Company: NHS
Location: Lancashire
Posted: May 7th, 2026
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
To contribute to the provision of a specialist mental health pharmacy service within The Harbour Hospital, part of Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust. The Harbour is a 154 bedded mental health hospital situated on the Fylde Coast in North West Lancashire. It consists of a variety of wards, including Adult Acute, Psychiatric Intensive Care Units, Advanced Care and Older Adult Wards.
The closing date is 19 May 2026
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 expanding and highly supportive inpatient team as a Clinical Mental Health Pharmacist. The post is based at The Harbour Hospital in Blackpool, covering a 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.
The role offers an ideal opportunity for a pharmacist who may wish to enhance their current knowledge base within the mental health field or who is already working at this level. 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. 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.
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. 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.
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.
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