We are excited to offer a
permanent opportunity for an
Advanced Clinical Pharmacist – Ophthalmology to join our expanding team at the
Royal Liverpool Hospital. This is a particularly exciting time to join us, as our ophthalmology pharmacy service is growing and leading several innovative projects across both primary and secondary care. This role provides a fantastic opportunity to develop specialist expertise in ophthalmology while playing a key role in service development and quality improvement.
Our vision is to deliver a
Trust-wide ophthalmology pharmacy service, working collaboratively across directorates to ensure the safe, effective, and evidence-based use of medicines in patients with eye conditions. Based at the Royal site, the successful candidate will work closely with our ophthalmology consultants, specialist nurses, and multidisciplinary teams, gaining hands-on experience in managing complex ophthalmic patients in both outpatient and surgical settings.
You’ll be part of a
forward-thinking, supportive, and experienced pharmacy team committed to delivering high-quality pharmaceutical care. This is an ideal opportunity for a motivated pharmacist seeking a new challenge in a dynamic specialty.
- Support the Divisional Lead Pharmacist for Ophthalmology in the development and delivery of pharmacy services and medicines optimisation within the Trust’s ophthalmology programme.
- Provide a safe, effective, and advanced clinical pharmacy service to ophthalmology outpatient clinics and surgical wards at the Royal site.
- Assist the Lead Pharmacist in clinical education, training, and supervision, with a focus on ophthalmic pharmacotherapy and medicines optimisation for all relevant healthcare professionals across the Trust.
- Work in close collaboration with ophthalmology consultants, specialist nurses, and multidisciplinary teams to ensure seamless, patient-centred care.
- Contribute to the intravitreal injection service and high-cost drug pathways, ensuring the safe and effective use of anti-VEGF agents and other ophthalmic therapies.
- Review patients with chronic eye conditions (e.g. glaucoma, uveitis, macular degeneration) to optimise medication regimens, ensuring appropriate prescribing, monitoring, and adherence support.
About You
You will be
collaborative, forward-thinking, and passionate about delivering high-quality pharmaceutical care in ophthalmology. You’ll bring innovation and leadership to the role, with a strong commitment to
medicines optimisation and service improvement for patients with complex eye conditions.
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: Ophelia Hazlehurst Job title: Divisional Lead Pharmacist for Ophthalmology Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 0151 706 5788
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