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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Including weekends and bank holidays)
Job ref
159-LWH-38-26
Employer
Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Liverpool Women's University Hospital
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£55,690 - £62,682 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
10/04/2026 23:59

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Advanced Clinical Pharmacist Gynaecology

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 and review of medicines management services across Gynaecology, we’re expanding our services at Liverpool Women’s Hospital (LWH).  We are looking for a dynamic and forward-thinking pharmacist to provide clinical support to the Gynaecology directorate. 

This is a fantastic development opportunity for a pharmacist with a keen interest in Womens Health, looking to grow their leadership capabilities. If you enjoy rising to a challenge, take pride in delivering high-quality patient care, and can demonstrate excellent clinical knowledge and communication skills – we’d love to hear from you.

Be part of something special. Help us shape the future of women’s healthcare in Liverpool.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will assist the service Lead Clinical Pharmacists in the development and delivery of medicines management and pharmacy services to gynaecology areas. 

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

Provide highly specialist clinical pharmacy services to patients within Gynaecology and develop services in line with appropriate national standards. 

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. 

Provide clinical training, guidance, support and supervision of junior pharmacists, other Pharmacy staff and other nurses and healthcare professionals as required.

See attached job description for further details

 

 

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

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Relevant post diploma experience at specialist clinical pharmacist level in a range of specialists within secondary care
  • Demonstrable commitment to continuing professional development / education
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of providing pharmacy services to gynaecology and/or specialist women’s health services
  • Experience of providing teaching/education sessions to multi-professional groups
  • Experience of review and management of directorate drug budget
  • Evidence of involvement in and undertaking of audit/service evaluation and literature evaluation.
  • Line management, mentoring and experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.

Knowledge & Skills

Essential criteria
  • Good all-round clinical knowledge and practical clinical skills.
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
  • 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
  • Ability to affect and manage change
  • Able to deal with and resolve conflict and disagreement.
  • Good negotiating skills with the ability to positively influence senior medical and nursing colleagues.
  • Attention to detail
  • Good IT skills and able to learn new programs quickly
  • Good leadership skills
  • Conscientious and reliable

Other

Essential criteria
  • Computer literate
  • Ability to work weekends, evenings, bank holidays and on call to meet the needs of departmental service delivery
Desirable criteria
  • Innovative thinking
  • Use of incident reporting system

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
Dan Collins
Job title
Deputy Chief Pharmacist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0151 706 4168
Additional information

If you have any questions then please contact Dan Collins, Deputy Chief Pharmacist on 0151 702 4168. Informal visits to the department are also welcomed and encouraged.

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
L9 7AL
Telephone
0151 706 4666
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