# Clinical Mental Health Pharmacist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-mental-health-pharmacist/593080bd-70b3-4624-85c9-c216d66174bf - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-mental-health-pharmacist/593080bd-70b3-4624-85c9-c216d66174bf.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Preston - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Pharmacist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 pa pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 15 hours per week (Thursday and Friday) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-19T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-29T07:20:37.286Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8190174 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8190174?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.lscft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic pharmacist with a specialist interest in mental health to join our highly supportive pharmacy team.  We are seeking a compassionate and driven individual to work as a key member of the multidisciplinary team. The post will involve close collaboration with other community mental health services, urgent care teams, inpatient services, and primary care. This is an excellent opportunity for a pharmacist committed to improving patient care within a supportive multidisciplinary environment. The role requires a well organised and flexible individual with strong communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively. As an integral member of the clinical team, you will address the pharmaceutical care needs of community-based service users and ensure safe and effective medicines management. You will work closely with clinical colleagues to support high-quality patient care, including compliance with regulatory standards and implementation of medicines safety alerts. The post will provide opportunities for the following: - Provision of specialist pharmaceutical advice to the multidisciplinary team - Pharmaceutical care planning and clinical review of prescriptions - Involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings - Provision of medicines information to service users and staff ### Main duties of the job The post may also involve close liaison with other mental health services within the locality including; the urgent care pathway, primary care and in-patient mental health services. You will support clinicians within the service with medicines management-related queries and improve the care of people with mental health issues through medicines optimisation. Provide medicine-related advice and guidance to colleagues within the team and medicines optimisation support to clinicians within the service. Support service users to be involved in decisions about their medicines to optimise treatment, support adherence, and improve outcomes Deliver medicine optimisation interventions, including undertaking a Non-Medical prescribing role where appropriate. Provide highly specialised advice and information on medicines to a variety of other services/agencies/organisations and carers both within and outside mental health services. Attend strategic meetings e.g. locality governance meetings Participate in and contribute to local and National strategies to improve services. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role. ## Person Specification ### Personal **Essential** - Demonstrates a clear preference for mental health pharmacy - Projects a positive and professional image - Enthusiastic - Dedicated Team player ### Knowledge **Essential** - Good written and verbal skills - Good communication skills - Organisational skills - Decision making skills - Calm and objective under pressure ### Experience **Essential** - Variety of clinical pharmacy experience - Working in a hospital or community pharmacy - Awareness of current issues affecting the practice of pharmacy **Desirable** - Postgraduate experience within Mental Health pharmacy / mental health setting ### Education/Qualifications **Essential** - Masters degree in Pharmacy - Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council - Evidence of and commitment to Continuing Professional Development ## Documents - [jdps (pdf, 560.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10494704) - [we do more at lscft (pdf, 654.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2256) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.