Job summary
Do you have a passion for medicines? Are you looking to develop your career as a pharmacist? Would you like to find a good work-life balance? If so, we have an opportunity for an enthusiastic and patient-focused pharmacist to join our established hospital pharmacy service at Liverpool Women's Hospital.
As part of the pharmacy team and wider multidisciplinary team (MDT), you will assist in delivering and developing a high quality clinical service to Gynaecology, Maternity & Neonates, ensuring that we provide the women and families using our services with the highest standards of care.
Clinical pharmacy experience in women's health services is desirable however if you have never covered these specialties then expert training and development will be provided by your designated mentor.
If you are a hospital pharmacist who wants to experience a new challenge or a pharmacist looking for that next step in a supportive and friendly environment, then this is the post and Trust for you.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will rotate through the Level 3 NICU and work closely with the Liverpool Neonatal Partnership (LNP). They will also attend consultant-led MDT ward rounds across Gynaecology and Maternity which include high dependency care and infection control responsibilities.
We encourage our team members to develop and progress their careers so we can support places on the Clinical Pharmacy for Secondary and Tertiary Care course at LJMU (PgCert, PgDip, MSc) or equivalent courses.
We can also offer other research and development opportunities and your designated mentor will guide and lead you through your development as a specialist clinical pharmacist. Flexible working requests would be considered to ensure your work-life balance is enhanced.
About us
Liverpool Women's NHS FT became part ofNHS 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 description
Job responsibilities
Duties and Key Tasks
Clinical/Operational
To be responsible for the provision and development of a clinical pharmacy service to a specific clinical speciality or patient group as agreed with the Deputy Chief Pharmacist and Lead Clinical Pharmacists. This will include:
- Completing medicines reconciliation for patients on admission.
- Reviewing patients medication to ensure safe, effective and economic use.
- Formulating individual patient pharmaceutical care plans.
- Therapeutic drug monitoring for specific drugs.
- Education of patients about their drug therapy.
- Participation in consultant wards rounds.
- Developing evidence-based treatment protocols for use either within the directorate or across the Trust where appropriate.
- Facilitating implementation of local and national guidelines where appropriate.
- Challenging inappropriate prescribing.
- Providing information to medical staff, other healthcare professionals and members of the public regarding medicines.
- Delivering clinical and final dispensing checks within the systems for dispensing and issuing medication from the pharmacy, in accordance with the prevailing safe systems of work.Acting as the pharmacist on-duty for the dispensary as allocated.
- Responsibility for ensuring that medicines are available to meet the patients individual treatment needs in a timely manner.
- Managing clinical incidents involving medicines and explore ways of minimising risk of future re-occurrence.
- Facilitating patient discharge in line with departmental procedures to ensure seamless pharmaceutical care across the primary/secondary care interface.
- Co-operating with objective setting, individual personal assessment and continuing education and training programmes, in order to ensure continuing professional development and competence to practice as required by clinical governance.
- Participating in out-of-hours service offered to all directorates and external bodies where appropriate, weekend and Bank and Public Holiday working, in keeping with the Pharmacy Directorate arrangements.
- Recording clinical interventions and activities in line with departmental policy
- Documenting patient care contributions in the patients history notes and use the trusts incident reporting system to report any medication errors.
- Attending and participating in pharmacy clinical meetings.
- Working in conjunction with the self-medication / PODs system with technicians and nurses/midwives to promote the reuse of medicines.
Enhanced clinical
- Facilitate the implementation of local and national guidance, including National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) where appropriate.
- To work collaboratively with Consultants, junior doctors, nurses, midwives and other allied health professionals within a nominated department.
- To have or have the desire to obtain and use a non-medical prescribing qualification.
Professional
- Work closely with and provide professional supervision to pharmacists and technical staff as needed during the provision of pharmaceutical care at ward level and within the dispensary.
- Provide guidance on the legal and ethical aspects of drug use as necessary.
- Ensure that security is maintained at all times, including that relating to computer systems.
- Participate in Continuing Professional Development as per the national guidelines of the General Pharmaceutical Council and the department policy.
General
- Communicate effectively with all health professionals, using verbal, written and electronic methods as appropriate.
- To respond positively and in a timely way to those changes which may occur and affect the nature, direction and delivery of pharmacy services.
- To ensure that total confidentiality with regard to the business of the Trust is upheld at all times.
- To act in the best interests of patients at all times to ensure they receive safe, effective and timely care.
