Senior Clinical Pharmacist - Rotational

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

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in Liverpool is seeking a Senior Clinical Pharmacist to rotate through various specialties. You will provide specialist pharmacy services and support from a team of Advanced Clinical Pharmacists. The ideal candidate must be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and possess a postgraduate diploma or equivalent experience. Responsibilities include auditing medicines management and supervising staff. This role is pivotal in delivering high-quality clinical care to patients across multiple hospitals.

Qualifications

• Pharmacists registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council required.
• Postgraduate clinical diploma or equivalent experiential learning needed.
• Post registration hospital experience is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Provide a safe and effective specialist clinical pharmacy service.
• Audit and develop medicines management.
• Train and supervise rotational pharmacists.
• Assist in providing clinical training and supervision.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Self-motivated

Ability to work on own initiative

Ability to motivate others

Ability to manage change

Education

Vocational masters degree in pharmacy

Membership of The General Pharmaceutical Council

Diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent experience

MRPharmS

Job description

Senior Clinical Pharmacist - Rotational

The closing date is 05 January 2026

Senior Clinical Pharmacist - rotational. The post-holder will have the opportunity to rotate through a range of different areas/specialties across Aintree Hospital and the Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery.

Main duties of the job

We have a fully integrated electronic prescribing system along with unique in-house systems to help you deliver excellent clinical care to your patients. There are dedicated rotations which include a variety of therapeutic areas designed to enhance involvement with directorate working; examples include acute and emergency admissions, cardiology, orthopaedics and critical care. There are also rotations to the Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery. In addition, we also offer rotations through medicines safety, medicines information and clinical trials.

You will be supported by a well established team of Advanced Clinical Pharmacists giving you an ideal opportunity to gain further clinical skills and experience post diploma. Applicants must be pharmacists registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and have a postgraduate clinical diploma or equivalent experiential learning. They should be self‑motivated, organised, have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 November 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues 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 for more than two million people in the North West.

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 elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. 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 bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.

Job responsibilities

See Job Description for further details:

• Along with relevant Advanced Clinical Pharmacists, provide a safe and effective specialist clinical pharmacy service to Aintree Hospital within a designated speciality for an agreed duration.
• Audit, monitor and develop medicines management within a designated speciality.
• Provide training and routine supervision for rotational band 6 pharmacists providing pharmacy services to the designated speciality.
• Assist the Assistant Clinical Director of Pharmacy, Clinical Services, in providing clinical training and supervision of other departmental staff.

Person Specification

Skills

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
• Self‑motivating and able to motivate/inspire others.
• Ability to affect and manage change.

Qualifications

• Vocational masters degree in pharmacy
• Membership of The General Pharmaceutical Council
• Diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent documented clinical experience.
• MRPharmS

Experience

• Post registration hospital experience
• Delivery of clinical pharmacy services to a range of specialties
• Commitment to continuing professional development / education

Knowledge

• Good all round clinical knowledge and practical clinical skills.

Other

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.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust