
• Ensure safe and effective medicines-management processes.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Self-motivated

Job description

Please note, you must have ongoing right to work in the UK to apply for this role, sponsorship is unfortunately not available for this post.

Are you looking for an exciting career opportunity in pharmacy?

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, hard‑working and patient‑focused Pharmacy Support Worker to join our pharmacy team at The Harbour. The Harbour is a Mental Health Hospital with 10 wards including Psychiatric Intensive Care Units, Acute Admissions, Dementia and Advanced Care Wards.

The successful applicant will work as part of our clinical inpatient team of Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacy Support Workers, delivering excellent patient care and ensuring safe and effective medicines‑management processes within the service.

You should be self‑motivated with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

As a purely clinical service there is no pharmacy‑based dispensary commitment, bank holiday or weekend working. We can also offer flexible working hours and are committed to improving working lives.

The Pharmacy Service within Lancashire and South Cumbria Foundation Trust is a well‑established team with a wealth of expertise in both Mental Health and Community 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.

We want to recruit people to the service who share our values and are confident in their ability to contribute to the demonstrated effectiveness and acceptability of our service.

Staff at Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust work to improve lives with a culture based on four core values:

• We are kind
• We are a team
• We are respectful
• We are always learning

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 supports 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.

For further information about the role, please see the attached recruitment pack which includes a detailed job description and person specification, or visit our website via Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS FT.

This advert closes on Wednesday 7 Jan 2026