About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced clinical pharmacist with a specialist interest in mental health to join our expanding and highly supportive inpatient team as a Senior Clinical Pharmacist, providing professional and clinical leadership to the inpatient pharmacy team.
This is a key role for someone looking to influence high-quality medicines optimisation, contribute to service development, and work within a dynamic multidisciplinary environment. The post is based at The Harbour Hospital in Blackpool and covers a diverse range of mental health wards including psychiatric intensive care units, acute adult mental health wards, older adult advanced care and dementia wards, and a Section 136 suite.
This role offers an excellent opportunity if you wish to enhance your existing knowledge within the mental health field or if you are already working at this level. We are a supportive Medicines Management Team that offers a wide range of opportunities to help you build on your current expertise, and we actively encourage all team members to identify developmental needs and feel empowered to advance their skills. There may also be opportunities for you to access further development, including the Aston University distance-learning Postgraduate Certificate in Psychiatric Therapeutics (accredited by the College of Mental Health Pharmacy), subject to availability and approval.
Main duties of the job
This post provides opportunities for:
Developing a Non-Medical Prescribing role
Pharmaceutical care planning and clinical review of prescriptions
Involving service users in decisions about their medicines to optimise treatment, support adherence, and improve outcomes
Providing specialist pharmaceutical advice to the multidisciplinary team
Offering clinical supervision and professional leadership to other members of the team
Providing expert medicines management advice and ensuring appropriate governance arrangements for the management of medicines, including monitoring prescribing and medicines use
Attending strategic network meetings, including locality governance meetings
Actively contributing to and delivering the Trust's medicines optimisation strategy
You will be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and hold a postgraduate qualification or have equivalent experience, with significant post-registration experience in a mental health setting. A Non-Medical Prescribing qualification is desirable, although applicants who are willing to work towards this will also be considered.
In addition, we provide access to a range of other courses and training events to support your ongoing clinical, professional, and leadership development.
For further details/informal visits please contact us using the details provided
About us
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.
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.
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Job description Job responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Masters degree in Pharmacy Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council Postgraduate diploma or equivalent experience
Knowledge Essential
Previous experience of working in mental health Good clinical knowledge Awareness of current issues
Experience Essential
Substantial post-registration relevant experience Previous experience working in mental health
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Address The Harbour
Blackpool
FY4 4FE
Employer's website https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)