Paediatric Pharmacist

Transformation Unit; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working opportunities

Lease car scheme

Home electronics scheme

Generous annual leave

Pension scheme

Staff health and well-being programmes

Job summary

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Pharmacist (Band 6) for a 12-month maternity cover, based in Liverpool. The role involves paediatric clinical pharmacy across wards including neonatal care, with training provided and opportunities to develop services within a large paediatric team.

Applications from newly qualified pharmacists or trainees due in summer 2026 are welcomed, with an emphasis on patient safety, teaching, and multidisciplinary collaboration within hospital

Qualifications

• Masters Degree in pharmacy (or equivalent).
• 1-year Pre-registration training and experience.
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.

Responsibilities

• Provide paediatric clinical pharmacy service to wards including neonatal unit.
• Supervise dispensary and aseptic dispensing activities.
• Advise on medicines issues and provide out-of-hours on-call service.

Skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Negotiation

Teamwork

Pressure management

Education

Masters in Pharmacy

Pre-registration training

GPhC registered

Job description

Main area Pharmacy Grade Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (845-5 45 minute lunch) Job ref 411-DIA-26-8248748

Employer Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Alder Hey Town Liverpool Salary £39,959 - £48,117 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 05/11/2026 08:00

Band 6

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

Fancy a career in paediatric pharmacy?

If so, come and join our friendly, forward thinking and highly skilled pharmacy team.

This is an amazing opportunity for a well-organised, enthusiastic and self-motivated Pharmacist or Trainee Pharmacist (qualifying summer 2026).

We will provide training in all areas of paediatrics no past experience is required. We welcome applicants from the community sector with no previous hospital experience.

Main duties of the job

Provide a paediatric clinical pharmacy service to medical and surgical wards including the neonatal unit and assist in developing pharmacy services to these wards.

Provide professional and clinical supervision in the dispensary.

Support/assist in the provision of an aseptic dispensing and medicines information service.

Advise medical and nursing staff on medicine related issues and provide an out of hours on call service.

Working for our organisation

Within the pharmacy we have a large experiences team who will help you settle into the world of paediatrics and support you with our knowledge and expertise

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Provide a paediatric clinical pharmacy service to wards and departments in accordance with department procedures, this includes
• Patient/parent/carer counselling
• Prioritise clinical patient drug review and maintaining patient profiles.
• Contact with prescribers and other health care professionals to discuss the most appropriate drug therapy and tailoring it to the needs that best suits the patient.
• Document information in patients’ notes and amending prescriptions where appropriate in line with departmental procedures.
• Provide tutorials and training to nursing staff.
• Provide clinical advice at ward rounds
• Interpret and work to a large variety of local and national policies/guidelines. Identify and provide advice and guidance when consulted about new or alternative policies/guidelines.
• Liaison with the Near Patient Pharmacy technicians to ensure a seamless and rapid patient discharge.
• Liaison with ward pharmacy technicians over ward medicine requirements
• Provide advice on therapeutic drug monitoring and appropriate doses for individual patients including
• Interpretation of child’s clinical status and drug handling ability
• Review of measured drug levels
• Recommending dose adjustments based on patients’ pharmacokinetic parameters
• Provide a day to day inpatient and outpatient dispensing service to include
• Review, dispense and check outpatient and inpatient prescriptions for the appropriateness and safety of medicines prescribing.
• Identify and report adverse drug reactions to the prescriber and where necessary the MHRA.
• Identify drug interactions, inform the prescriber and suggest alternative therapies where appropriate.
• Ensure compliance with Code of Ethics, Medicines Act and HC (88) 54.
• Dispense, check and record clinical trials and restricted use medication.
• Check the work of pharmacy students, technicians and assistants before final release of prescriptions if required.
• Provide professional and clinical supervision in the dispensary in conjunction with other pharmacists.
• Assist in maintaining safe systems for the control and storage of drugs in line with current legislation and regulations.
• Ensure safe and accurate preparation and dispensing of extemporaneous products and provide in-process checks for manufactured/extemporaneous dispensed items.
• Assist in the provision of an aseptic dispensing service to include
• Advise on formulation and stability of Parenteral Nutrition solutions.
• Provide advice on suitability of doses, rates and methods of administration of CIVAS drugs.
• Ensure appropriate preparation, final check and release of CIVAS products according to good practice requirements and appropriate regulations
• Provide in-process checks for cytotoxic products and assist in the release of cytotoxic drugs-out of hours/weekends in accordance with cytotoxic operational guidelines.
• Provide professional supervision of the CIVAS service in the absence of Head of Aseptic Services and Specialist Pharmacist-Aseptic Services
• Assist in the provision of a medicines information service, to include:
• Searching Medicines information databases and liaising with external companies to gather the most relevant information and relaying this to the enquirer within agreed timescales.
• Provide a specialised paediatric medicines information service to primary and secondary healthcare professionals (at local and national level) and parents/carers of trust patients.
• Provide professional advice on various aspects of paediatric drug therapy
• Provide an out of hours paediatric on-call pharmacy service as outlined in the Medicines Management Code and Pharmacy On-call pathway
• Participate in rotas to provide pharmacy services at weekends, for late clinics and on bank holidays
• Review prescribing trends, current and new drug therapies and advise on cost-effective use of drugs.
• Contribute towards the development of clinical guidelines
• Act as a mentor for pre-registration students and pharmacy technicians who are undertaking additional training in clinical pharmacy
• Assist in the training and development of junior staff within pharmacy
• Participate in clinical forums and provide tutorials/ presentations to pharmacy staff and other health care professionals when appropriate
• Assist in the release of cytotoxic drugs out of hours/at weekends in accordance with cytotoxic operational guideline
• To actively undertake continuing professional development by maintaining records and keeping abreast of clinical, pharmaceutical and legislative changes
• Participate in clinical audit or research if appropriate
• Participate in flexible hours of working between the hours of 8am and 6pm

Person specification

Education and Training

• Masters Degree in pharmacy (or equivalent)
• 1-year Pre-registration training and experience
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Experience

• Newly qualified or one-year post qualification
• Previous hospital experience
• Previous paediatric experience

Knowledge

Skills

• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Good organisational skills and ability to prioritise own work and that of others.
• Ability to negotiate a positive outcome
• Works well both individually and in a team
• Self-motivating and able to motivate others
• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure
• Commitment to continual professional development
• Ability to work flexible hours

We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role. Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will contact you using this regarding your application. All candidates will be notified via email whether or not they have been shortlisted. Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to creating a well-managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development. We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment.

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Please note, the selection processes at Alder Hey Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills.

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