University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Band 7 Clinical Pharmacist to join its pharmacy team at Furness General Hospital in Barrow-in-Furness. Applications close at 11.59pm on Thursday 13 November 2026.

The permanent post pays between £49,387 and £56,515 a year on a pro-rata basis, and the Trust says full-time and part-time hours are available, with a 37.5-hour working week for full-time staff. The job reference is 331-8098712-UHMB-B.

The successful applicant will provide specialist clinical pharmacy services across admission, medical, surgical, community, women's and children's wards at Furness General Hospital. The role covers the safe, effective, legal and accurate use of medicines in each specialty, and the pharmacist will also support, train and supervise newly qualified and trainee pharmacists.

Applicants must hold a master's degree in pharmacy or an equivalent qualification and be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council. A postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy is desirable but not essential, and the Trust says applicants must be willing to undertake it in the future if they do not already hold one.

Newly qualified or less experienced pharmacists are welcome to apply. They would initially join at Band 6 and move up to Band 7 within six months once they have completed all of the required training competencies.

The Trust says candidates need experience of working with other healthcare professionals, such as consultants and GPs, as well as acute hospital experience after registration. Experience of working on projects and with paediatric patients is listed as desirable, along with experience of electronic prescribing.

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of around 350,000 people across the Furness peninsula, the city of Lancaster and the Lake District. It employs about 6,000 staff across five sites: Furness General Hospital in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary, Westmorland General Hospital in Kendal, Ulverston Community Health Centre and the Queen Victoria Centre in Morecambe.

The Trust's pharmacy department has introduced electronic prescribing for inpatients across all specialties on all of its sites, alongside a fully electronic patient record system. The advert says the department is forward-thinking and that the successful candidate will need excellent communication skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits listed in the advert include 27 days of annual leave plus eight public holidays, rising with length of service, an NHS pension and opportunities for training, career progression and further education, with support for continuous professional development.

The post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check because the postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties. Applicants must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The Trust says it reserves the right to close the vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so it advises candidates to apply as soon as possible. Informal discussions and visits are welcome, and the contact named in the advert is Andrea Scott, Chief Pharmacy Technician, on 07970 349998. Applications must be made online through the official NHS Jobs listing.