Job summary
Senior Clinical Pharmacist - rotational. The post-holder with 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 Nov 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 Hospitalis 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 Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis 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 theircareers page.
Job description
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.
Job description
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
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.
- Able to deal with sensitive issues
- Able to deal with constant interruptions, prioritising tasks as required
- Conscientious and reliable.
- Methodical with attention to detail.
- Ability to work as per departmental weekend, evening and bank holiday rotas.
Skills
Essential
- 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
Qualifications
Essential
- Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Membership of The General Pharmaceutical Council
- Pre-registration training and experience, meeting the GPhC examination requirements
- Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy and/or equivalent
Desirable
- Non-medical Prescribing Qualification
Experience
Essential
- 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 and on-going personal CPD
Desirable
- Experience in delivering pharmacy services to a specialist area
- Published pharmaceutical research in a peer-reviewed journal.
- Acute/ tertiary Hospital experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Up-to-date knowledge of current NHS policies, processes and structures including Connecting for Health
Desirable
- Commitment to and demonstration of Continuing Professional Development.
- Teaching/training/mentoring skills.
Person Specification
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.
- Able to deal with sensitive issues
- Able to deal with constant interruptions, prioritising tasks as required
- Conscientious and reliable.
- Methodical with attention to detail.
- Ability to work as per departmental weekend, evening and bank holiday rotas.
Skills
Essential
- 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
Qualifications
Essential
- Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Membership of The General Pharmaceutical Council
- Pre-registration training and experience, meeting the GPhC examination requirements
- Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy and/or equivalent
Desirable
- Non-medical Prescribing Qualification
Experience
Essential
- 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 and on-going personal CPD
Desirable
- Experience in delivering pharmacy services to a specialist area
- Published pharmaceutical research in a peer-reviewed journal.
- Acute/ tertiary Hospital experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Up-to-date knowledge of current NHS policies, processes and structures including Connecting for Health
Desirable
- Commitment to and demonstration of Continuing Professional Development.
- Teaching/training/mentoring 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).
