Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Pharmacist Specialist
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Are you a soon to be or qualified pharmacist with a passion for mental health pharmacy, or keen to specialise in this rewarding field?
Whether you are 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.
The role offers an ideal opportunity for a pharmacist who may wish to enhance their current knowledge base within the mental health field. We are a supportive Medicines Management Team and can offer many opportunities for pharmacists to build on their current expertise. We encourage all team members to identify, develop, and feel empowered to improve their skills.
We are committed to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of both our staff and the service users across the localities we serve. We would love for you to join our compassionate and nurturing Medicines Management Team.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our highly supportive inpatient team as a Clinical Mental Health Pharmacist.
The post is based across the two sites of Ormskirk District General Hospital and Chorley District Hospital, covering a range of mental health wards, including a psychiatric intensive care unit and acute adult mental health wards.
Hospital and/or mental health experience is desirable but not essential, as we offer an award-winning in-house training programme designed to support the successful candidate in developing the necessary skills and confidence for the role.
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There may also be opportunities to access further development, including the Aston University distance-learning Postgraduate Certificate in Psychiatric Therapeutics (accredited by the College of Mental Health Pharmacy).
In addition, we provide access to a range of other courses and training events to support your ongoing clinical, professional, and personal development. If any of these apply, this band 6 to 7 progression role could be the perfect opportunity for you.
The Post Will Provide Opportunities For The Following
- Pharmaceutical care planning and clinical review of prescriptions
- Involvement in multidisciplinary ward rounds
- Provision of medicines information to service users and staff
- Opportunity to experience pharmacy practice across inpatient services and community teams
- Supporting the development of robust medicines management processes
- Actively working to deliver the Trust medicines optimisation strategy
- Ensuring compliance with GPhC standards for dispensing
- Clinical audit
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust has fully implemented electronic prescribing and medicines administration systems across all inpatient settings.
Due to the location of various units, an ability and willingness to travel around Trust locations is required. There is no requirement to work bank holidays or weekends.
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.
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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.
The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.
Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well
For Further Details / Informal Visits Contact
Ruth Massey, Senior Clinical Pharmacist on 01772 773433 or by email ruth.massey@lscft.nhs.uk
Lisa Ainsworth, Network Pharmacy Director, Central and West Lancashire Network on 07852 467429 or by email Lisa.Ainsworth@lscft.nhs.uk
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