Lead Clinical Pharmacist - Gastroenterology

Job overview

We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated Gastroenterology Pharmacist to lead our Gastroenterology Pharmacy Team at the Royal Liverpool site.

This senior role provides expert clinical and strategic leadership for gastroenterology pharmacy services while maintaining an active clinical specialist and prescribing role within the multidisciplinary team. As a key member of the pharmacy clinical leadership team, you will lead pharmacists and technicians to deliver a high-quality, evidence-based pharmacy service across the Trust.

Working closely with gastroenterologists, hepatologists, specialist nurses, surgeons and other healthcare professionals, you will drive safe, innovative and patient-centred medicines optimisation for patients with complex gastrointestinal and liver conditions.

You will provide advanced clinical leadership, support service development and contribute to strategic planning at site and Trust level. The role offers the opportunity to shape the future of gastroenterology pharmacy services while supporting the development of the wider pharmacy workforce.

The successful candidate will have substantial hospital pharmacy experience, including significant experience in gastroenterology and/or hepatology, together with advanced clinical knowledge, strong leadership and organisational skills, and a proven ability to develop teams, improve services and deliver high-quality patient care.

Main duties of the job

• Lead the strategic development, delivery and evaluation of specialist clinical pharmacy services within Gastroenterology.
• Provide expert clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation support for patients with gastrointestinal and hepatology conditions, ensuring safe, effective and evidence-based use of medicines.
• Lead, manage and develop the Gastroenterology pharmacy team, ensuring the provision of a high-quality, patient-centred service.
• Work collaboratively with gastroenterology consultants, hepatologists, specialist nurses, dietitians and the multidisciplinary team to optimise patient care across inpatient, outpatient and ambulatory settings.
• Lead service improvement initiatives, development of business cases, and implementation of national guidance and best practice standards relevant to gastroenterology and hepatology services.
• Develop, review and implement policies, guidelines and prescribing pathways relating to the management of gastrointestinal and liver diseases.
• Lead on medicines governance, including investigation of medicines-related incidents, complaints, audits and quality improvement projects, ensuring learning is embedded into practice.
• Lead, participate in and publish practice research, audit and service evaluation projects relevant to gastroenterology and hepatology.
• Represent pharmacy at gastroenterology, hepatology and Trust-wide committees, contributing to service planning and strategic decision-making.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Lead the strategic development, delivery and evaluation of specialist clinical pharmacy services within Gastroenterology.
• Provide expert clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation support for patients with gastrointestinal and hepatology conditions, ensuring safe, effective and evidence-based use of medicines.
• Lead, manage and develop the Gastroenterology pharmacy team, ensuring the provision of a high-quality, patient-centred service.
• Work collaboratively with gastroenterology consultants, hepatologists, specialist nurses, dietitians and the multidisciplinary team to optimise patient care across inpatient, outpatient and ambulatory settings.
• Act as an independent prescriber, undertaking medication review, medicines reconciliation, initiation and optimisation of treatment, and prescribing within scope of practice.
• Lead service improvement initiatives, development of business cases, and implementation of national guidance and best practice standards relevant to gastroenterology and hepatology services.
• Develop, review and implement policies, guidelines and prescribing pathways relating to the management of gastrointestinal and liver diseases.
• Monitor and manage medicines expenditure, biosimilar uptake, high-cost medicines and cost improvement programmes within the speciality.
• Lead on medicines governance, including investigation of medicines-related incidents, complaints, audits and quality improvement projects, ensuring learning is embedded into practice.
• Develop and deliver education and training programmes for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, medical staff, nursing staff and other healthcare professionals.
• Lead, participate in and publish practice research, audit and service evaluation projects relevant to gastroenterology and hepatology.
• Represent pharmacy at gastroenterology, hepatology and Trust-wide committees, contributing to service planning and strategic decision-making.

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.