Job summary
Great things are happening in our Hospital Pharmacy Services across University Hospitals Liverpool Group (UHLG). UHLG is one of 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.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will assist the Lead Clinical Pharmacist for Maternity in the development and delivery of medicines management and pharmacy services to obstetric areas.
They will provide an advanced level, highly specialist clinical pharmacy and medicines supply service to patients across all the Maternity areas.
They will ensure that medicines use is high quality, safe, rational, cost effective, legal and accurate. They will also provide training and education for pharmacists, midwives, nurses, and doctors as appropriate.
They will act as line manager for the junior pharmacists employed in the department
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.
For roles at Liverpool University Hospitals, visit their careers page.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Lead and manage the day to day delivery of clinical pharmacy services to the Maternity department.
To provide highly specialist clinical pharmacy services to patients within Maternity and develop services in line with appropriate national standards.
To provide expert and highly specialised pharmaceutical information and advice to medical staff, nursing staff, other healthcare professionals and patients, both within the Trust and externally as appropriate.
Providing clinical training, guidance, support and supervision of junior pharmacists, other Pharmacy staff and other midwives and other Trust staff as required.
For full details, please refer to the attached job description
Job description
Job responsibilities
Lead and manage the day to day delivery of clinical pharmacy services to the Maternity department.
To provide highly specialist clinical pharmacy services to patients within Maternity and develop services in line with appropriate national standards.
To provide expert and highly specialised pharmaceutical information and advice to medical staff, nursing staff, other healthcare professionals and patients, both within the Trust and externally as appropriate.
Providing clinical training, guidance, support and supervision of junior pharmacists, other Pharmacy staff and other midwives and other Trust staff as required.
For full details, please refer to the attached job description
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Vocational master's degree in pharmacy or equivalent
- Membership of The General Pharmaceutical Council
- Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
Desirable
- Full NMP qualification
- MRPharmS
- UKCPA membership
Experiance
Essential
- Relevant post diploma experience at specialist clinical pharmacist level in a range of specialists within secondary care
Desirable
- Experience of providing pharmacy services to maternity and/or specialist women's health services
- Experience of supervision, training and education of midwives
- Experience of clinical audit and literature evaluation
- Experience of line management, mentoring and of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of review and management of directorate drug budget
- Experience of providing teaching/education sessions to multi-professional groups
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Good all-round clinical knowledge including use of medicines in pregnancy and lactation
- Excellent written communication skills
- Ability to communicate complex information effectively using clear written and spoken English and overcome barriers to understanding
- Good organizational and time management skills with the ability to prioritize own workload and meet tight deadlines
- Able to work on own initiative and as a team member
- Ability to critically reflect on performance and service and use this process to develop skills and service
- Ability to establish and maintain good rapport with medical, nursing and other multi-disciplinary colleagues
- Self-motivating and able to motivate/inspire others
- Attention to detail
- Good IT skills and able to learn new programs quickly
- Good leadership skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Vocational master's degree in pharmacy or equivalent
- Membership of The General Pharmaceutical Council
- Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
Desirable
- Full NMP qualification
- MRPharmS
- UKCPA membership
Experiance
Essential
- Relevant post diploma experience at specialist clinical pharmacist level in a range of specialists within secondary care
Desirable
- Experience of providing pharmacy services to maternity and/or specialist women's health services
- Experience of supervision, training and education of midwives
- Experience of clinical audit and literature evaluation
- Experience of line management, mentoring and of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of review and management of directorate drug budget
- Experience of providing teaching/education sessions to multi-professional groups
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Good all-round clinical knowledge including use of medicines in pregnancy and lactation
- Excellent written communication skills
- Ability to communicate complex information effectively using clear written and spoken English and overcome barriers to understanding
- Good organizational and time management skills with the ability to prioritize own workload and meet tight deadlines
- Able to work on own initiative and as a team member
- Ability to critically reflect on performance and service and use this process to develop skills and service
- Ability to establish and maintain good rapport with medical, nursing and other multi-disciplinary colleagues
- Self-motivating and able to motivate/inspire others
- Attention to detail
- Good IT skills and able to learn new programs quickly
- Good leadership skills
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
