Specialist Mental Health Pharmacist - £8k Relocation Package*

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Barrow-in-Furness; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in mental health services is seeking a dedicated pharmacist to join their dynamic Pharmacy Team. This role offers a unique opportunity to provide clinical pharmacy input to in-patient mental health services, ensuring high-quality pharmaceutical care and participating in multi-disciplinary teams. With a supportive environment that promotes professional development and flexible working arrangements, this position is perfect for those passionate about making a difference in mental health care. The Trust values diversity and is committed to creating a positive work-life balance for its employees, making it an ideal place to grow your career.

Benefits

Relocation Package up to £8000

Flexible working options

Access to online mental health training

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council required.
• Commitment to continuing professional development is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient-focused clinical pharmacy service in an inpatient setting.
• Participate in multi-disciplinary ward reviews and clinical audits.

Skills

Clinical pharmacy experience

Good written communication skills

Verbal communication skills

Organisational skills

Good clinical knowledge

Education

Master’s degree in Pharmacy

Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy

Job description

Band 7

Main area: Pharmacy
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 351-CS2634-LG-I

Site: Dane Garth
Town: Barrow-in-Furness
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 08/01/2025 23:59

Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community-based services for the populations we serve.

As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:

1. Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
2. Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
3. Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.

The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports flexible working, believing 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, home/remote working, and flexi-time.

An opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated pharmacist with a genuine interest in mental health to join the Pharmacy Team. The post is based at Dane Garth, Furness General Hospital, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 4LF, providing clinical pharmacy input to in-patient mental health services. Dane Garth Unit comprises of one mixed general adult, one mixed older adult ward as well as a 136 unit.

Relocation Package of up to £8000 available:

We’re always looking for talented and compassionate people who share our values. To help with the costs incurred by moving home to begin the next chapter of your career at LSCFT, we offer a generous Relocation Package of up to £8000 for successful applicants to this role who currently live further than 30 miles away from their new base of work.

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 teams
• 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

You will have current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council and be up to date with your CPD. There is also opportunity to further develop qualifications with courses such as Psychiatry 1 and 2 offered by the College of Mental Health Pharmacy, a Postgraduate Certificate in Psychiatric Therapeutics from Aston University, a Clinical Diploma where applicable, and a Non-Medical Prescribing Qualification.

The Clinical Pharmacy service is embedded in the culture of the organisation, and should you wish to join our team, you will become one of a large team of Clinical Pharmacists, Clinical Medicines Management Technicians, Pharmacy Assistants, Medicines Management Nurses and Apprentices working across the Trust. There is no requirement to work Bank Holidays or weekends.

Working for our organisation

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust has fully implemented electronic prescribing and medicines administration systems across all inpatient settings.

Pharmacists have access to an award-winning online mental health training package.

While this role has been advertised as a band 7 role, there is scope for this to be offered as a Band 6/7 progression for any newly qualified pharmacists or those with limited pharmacy experience. You will be embedded into an established and highly supportive team who can offer guidance and supervision to aid you in your professional development.

Due to the location of various units, an ability and willingness to travel around Trust locations on occasion is required; however, mileage will be reimbursed.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The main duties will include providing a patient-focused clinical pharmacy service in an inpatient setting. You will be expected to provide a high level of pharmaceutical care to patients as a part of the wider multi-disciplinary team, participate in consultant ward reviews, undertake clinical audit, and be actively involved in supporting trainee pharmacists, students, and other healthcare professionals. You will also be involved in a ward-based dispensing service.

As part of the Pharmacy Team, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the delivery of clinical pharmacy services to a variety of mental health and work closely with in-patient wards and community clinical teams as part of a multi-disciplinary approach to addressing the care needs of patients and service users. You will also ensure safe and effective medicines management processes within the service, including compliance with regulatory medicines management standards and implementation of medicines safety alerts.

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

Person specification

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy
• Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
• Evidence of and commitment to continuing professional development

Knowledge

• Good clinical knowledge

Experience

• Variety of clinical pharmacy experience

Skills

• Good written, verbal and communication skills
• Organisational skills

Please note that further communication from Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCft) will normally be to the email address given on the application form. You should also ensure that email addresses and telephone numbers are provided for your referees, to enable LSCft to contact them.

Applications from job share partners are welcome, and other forms of flexible working will be considered for all posts.

For all posts which require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, please be aware of the Disclosure and Barring Service Code of Practice, a copy of which is available by logging on to the DBS website. If the post is subject to DBS disclosure, a charge will be made to the successful candidate(s).

You are advised to consider applying for LSCft vacancies as soon as possible, as in some instances vacancies are closed as soon as a sufficient number of applications have been received. If you are not invited to interview within three weeks of the closing date, then please assume that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful, as it is not possible to contact all unsuccessful candidates.

LSCft is committed to celebrating difference as an asset and we know that recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds helps to create a more flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from people regardless of age, disability (particularly those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. Our goal is for the Trust to be truly representative of the communities we serve, so we are particularly keen to receive applications from people in under-represented groups. If there is anything you’d like to discuss in relation to your application, then please ask.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.