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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Including weekends and bank holidays)
Job ref
159-LWH-137-25
Employer
Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Liverpool Women's University Hospital
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£53,755 - £60,504 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
10/07/2025 23:59
Interview date
24/07/2025

Employer heading

Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust logo

Advanced Clinical Pharmacist Women's Health

Band 8a

Liverpool Women’s NHS FT became part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG) in November 2024, following the coming together with Liverpool University Hospitals NHS FT. UHLG was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide to our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues who are dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, UHLG is also their local NHS, providing general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

At Liverpool Women’s Hospital, each year we deliver approximately 7,500 babies, carry out around 50,000 gynaecological inpatient and outpatient procedures, care for over 1,000 poorly and premature newborns, perform around 1,000 IVF cycles, and conduct over 4,000 genetic appointments.

We believe that this, along with a strong dedication to research and innovation, makes us the specialist health provider of choice in Europe for women, babies and families.

Liverpool Women’s has an excellent reputation and is a centre of excellence. It is an exciting environment to work in and a great place to develop your career for many years to come.

We invite you to review why Liverpool Women's Hospital is a great place to work:  https://vimeo.com/556197652 

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received sufficient applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Job overview

Great things are happening in our Hospital Pharmacy Services across University Hospitals Liverpool Group (UHLG). UHLG is one of largest and most complex NHS organisations in the UK, serving a large, diverse and deprived population.

 Following a successful business case, we’re expanding our services at Liverpool Women’s Hospital (LWH) – and we’re thrilled to offer several new roles to support our passionate and dedicated pharmacy team.

 

Main duties of the job

The post holder will assist the Lead Clinical Pharmacist for Maternity in the development and delivery of medicines management and pharmacy services to obstetric areas.

They will provide an advanced level, highly specialist clinical pharmacy and medicines supply service to patients across all the Maternity areas.

They will ensure that medicines use is high quality, safe, rational, cost effective, legal and accurate. They will also provide training and education for pharmacists, midwives, nurses, and doctors as appropriate. 

They will act as line manager for the junior pharmacists employed in the department

Working for our organisation

Liverpool Women’s NHS FT became part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG) in November 2024, following the coming together with Liverpool University Hospitals NHS FT. UHLG was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide to our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues who are dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, UHLG is also their local NHS, providing general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

At Liverpool Women’s Hospital, each year we deliver approximately 7,500 babies, carry out around 50,000 gynaecological inpatient and outpatient procedures, care for over 1,000 poorly and premature newborns, perform around 1,000 IVF cycles, and conduct over 4,000 genetic appointments.

We believe that this, along with a strong dedication to research and innovation, makes us the specialist health provider of choice in Europe for women, babies and families.

For roles at Liverpool University Hospitals, visit their careers page.

UKVI guidelines prohibits sponsorship for all Band 2 posts. Guidelines state that many non-clinical posts are not eligible for sponsorship. Please use UKVI guidance on Skilled Worker Visas to determine your eligibility for sponsorship if you were to gain a conditional offer for this role.

https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/your-job

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Lead and manage the day to day delivery of clinical pharmacy services to the Maternity department.

To provide highly specialist clinical pharmacy services to patients within Maternity and develop services in line with appropriate national standards.

To provide expert and highly specialised pharmaceutical information and advice to medical staff, nursing staff, other healthcare professionals and patients, both within the Trust and externally as appropriate.

Providing clinical training, guidance, support and supervision of junior pharmacists, other Pharmacy staff and other midwives and other Trust staff as required.

 

For full details, please refer to the attached job description

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Vocational master’s degree in pharmacy or equivalent
  • Membership of The General Pharmaceutical Council
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Full NMP qualification
  • MRPharmS
  • UKCPA membership

Experiance

Essential criteria
  • Relevant post diploma experience at specialist clinical pharmacist level in a range of specialists within secondary care
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of providing pharmacy services to maternity and/or specialist women’s health services
  • Experience of supervision, training and education of midwives
  • Experience of clinical audit and literature evaluation
  • Experience of line management, mentoring and of working in a multi-disciplinary team
  • Experience of review and management of directorate drug budget
  • Experience of providing teaching/education sessions to multi-professional groups

Knowledge & Skills

Essential criteria
  • Good all-round clinical knowledge including use of medicines in pregnancy and lactation
  • Excellent written communication skills
  • Ability to communicate complex information effectively using clear written and spoken English and overcome barriers to understanding
  • Good organizational and time management skills with the ability to prioritize own workload and meet tight deadlines
  • Able to work on own initiative and as a team member
  • Ability to critically reflect on performance and service and use this process to develop skills and service
  • Ability to establish and maintain good rapport with medical, nursing and other multi-disciplinary colleagues
  • Self-motivating and able to motivate/inspire others
  • Attention to detail
  • Good IT skills and able to learn new programs quickly
  • Good leadership skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoInvestors in People: GoldCare quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerArmed Forces Covenant Bronze Award

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Miss Fadzai Nyazika
Job title
Lead clinical Pharmacist - Maternity
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0151 706 4169

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Telephone
0151 706 4666
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