Clinical Governance/Quality
- To participate in the Trusts Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) Reporting Scheme, in accordance with other local and national initiatives/schemes and the requirements of Clinical Governance.
- To promote and implement the Trusts Medicines management agenda: Including formulary, Prescribing Guidelines and policies to ensure the safe and cost effective use of medicines throughout the Trust and the Primary/Secondary Care interface.
- Undertake clinical audit within the hospital.
Education and Training Development
- To provide and participate in education and training programmes for Pharmacy staff, other health care staff and patients. (This may include a role in undergraduate and post-graduate courses by agreement.)
- To act as a mentor to vocational students, pre-registration and rotational pharmacists when appropriate.
- Education of pharmacy, medical, nursing and other staff in medicines management
- The post-holder must comply with all Trust policies and procedures and attend all necessary mandatory training.
General
- Undertake any duties required by the Chief or Deputy Chief Pharmacist, commensurate with the grade of the post.
- Comply with the legal and other requirements related to the purchase, supply, use, safe custody and destruction of medicines within the pharmacy and in all other clinical areas of the hospital, reporting any areas of concern to the Chief or Deputy Chief Pharmacist.
- Maintain safe systems of work under relevant current and future legislation e.g. COSHH, Health and Safety at Work Act, Medicines Act.
- Provide professional and legal clinical supervision and act as the designated Responsible Pharmacist in the dispensary as allocated.
- Prepare pharmacy rotas as required.
- Participate as necessary in the on call, Saturday, Sunday, Bank Holiday and emergency duty rotas.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and Key Tasks
Clinical/Operational
To be responsible for the provision and development of a clinical pharmacy service to a specific clinical speciality or patient group as agreed with the Deputy Chief Pharmacist and Lead Clinical Pharmacists. This will include:
- Completing medicines reconciliation for patients on admission.
- Reviewing patients medication to ensure safe, effective and economic use.
- Formulating individual patient pharmaceutical care plans.
- Therapeutic drug monitoring for specific drugs.
- Education of patients about their drug therapy.
- Participation in consultant wards rounds.
- Developing evidence-based treatment protocols for use either within the directorate or across the Trust where appropriate.
- Facilitating implementation of local and national guidelines where appropriate.
- Challenging inappropriate prescribing.
- Providing information to medical staff, other healthcare professionals and members of the public regarding medicines.
- Delivering clinical and final dispensing checks within the systems for dispensing and issuing medication from the pharmacy, in accordance with the prevailing safe systems of work.Acting as the pharmacist on-duty for the dispensary as allocated.
- Responsibility for ensuring that medicines are available to meet the patients individual treatment needs in a timely manner.
- Managing clinical incidents involving medicines and explore ways of minimising risk of future re-occurrence.
- Facilitating patient discharge in line with departmental procedures to ensure seamless pharmaceutical care across the primary/secondary care interface.
- Co-operating with objective setting, individual personal assessment and continuing education and training programmes, in order to ensure continuing professional development and competence to practice as required by clinical governance.
- Participating in out-of-hours service offered to all directorates and external bodies where appropriate, weekend and Bank and Public Holiday working, in keeping with the Pharmacy Directorate arrangements.
- Recording clinical interventions and activities in line with departmental policy
- Documenting patient care contributions in the patients history notes and use the trusts incident reporting system to report any medication errors.
- Attending and participating in pharmacy clinical meetings.
- Working in conjunction with the self-medication / PODs system with technicians and nurses/midwives to promote the reuse of medicines.
Enhanced clinical
- Facilitate the implementation of local and national guidance, including National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) where appropriate.
- To work collaboratively with Consultants, junior doctors, nurses, midwives and other allied health professionals within a nominated department.
- To have or have the desire to obtain and use a non-medical prescribing qualification.
Professional
- Work closely with and provide professional supervision to pharmacists and technical staff as needed during the provision of pharmaceutical care at ward level and within the dispensary.
- Provide guidance on the legal and ethical aspects of drug use as necessary.
- Ensure that security is maintained at all times, including that relating to computer systems.
- Participate in Continuing Professional Development as per the national guidelines of the General Pharmaceutical Council and the department policy.
General
- Communicate effectively with all health professionals, using verbal, written and electronic methods as appropriate.
- To respond positively and in a timely way to those changes which may occur and affect the nature, direction and delivery of pharmacy services.
- To ensure that total confidentiality with regard to the business of the Trust is upheld at all times.
