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Job summary

Main area
Critical care/Pharmacy
Grade
Afc 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
411-MED-25-7372106
Employer
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Alder Hey Children's Hospital
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£55,690 - £62,682 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
16/09/2025 23:59

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Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust logo

Advanced Paediatric Pharmacist - Critical Care

Afc 8a

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

  • Great flexible working opportunities
  • Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
  • Generous annual leave and pension scheme
  • Extensive staff health and well-being programmes

Job overview

This is a rare opportunity to join our advanced paediatric pharmacist team helping to run our Critical Care service. 

We have a 48 bedded Critical Care unit with 24 PICU beds 16 HDU beds and 8 regional burns unit beds. 

Post holder will work closely with the Principal Pharmacist for the surgical division and the associate chief pharmacist for clinical services to continue to modernise and transform our critical care service going forward. 

Our aim is for post holder to work towards consultant accreditation over the next five years. 

Main duties of the job

  • To be responsible as advanced specialist for providing clinical pharmacy services to patients within the critical care wards (PICU and HDU) 

  • To supervise and support Clinical Pharmacists providing pharmaceutical care to paediatric patients and provide training for pre-registration students and other staff. 

  • To provide training to medical and nursing staff on medicine related issues 

  • Take part in and lead sedation ward round and any other related activities 

  • Provide advice to clinical teams on the management of patients in critical care area 

Working for our organisation

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care to over 275,000 children and young people each year. In addition to the hospital site located in the West Derby area of Liverpool, Alder Hey has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Alder Park building in the nearby borough of Sefton.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

 

1. To provide a specialised paediatric clinical pharmacy service to patients in the critical care service in accordance with professional, departmental & Trust policies. This will include:- 

  • Taking drug histories on admission 

  • Reviewing medication to ensure safe & effective use 

  • Formulating individual pharmaceutical care plans & reviewing & updating these plans based on response, results of investigations and adverse effects. 

  • Providing advice on therapeutic drug level monitoring of specific drugs and interpreting drug levels based on clinical condition and response 

  • Educating patients & carers on aspects of drug therapy 

  • Participating & providing advice at multidisciplinary team meetings and ward rounds 

  • Facilitating implementation of local & national drug therapy guidelines 

  • Providing advice on drug interactions, adverse drug reactions, drug administration and formulation 

  • Documenting clinical information in patient notes when appropriate 

  • Providing clinical advice on multidisciplinary ward rounds or team meetings 

  • Identifying & reporting adverse reactions to the prescriber and where necessary via the Yellow Card Scheme 

  • To provide advice on drug administration and formulation

Person specification

Education and training

Essential criteria
  • MPharm
  • GPhC Registration
  • NMP qualification
  • RPS membership
Desirable criteria
  • ACP qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Substantial post graduate clinical experience

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to communicate complex written and verbal information
  • Demonstrated ability to asses risk
  • Ability to negotiate positive outcomes
  • Excellent organisational skills and ability to prioritise and manage own work and that of others
  • Demonstrated ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
  • Financial awareness of drug charges
  • Demonstrated ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work flexible hours
  • Full driving license

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Andrew Lilley
Job title
Associate Chief Pharmacist - Clinical Services
Email address
[email protected]
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