Advanced Clinical Pharmacist – Medicines Information & Women’s Health

Job overview

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.

We are currently seeking a motivated, forward-thinking pharmacist to play a key role in shaping a brand-new Medicines Information (MI) service at LWH. This role also offers the chance to provide clinical pharmacy support across the Gynaecology and Maternity Divisions (Women’s Health).

This is a fantastic development opportunity for a pharmacist with a keen interest in Medicines Information, looking to grow their leadership capabilities. If you enjoy rising to a challenge, take pride in delivering high-quality patient care, and can demonstrate excellent clinical knowledge and communication skills – we’d love to hear from you.

Be part of something special. Help us shape the future of women’s healthcare in Liverpool.

Main duties of the job

As the MI Pharmacist, you’ll take the lead in developing and delivering a brand-new MI service at LWH. This is a unique opportunity to build and manage a vital service from the ground up, while working closely with established MI centres across UHLG.

In this dynamic role, you will:

• Establish and manage the MI service at LWH
• Provide expert pharmaceutical advice to both patients and staff within the specialist clinical area of Women’s Health
• Lead on clinical audit for the MI service and contribute to wider departmental audits
• Support education and training for pharmacy and clinical staff, especially in MI-related areas
• Provide line management and mentorship to junior pharmacists within the department
• Act as an independent prescriber, in line with Trust policies.

This is an excellent opportunity for a pharmacist looking to expand their influence, develop leadership skills, and make a lasting impact on specialist women’s health services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Be responsible for provision of the MI service at LWH, including:

• Provision of information and advice to healthcare professionals to aid clinical problem-solving in the form of answers to formal enquiries, active provision of news/updates and formal teaching. Ensuring the availability of up-to-date relevant information on medicines to support medicines management in the hospital. Provision of MI training to colleagues within the Pharmacy Department. To maintain links and develop a collaborative service with other MI centres in the UHLG.
• Provision of information and advice to healthcare professionals to aid clinical problem-solving in the form of answers to formal enquiries, active provision of news/updates and formal teaching.
• Ensuring the availability of up-to-date relevant information on medicines to support medicines management in the hospital.
• Provision of MI training to colleagues within the Pharmacy Department.
• To maintain links and develop a collaborative service with other MI centres in the UHLG.

Provide advanced pharmaceutical information to LWH staff and patients within the area of Women’s Health.

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

Lead on clinical audit within MI and partake in clinical audit within the wider Pharmacy Department.

Contribution to staff education.

For further details, please refer to the attached job description