- To act in the best interests of patients at all times to ensure they receive safe, effective and timely care.
Clinical Governance/Quality
- To participate in the Trusts Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) Reporting Scheme, in accordance with other local and national initiatives/schemes and the requirements of Clinical Governance.
- To promote and implement the Trusts Medicines management agenda: Including formulary, Prescribing Guidelines and policies to ensure the safe and cost effective use of medicines throughout the Trust and the Primary/Secondary Care interface.
- Undertake clinical audit within the hospital.
Education and Training Development
- To provide and participate in education and training programmes for Pharmacy staff, other health care staff and patients. (This may include a role in undergraduate and post-graduate courses by agreement.)
- To act as a mentor to vocational students, pre-registration and rotational pharmacists when appropriate.
- Education of pharmacy, medical, nursing and other staff in medicines management
- The post-holder must comply with all Trust policies and procedures and attend all necessary mandatory training.
General
- Undertake any duties required by the Chief or Deputy Chief Pharmacist, commensurate with the grade of the post.
- Comply with the legal and other requirements related to the purchase, supply, use, safe custody and destruction of medicines within the pharmacy and in all other clinical areas of the hospital, reporting any areas of concern to the Chief or Deputy Chief Pharmacist.
- Maintain safe systems of work under relevant current and future legislation e.g. COSHH, Health and Safety at Work Act, Medicines Act.
- Provide professional and legal clinical supervision and act as the designated Responsible Pharmacist in the dispensary as allocated.
- Prepare pharmacy rotas as required.
- Participate as necessary in the on call, Saturday, Sunday, Bank Holiday and emergency duty rotas.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Learning
Essential
- Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy and/or equivalent
Desirable
- Non-medical Prescribing Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience as a qualified pharmacist within a range of clinical areas / demonstrable evidence of undertaking a role at rotational grade pharmacist level
- Evidence of relevant audit, policy or practice research involvement
Desirable
- Experience in delivering pharmacy services to a specialist area
- Published pharmaceutical research in a peer-reviewed journal
- Acute/tertiary Hospital experience
Skills, Knowledge & Aptitudes
Essential
- Up-to-date knowledge of current NHS policies, processes and structures
- Good communication and negotiation skills with other professionals, patients and carers, including verbal, written and electronic.
- Good interpersonal skills, able to work with all grades of staff.
- Good organisational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritise own workload
- Ability to work to deadlines and meet set targets.
- Ability to perform calculations to a high degree of accuracy.
- Computer literacy
- Commitment to and demonstration of continuing professional development.
Desirable
- Teaching/training/mentoring skills.
Other
Essential
- Enthusiastic with ability to motivate self and others
- Lead by example
- Able to work alone and as a team member
- Able to use initiative
- Able to deal with and resolve conflict and disagreement and deal with sensitive issues
- Patient focused
- Able to deal with constant interruptions, multiple pressures and maintain quality
- Conscientious and reliable
- Methodical with attention to detail
- Ability to work as per departmental weekend, evening and bank holiday rotas
Person Specification
Qualifications & Learning
Essential
- Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy and/or equivalent
Desirable
- Non-medical Prescribing Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience as a qualified pharmacist within a range of clinical areas / demonstrable evidence of undertaking a role at rotational grade pharmacist level
- Evidence of relevant audit, policy or practice research involvement
Desirable
- Experience in delivering pharmacy services to a specialist area
- Published pharmaceutical research in a peer-reviewed journal
- Acute/tertiary Hospital experience
Skills, Knowledge & Aptitudes
Essential
- Up-to-date knowledge of current NHS policies, processes and structures
- Good communication and negotiation skills with other professionals, patients and carers, including verbal, written and electronic.
- Good interpersonal skills, able to work with all grades of staff.
- Good organisational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritise own workload
- Ability to work to deadlines and meet set targets.
- Ability to perform calculations to a high degree of accuracy.
- Computer literacy
- Commitment to and demonstration of continuing professional development.
Desirable
- Teaching/training/mentoring skills.
Other
Essential
- Enthusiastic with ability to motivate self and others
- Lead by example
- Able to work alone and as a team member
- Able to use initiative
- Able to deal with and resolve conflict and disagreement and deal with sensitive issues
- Patient focused
- Able to deal with constant interruptions, multiple pressures and maintain quality
- Conscientious and reliable
- Methodical with attention to detail
- Ability to work as per departmental weekend, evening and bank holiday rotas
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).
