Pharmacy Director for Flow and Transformation | Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Please note: The vacancyis Fixed Term until 31st March 2028

This exciting senior pharmacist leadership role will entail leading and supporting the medicines optimisation work for inpatients with long length of stay within LSCFT Mental Health inpatient wards and contracted Out of Area Placements (OAPS), supporting the Patient First Pathway in developing and embedding evidence based pathways of care whilst delivering education, training and mentorship to the multidisciplinary team, including the Consultant Psychiatrists Forum.

You will also have a portfolio role with a focus on increasing the research activity within the pharmacy team

The post will have key elements as follows:

Medicines Optimisation for Psychosis - support the medicines optimisation reviews undertaken focusing predominantly on psychosis for long stay patients (60 days plus) within LSCFT and OAPS wards

Patient First Programme - support the Patient First programme that will embed evidence-based pathways of care across our teams, initially focusing on pathways for psychosis and emotional dysregulation.

Supporting dedicated pharmacy input to key transformation programmes within the Trust

Delivering training to consultants and coaching pharmacists to ensure prompt optimisation of medicines and evidence based care that delivers positive outcomes for patients

Developing the team to become more research aware and research active

Hybrid Working: There will be an opportunity to work from home. This will be up to two days per week maximum and will require flexibility according to commitments. There will be a requirement to travel to different sites in the Lancashire and South Cumbria footprint depending on the location of continuous improvement workshops and transformation programmes.

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.

Explore our full wellbeing offer here:Keeping our workforce well

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

This advert closes on Tuesday 16 Jun 2026