Advanced Clinical Pharmacist – Medicines Information & Women’s Health

NHS; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS hospital in Liverpool is seeking an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist to develop a new Medicines Information service and enhance clinical pharmacy support in Women's Health. This role offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on patient care and improve service delivery within a dedicated pharmacy team, focusing on women's healthcare.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in pharmacy and membership of The General Pharmaceutical Council required.
• Experience in clinical pharmacy practice and working in Medicines Information is essential.
• Commitment to continuing professional development and ability to work in Women's Health settings.

Responsibilities

• Establish and manage the MI service at LWH.
• Provide expert pharmaceutical advice to patients and staff.
• Conduct clinical audit and support pharmacy team training.

Skills

Analytical ability

Clinical knowledge

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Vocational master's degree in pharmacy

Diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent

Full NMP qualification

Job description

Advanced Clinical Pharmacist – Medicines Information & Women’s Health

Great things are happening in our Hospital Pharmacy Services across University Hospitals Liverpool Group (UHLG). UHLG is one of the 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.

We are currently seeking a motivated, forward-thinking pharmacist to play a key role in shaping a brand-new Medicines Information (MI) service at LWH. This role also offers the chance to provide clinical pharmacy support across the Gynaecology and Maternity Divisions (Women's Health).

This is a fantastic development opportunity for a pharmacist with a keen interest in Medicines Information, 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

As the MI Pharmacist, you'll take the lead in developing and delivering a brand-new MI service at LWH. This is a unique opportunity to build and manage a vital service from the ground up, while working closely with established MI centres across UHLG.

In this dynamic role, you will:

• Establish and manage the MI service at LWH
• Provide expert pharmaceutical advice to both patients and staff within the specialist clinical area of Women's Health
• Lead on clinical audit for the MI service and contribute to wider departmental audits
• Support education and training for pharmacy and clinical staff, especially in MI-related areas
• Provide line management and mentorship to junior pharmacists within the department
• Act as an independent prescriber, in line with Trust policies.

This is an excellent opportunity for a pharmacist looking to expand their influence, develop leadership skills, and make a lasting impact on specialist women's health services.

About us

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 usthespecialist health provider of choice in Europe for women, babies and families.

Job responsibilities

Be responsible for provision of the MI service at LWH, including:

• Provision of information and advice to healthcare professionals to aid clinical problem-solving in the form of answers to formal enquiries, active provision of news/updates, and formal teaching.
• Ensuring the availability of up-to-date relevant information on medicines to support medicines management in the hospital.
• Provision of MI training to colleagues within the Pharmacy Department.
• To maintain links and develop a collaborative service with other MI centres in the UHLG.

Provide advanced pharmaceutical information to LWH staff and patients within the area of Women's Health.

Act as an independent prescriber in accordance with the Trusts' Non-Medical Prescribers policies and guidelines (once registered as a non-medical prescriber).

Lead on clinical audit within MI and partake in clinical audit within the wider Pharmacy Department.

Contribution to staff education.

For further details, please refer to the attached job description

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Vocational master's degree in pharmacy
• Membership of The General Pharmaceutical Council
• Diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent documented clinical experience
• Full NMP qualification
• MRPharmS
• UKCPA membership

Experience

• Experience of working in Medicines Information
• Experience in general clinical pharmacy practice in secondary care covering a broad range of specialities
• Experience of clinical audit and literature evaluation
• Demonstrable commitment to continuing professional development / education
• Supervision, training, and education of others
• Experience of working in an acute teaching or tertiary specialist centre
• Experience of working and providing services as a specialist Women's Health pharmacist
• Experience of conducting appraisals

Other

Knowledge

• Demonstrate sound general clinical knowledge and the ability to apply it in practice
• Good analytical ability for problem solving
• Demonstrate ability to ensure safe, effective, and economic use of medicines for patients
• Working knowledge of standard MI resources
• Specialist knowledge of Women's Health
• Knowledge of the requirements of national organisations involved in Medicines Information i.e., UKMi

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Lead Clinical Pharmacist - Gynaecology & Fertiilty