Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Antimicrobial Stewardship

NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group; Liverpool City Region; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacy Team based at Aintree Hospital. You will lead a proactive AMS service, perform specialist reviews and work closely with a multidisciplinary team to optimise antimicrobial use across complex infections.

The post holder will support supervision and development of pharmacists and technicians, provide non‑medical prescribing, and contribute to medicines management and clinical service development at the trust.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in antimicrobial stewardship, infectious diseases or anti-infective medicines.
• undertake specialist patient review and contribute in multidisciplinary meetings.
• Provide clinical leadership and deliver a proactive, patient‑centred AMS service.

Responsibilities

• Undertake specialist patient review and participate in multidisciplinary meetings.
• Work with consultants, specialist nurses, microbiologists and infection specialists to optimise antimicrobial use.
• Provide clinical leadership and delivery of a proactive AMS service.
• Deliver clinical training and supervision to pharmacy staff.
• Provide non‑medical prescribing services.

Skills

Antimicrobial stewardship

Infectious diseases

Clinical leadership

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Clinical review

Education

MPharm / Pharmacist degree

GPhC registration

Specialist antimicrobial stewardship training

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacy Team based at Aintree Hospital. The post-holder will play a key role in the management of patients with a range of complex infections, including active involvement in prescribing and optimising antimicrobial therapy for this patient group. The role will also support the supervision and development of pharmacists and technicians within the pharmacy service, ensuring the provision of a high-quality, safe and effective clinical pharmacy service.

We are seeking a dynamic, motivated and forward-thinking clinical pharmacist, ideally with demonstrable experience in antimicrobial stewardship, infectious diseases or anti-infective medicines, who will act as an integral member of the multidisciplinary team. The successful candidate will undertake specialist patient review, contribute to and attend multidisciplinary meetings, and work closely with consultants, specialist nurses, microbiologists and infection specialists to optimise antimicrobial use and support complex clinical decision-making.

The post-holder will be supported by the Lead Clinical Pharmacist for Antimicrobial Stewardship and will be an experienced pharmacist with the ability to provide clinical leadership and take responsibility for the delivery of a proactive, patient-centred specialist pharmacy service across AMS.

Assist the Lead Clinical Pharmacist for Antimicrobial Stewardship in the development of pharmacy services and medicines management within the trust.

To provide a safe and effective advanced clinical pharmacy service.

Assist the Lead Clinical Pharmacist for Antimicrobial Stewardship in providing clinical training and supervision, relevant to Antimicrobials for other departmental staff.

Provide non-medical prescribing services.

NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHL Group) was formed on 1 November 2024, born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our communities.

We are one of the largest employers in region, with over 18,900 colleagues who are 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 that extend to more than two million people in the North West.

We operate from five hospital sites: 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 several elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital provide specialist services in cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology and respiratory medicine, both in the hospital and out in the community. 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 en-suite bedrooms and mainly focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Colin Brennan Job title: Deputy Chief Pharmacist- Clinical Services Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07834043594

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