Are you a passionate and forward-thinking pharmacist with a flair for education and training? This exciting opportunity combines clinical pharmacy expertise with a strong focus on medical education, based at the Royal Liverpool site of Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LUHFT).
We are seeking a dynamic Pharmacist to lead and deliver high-quality prescribing and therapeutics training programmes for medical students and junior doctors, while also providing advanced clinical pharmacy services to a designated ward or directorate. You’ll work closely with the Trust’s medical education leads and be part of a supportive, innovative pharmacy team that spans three hospital sites.
This role offers the chance to shape the future of prescribing education, contribute to multidisciplinary care, and make a real impact on patient outcomes. LUHFT supports over 120 pharmacists and offers integrated electronic prescribing systems and unique in-house tools to help you deliver excellent care.
- Lead the development, management, and delivery of prescribing and therapeutics training programmes for undergraduate medical students and junior doctors.
- Collaborate with medical education leads, clinical tutors, and other stakeholders to ensure training meets educational and clinical needs.
- Provide an advanced clinical pharmacy service to a designated ward/directorate, including medicines reconciliation, care planning, therapeutic drug monitoring, and patient education.
- Participate in consultant ward rounds and multidisciplinary meetings, offering specialist pharmaceutical advice.
- Support junior pharmacists through tutoring, appraisals, and postgraduate diploma supervision.
- Contribute to clinical audit, practice research, and implementation of evidence-based protocols and guidelines.
- Deliver non-medical prescribing services and assess the clinical and economic impact of medicines use.
- Liaise with primary care professionals to ensure continuity of care and develop shared care protocols where appropriate.
- Maintain compliance with legal, professional, and departmental standards, including acting as Responsible Pharmacist when required.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Amy Crofts Job title: Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Medical Education Email address: AMY.Crofts@liverpoolft.nhs.uk Telephone number: 0151 529 3987
Mark Peasley
Lead Clinical Pharmacist - Education and Training
mark.peasley@liverpoolft.nhs.uk
0151 529 3987
