Pharmacy Assistant

Go back Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 14 January 2026

Please note, you must have ongoing right to work in the UK to apply for this role, sponsorship is unfortunately not available for this post.

Are you a looking for an exciting career opportunity in pharmacy?

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, hard working and patient-focused Pharmacy Support Worker to join our pharmacy team at The Harbour. The Harbour is a Mental Health Hospital with 10 wards including Psychiatric Intensive Care Units, Acute Admissions, Dementia and Advanced Care Wards.

The successful applicant will work as part of our clinical inpatient team of Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacy Support Workers deliver excellent patient care and ensure safe and effective medicines management processes within the service.

You should be self
-motivated with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

As a purely clinical service there is no pharmacy-based dispensary commitment, bank holiday or weekend working. We can also offer flexible working hours and are committed to improving working lives.

The Pharmacy Service within Lancashire and South Cumbria Foundation Trust is a well-established team with a wealth of expertise in both Mental Health and Community services and continues to provide high quality clinical input into all aspects of the health provision delivered by the organisation. We are a supportive team committed to the education and development of our expanding service.

We want to recruit people to the service who share our values and are confident in their ability to contribute to the demonstrated effectiveness and acceptability of our service.

Staff at Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust work to improve lives with a culture based on four core values:

We are kind

We are a team

We are respectful

We are always learning

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.

For further information about the role, please see the attached recruitment pack which includes a detailed job description and person specification, or visit our website via Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS FT.

• NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy services, or equivalent

• Stock control, storage and management of medication

• Computer literacy, particularly Microsoft Word and Excel
• Excellent time management skills, ability to prioritise own workload
• Calm, objective and able to work accurately under pressure

• Ability and willingness to travel to Trustwide locations
• Pleasant and approachable manner
• Strong sense of responsibility

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.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

£24,937 to £26,598 a yearper annum, pro rata