We are looking for a dynamic and forward thinking pharmacist with excellent clinical skills to join our senior clinical pharmacy team. You will work as part of the neurosciences pharmacy team to provide an advanced clinical pharmacy service to The Walton Centre, a specialist Trust which provides tertiary neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services to a wide catchment area. The role includes participating in daily multidisciplinary ward rounds and in the well established pharmacist prescribing service for patients newly admitted on the morning of their elective neurosurgery. It also includes significant contribution to the clinical pharmacy service to the neurocritical care unit. You will also work with other clinical staff to contribute to contribute to various pharmacy and medicines management roles within The Walton Centre, including developing guidelines and policies and monitoring medicines usage and expenditure within the Trust.
The Pharmacy Department in LUHFT (Aintree site) delivers a full pharmacy service to The Walton Centre (based on the same site) under a service level agreement with The Walton Centre.
Applicants must be Pharmacists registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and have a postgraduate clinical diploma or equivalent experiential learning along with experience working as a specialist pharmacist, and current (or imminent) registration as a prescriber.
Main duties of the job
- Assist The Walton Centre Lead Pharmacist in the development of pharmacy services and medicines management within The Walton Centre.
- To provide a safe and effective advanced clinical pharmacy service to The Walton Centre.
- Assist The Walton Centre Lead Pharmacist in providing clinical training and supervision, relevant to The Walton Centre, for other Trust staff.
- Identify the clinical and economic impact of medicines use, develop and implement clinical guidelines, monitor drug expenditure and support the area to meet their clinical and financial targets.
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: Jenny Sparrow Job title: Lead Pharmacist, Neurosciences Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 0151 556 3859
Colin Brennan -Deputy Chief Pharmacist -Clinical Services
0151 529 2218
