Senior Clinical Pharmacist | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Care Foundation Trust; Nelson; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK seeks an experienced Clinical Pharmacist with a specialist interest in mental health. This role involves providing clinical pharmacy support in a multi-disciplinary team, optimizing treatment for patients. Responsibilities include developing a non-medical prescribing role and ensuring safe medicines management. The position allows for flexible working patterns and is ideal for enthusiastic individuals committed to improving patient care. Applicants must hold current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council and relevant qualifications.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Support to improve work/life balance

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health and willingness to work towards further qualifications.
• Ability to travel around Trust locations as needed.
• Experience in providing clinical supervision.

Responsibilities

• Provide Clinical Pharmacy support across the urgent care pathway.
• Develop non-medical prescribing role.
• Contribute to service redesign and medicines optimisation.

Skills

Strong organisational skills

Flexibility

Excellent communication

Team collaboration

Education

Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Postgraduate qualification or equivalent experience

Qualification as a non-medical prescriber

Job description

An exciting 12-month fixed-term opportunity is available within Pennine network community services to cover maternity leave. We are seeking an experienced Clinical Pharmacist with a specialist interest in mental health to work closely with the Home Treatment Team and provide Clinical Pharmacy support across the urgent care pathway in partnership with the Initial Response Service (IRS). The role involves working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to meet patient care needs and ensure safe, effective medicines management, including compliance with regulatory standards and implementation of safety alerts. As a senior pharmacy team member, you will also contribute to wider Trust initiatives.

Key opportunities

• Developing a non-medical prescribing role
• Pharmaceutical care planning and prescription review
• Supporting service users in medicine-related decisions to optimise treatment and outcomes
• Providing specialist advice to the MDT
• Offering clinical supervision and leadership
• Contributing to service redesign and medicines optimisation strategies
• Ensuring governance for medicines management and monitoring prescribing
• Attending strategic network meetings

This role suits enthusiastic, experienced Pharmacists committed to improving patient care. Strong organisational skills, flexibility, and excellent communication are essential. There is some flexibility around the commitment of the number of hours, so we welcome flexible working applications and job shares.

You will have current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council, a postgraduate qualification or equivalent experience, and previous experience in mental health. A qualification as a non-medical prescriber or postgraduate qualifications in Psychiatry would be desirable but applicants with a willingness to work towards these qualifications will be considered.

There is no current requirement to work on-call, Bank Holidays or weekends. Due to the location of various units, an ability and willingness to travel around Trust locations is required.

The Clinical Pharmacy service is highly regarded within the organisation and should you wish to join our team you will become one of a large team of Clinical Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Medicines Management Nurses and Pharmacy Assistants working across the Trust.

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.

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 24 Dec 2025