Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Acute and Emergency Medicine

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 20 January 2025

Job summary

Are you passionate about acute medical care? Looking to work with a team of specialist healthcare professionals?

LUHFT employs over 120 pharmacists across 3 sites providing clinical pharmacy services to all major specialties. This post is based on the Royal site of the Trust Emergency Floor (Acute and Emergency Medicine)

We are looking for motivated and forward-thinking clinical pharmacists to work with our team on the Emergency Floor .

We already have a well-established clinical pharmacy team on the Emergency Floor but we are keen to extend this service. We have fully integrated electronic systems to help you deliver excellent clinical care to your patients.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the leadership and delivery of a high quality, proactive and patient focused clinical pharmacy service to the Acute and Emergency Medicine areas.

Main duties of the job

Assist the Lead Pharmacist for the Emergency Floor in the development of pharmacy services and medicines management within the Acute and Emergency Medicine area

To provide a safe and effective advanced clinical pharmacy service to the Acute and Emergency Medicine areas

Assist the Lead Pharmacist for the Emergency Floor in providing clinical training and supervision, relevant to Emergency and Acute Medicine, for other departmental staff.

Provide non-medical prescribing services to the Emergency Floor

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.

Date posted

06 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

287-DSS-577-24

Job locations

Royal Liverpool Hospital

Prescot Street

Liverpool

L7 8XP


Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide an advanced clinical service to the Emergency Floor in accordance with professional, departmental and Trust policies

Provide highly specialist pharmaceutical information to medical and nursing staff and patients within the Care Group and to General Practitioners and other staff within the Trust where appropriate.

To act as an independent prescriber in accordance with the Trust's Non-Medical Prescribers policies and guidelines (once registered as a non-medical prescriber).

Participate in the therapeutic drug monitoring service provided in accordance with departmental procedure; in particular gentamicin prescribing and monitoring.

For a full list of duties, please refer to the attached job description and person specification

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide an advanced clinical service to the Emergency Floor in accordance with professional, departmental and Trust policies

Provide highly specialist pharmaceutical information to medical and nursing staff and patients within the Care Group and to General Practitioners and other staff within the Trust where appropriate.

To act as an independent prescriber in accordance with the Trust's Non-Medical Prescribers policies and guidelines (once registered as a non-medical prescriber).

Participate in the therapeutic drug monitoring service provided in accordance with departmental procedure; in particular gentamicin prescribing and monitoring.

For a full list of duties, please refer to the attached job description and person specification

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

  • 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

Desirable

  • Ability to affect and manage change

Qualifications

Essential

  • Vocational Masters degree in pharmacy.
  • Membership of The General Pharmaceutical Council
  • Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent documented experience
  • Full NMP qualification (or within 3 months of being on the GPHC Register)

Desirable

  • MRPharmS
  • UKCPA membership

Experience & Knowledge

Essential

  • Significant experience in a relevant specialist pharmacist role
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship experience
  • Demonstrable commitment to continuing professional development / education

Desirable

  • Experience as a NMP

Other

Essential

  • Computer literate

Knowledge

Essential

  • Excellent clinical knowledge and practical clinical skills for the relevant specialist role
  • Good all round clinical knowledge and practical clinical skills
Person Specification

Skills

Essential

  • 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

Desirable

  • Ability to affect and manage change

Qualifications

Essential

  • Vocational Masters degree in pharmacy.
  • Membership of The General Pharmaceutical Council
  • Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent documented experience
  • Full NMP qualification (or within 3 months of being on the GPHC Register)

Desirable

  • MRPharmS
  • UKCPA membership

Experience & Knowledge

Essential

  • Significant experience in a relevant specialist pharmacist role
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship experience
  • Demonstrable commitment to continuing professional development / education

Desirable

  • Experience as a NMP

Other

Essential

  • Computer literate

Knowledge

Essential

  • Excellent clinical knowledge and practical clinical skills for the relevant specialist role
  • Good all round clinical knowledge and practical clinical 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Liverpool Hospital

Prescot Street

Liverpool

L7 8XP


Employer's website

https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Liverpool Hospital

Prescot Street

Liverpool

L7 8XP


Employer's website

https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Lead Clinical Pharmacist-AMU

Sarah Nelson

sarah.nelson@liverpoolft.nhs.uk

01517202872

Date posted

06 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

287-DSS-577-24

Job locations

Royal Liverpool Hospital

Prescot Street

Liverpool

L7 8XP


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