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Pharmacy Technician (Community Mental Health Services)

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Preston, PR1 8UY

Salary

£32,073 to £39,043

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

7 September 2026

7 days left

Job description

We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated Pharmacy Technician with a keen interest in mental health to work within community mental health teams as...

You should be enthusiastic and self -motivated with excellent communication and interpersonal skills and an ability to prioritise own workload. You will provide a high level of pharmaceutical care as part of the wider multi-disciplinary team. The post holder will also be instrumental in the delivery of Clozapine One-Stop clinics.

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.

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

Qualifications

Essential

  • BTEC or equivalent Pharmacy technician qualification (knowledge of pharmaceutical service procedures obtained through NVQ3, BTEC in pharmaceutical science or equivalent) plus post qualification training and 4 years practical experience working in primary or secondary care.
  • Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
  • Evidence of CPD and lifelong learning

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of methods of data analysis
  • Evidence of experience and knowledge of technical areas of safe and secure handling of medicines and how they relate to medicines policies.
  • Demonstrates an understanding of the NHS and the standards relating to the safe and secure handling of medicines such as CQC

Experience

Essential

  • Substantial experience of working in a range of health settings e.g. primary, secondary, physical health and mental health

How to apply

Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.

Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

24 August 2026

Last checked

26 August 2026

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About the employer

LSC
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

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