Senior Specialist Pharmacist Medicines Advice & Medicines Use & Safety

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK healthcare provider is seeking an enthusiastic pharmacist (Band 8A) to join their NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service. The role involves delivering against the workplan in Medicines Advice and Medicines Use and Safety functions. The successful candidate will work fully remotely and contribute to various pharmacy projects. This position requires excellent communication skills and experience in medication safety and support.

Qualifications

• Registered pharmacist with relevant qualifications and experience.
• Experience in medication safety and providing advice.
• Ability to support national drug shortage management.

Responsibilities

• Deliver against workplan of both MA and MUS functions.
• Develop and maintain quality assured MA and MUS resources.
• Answer medication related queries.

Skills

Medication safety

Communication

Project management

Education

Pharmacist qualification

Job description

Overview

A Vacancy at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic pharmacist (Band 8A) to join NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service (SPS). This is a newly established post (1.0 WTE), creating a cross function role within the Medicines Advice (MA) function and the Medicines Use and Safety (MUS) function.

This post is hosted by the Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust but it is expected that the successful candidate will work fully remotely. This is one of two similar posts that SPS is advertising (the other being a fixed term post).

Responsibilities

• Sit within both the MA and MUS functions of the NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service; work with key individuals to deliver against the workplan of both functions, including pan-SPS projects.
• Contribute to the development, delivery and maintenance of quality assured MA and MUS resources to support commissioners, organisations, and health professionals. Resources may be webinars, podcasts, videos, website articles and workspaces on NHS Futures.
• Support senior colleagues with the preparation of information to support the management of national drug shortages and in the preparation of the Medicines Awareness Daily Bulletin (MAD).
• Answer medication related queries, including those related to medicines supply issues, Patient Group Directions (PGDs) and other medicines mechanisms and, medication safety.

Medicines Use and Safety (MUS) team

Our Medicines Use and Safety (MUS) team are a well-respected team who work closely with policy makers, regulators and strategic leaders and engage with an extensive range of clinical networks to share experience and expertise. We interpret legislation and deliver practical guidance and support to NHS organisations and practitioners in providing safe patient care across the entire medicines pathway. Our resources support healthcare professionals to assess and improve medication safety culture, strategy and policy within the healthcare system.

Medicines Advice (MA) team

The MA team supports the provision of a national medicines clinical enquiry answering service. This includes providing long standing support to the Medicines Supply team at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the Medicines Procurement and Supply Chain (MPSC) on medicines shortages. We produce a current awareness bulletin (Medicines Awareness Daily) that has been in circulation for over two decades, helping readers keep up to date with the latest developments in clinical and pharmacy practice, horizon scanning, safety alerts, and regulatory news. We also contribute towards writing and updating of SPS webpages to support best practice and the safe use of medicines.

• The post-holder will sit within both the Medicines Advice (MA) and the Medicines Use and Safety (MUS) functions of the NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service; working with key individuals to deliver against the workplan of both functions, including pan-SPS projects.

• Contributes to the development, delivery and maintenance of quality assured MA and MUS workstream resources to support commissioners, organisations, and health professionals. Resources may be webinars, podcasts, videos, website articles and workspaces on NHS Futures.

• Supports the MA and MUS team to improve legacy material and create new website content. Achieves this by working closely with the SPS Digital Team, by applying an agile approach, and through reference and application to NHS Digital and aligned gov.uk content standards.

• Answers medication related queries, including those related to medicines supply issues, Patient Group Directions (PGDs) and other medicines mechanisms and, Medication Safety.

Additional information

This advert closes on Wednesday 24 Sep 2025