# Chief Pharmacist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/chief-pharmacist/bd4318c9-06bc-4dbd-bbdf-3ae53e225165 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/chief-pharmacist/bd4318c9-06bc-4dbd-bbdf-3ae53e225165.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Liverpool - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Pharmacist - **Grade:** Band 9 - **Salary:** £112,782 - £129,783 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (weekends and senior rota cover) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-03T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-20T19:00:28.145Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Liverpool/The_Clatterbridge_Cancer_Centre_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Pharmacy_Oncology/Pharmacy_Oncology-v8367550 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8367550?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.clatterbridgecc.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Chief Pharmacist is a senior clinical and professional leader, providing strategic direction for pharmacy and medicines optimisation across all Trust sites. As a senior member of the Acute Care Divisional Management Team, the postholder will lead the operational delivery, performance and development of high-quality, patient-centred pharmacy services, with delegated responsibility for workforce, pay and non-pay budgets and medicines expenditure. The postholder will act as the Trust’s authoritative adviser on the safe, effective and cost-effective use of medicines, providing assurance to the Board, Executive Team and relevant committees. The role has Trust-wide responsibility for medicines optimisation across the full medicines pathway, including selection, procurement, production, supply, prescribing, advanced practice and non-medical prescribing, administration, monitoring and review. The Chief Pharmacist will shape and deliver the Trust’s pharmacy and medicines optimisation strategy, leading transformation, digital innovation and workforce development to improve patient outcomes, safety, productivity, resilience and value. The postholder is directly accountable to the Chief Executive for the safe and effective management of medicines and associated organisational risk, including compliance with relevant legislation, professional standards and regulatory requirements. ### Main duties of the job - Provide visible strategic, clinical and professional leadership for pharmacy, medicines optimisation and medicines governance, ensuring services are safe, effective, efficient and responsive to patient need. - Lead, manage and develop pharmacy services across all Trust sites, setting clear standards for quality, performance, workforce, finance and service improvement. - Provide expert advice and transparent assurance to the Board, Executive Team, divisions and committees on medicines safety, regulatory compliance, professional practice and medicines-related risk. - Lead governance and quality assurance arrangements for aseptic preparation, radiopharmaceuticals, medical gases, advanced therapy medicinal products, homecare and other complex medicines services. - Undertake the statutory role of Controlled Drugs Accountable Officer and ensure robust systems are in place for the safe management and use of controlled drugs. - Lead major transformation with clear clinical, operational and financial benefits. - Work collaboratively with clinical leaders, healthcare partners and pharmacy networks across Cheshire and Merseyside to redesign pathways, strengthen the pharmacy workforce, improve access and secure best value from medicines. - Create an inclusive, compassionate and high-performing culture in which pharmacy colleagues are empowered to innovate, develop and deliver outstanding care ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details about this exciting role on offer at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Considerable experience in NHS hospital pharmacy practice - Significant experience in a senior pharmacy operational and leadership role - Evidence of management of pay and non-pay budgets Drug and Therapeutics Committee membership - Evidence of leading large-scale, complex transformation and delivering measurable improvements in quality productivity, workforce, finance and patient outcomes - Experience of system leadership across organisational boundaries, influencing senior stakeholders and delivering shared priorities through partnerships and provider or place-based collaborations - Experience of leading digital medicines transformation, using data and technology to improve safety, efficiency, resilience and clinical practice **Desirable** - Teaching hospital experience - Involvement with Research and Development and clinical trials - Involvement in Aseptic production units ### Qualifications **Essential** - Master’s degree in pharmacy or equivalent and current registration as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council. - Evidence of continuing professional development and senior leadership development appropriate to an executive-level role. - Postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification and a postgraduate management or leadership qualification, or equivalent senior level knowledge and experience. ### Knowledge and Expertise **Essential** - Understands law and guidance relating to medicines - Understand the NHS structure and function including the commissioning of cancer service and implications of service provision - Has a proven track record in managing staff as well as building positive working relationships with clinicians and managers **Desirable** - Provision of pharmacy services for cancer patients including cytotoxic reconstitution services ## Documents - [oh risk assessment (pdf, 184.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10702267) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 181.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10699217) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.