# Senior Pharmacist / Senior Pharmaceutical Scientist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-pharmacist-senior-pharmaceutical-scientist/2c75d28b-5e03-452e-ae9e-107d74f23272 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-pharmacist-senior-pharmaceutical-scientist/2c75d28b-5e03-452e-ae9e-107d74f23272.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Liverpool - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Pharmacist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-04T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-21T10:33:32.200Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Liverpool/Liverpool_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Pharmacy_Aseptic_Services/Pharmacy_Aseptic_Services-v8105351 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8105351?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Senior Pharmacist / Senior Pharmaceutical Scientist Pharmacy Aseptic Services Aseptic Production Unit Band 7 (37.5 hours per week) + EDC We are a major acute teaching Trust offering a wide range of clinical specialities, including tertiary referrals for HIV and Renal Medicine. We have a highly regarded Aseptic Production Unit (APU) at the Trust with a Manufacturing site licensed in June 2023. You will work closely with our Aseptic Service Leads to help steer the quality facilitating programmes at the production unit. This post generates an opportunity for a Pharmacist / Scientist to join an expanding team delivering the pharmaceutical needs of patients at the Trust and across the NHS. The post holder will be expected to focus on the need for Aseptic Production Services with responsibilities for efficient and safe service provision. Support for appropriate further clinical & technical development, is available. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will contribute to overseeing the operational quality aspects of the production processes, in a cost effective and efficient manner, assuring the quality of all unlicensed medicines manufactured and prepared at the Aseptic Production Unit (APU). The post holder will ensure timely release of prepared and manufactured unlicensed medicines and will certify all unlicensed medicines as having been prepared or manufactured in compliance with current Rules and Guidance for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The post holder will: Participate in validating the production processes to ensure compliance with the required standards in aseptic preparation of medicines. Contribute to product life cycle processes including Product Development and Product Quality Review. Attend meetings (local & regional) when required to represent the APU. Supervise less experienced pharmacists,  scientists, technicians and students and provide training where necessary. Will trouble shoot and undertake risk assessments in order to guide the team to ensure compliance with medicines legislation. Deputise for the Lead Pharmacists (Technical Services) as required ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Capable team worker with ability to create and sustain good relationships - Able to deal with constant interruptions, multiple pressures and at times aggression - Methodical with attention to detail ### Skills **Essential** - Leadership and motivational skills - Problem solving and analytical skills - Planning and organisational skills; ability to prioritise demands on service and plan workload of self and others - Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills; ability to communicate with a range of people such as technicians, pharmacists, engineers, clinicians and customers **Desirable** - Change management - Project Management skills ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice and the regulations surrounding Pharmaceutical Manufacture. - Knowledge of clean room design and functioning - Highly developed Professional knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience **Desirable** - Specialist knowledge of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Processes including equipment and facility design, construction, validation and testing - Knowledge of:- - Aseptic preparation of medicines - Terminal Sterilisation processes - QA/QC services - An understanding of medicines management procedures - Knowledge of product licensing and medical devices registration ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of product development - Evidence of working within GMP/GDP guidelines - COSHH Regulations and Health & Safety at Work Act - Evidence of significant, relevant and on-going personal CPD **Desirable** - Experience of Pharmaceutical Manufacture in either a hospital or industrial environment or previous experience of managing aseptic dispensing services ### Qualifications **Essential** - M Pharm Degree or equivalent Or Honours degree in pharmaceutical sciences, chemistry or similar scientific subject if combined with further education and training such as the MSc Scientist Training Programme (STP) in Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences - Registered General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) Member or/& HCPC/ RPS **Desirable** - Technical qualification such as Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology, Quality Control, Engineering, Manufacturing - Post graduate certificate or diploma in a relevant pharmaceutical field ## Documents - [oh risk id form (pdf, 344.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10399913) - [recruitment documents (pdf, 383.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10399914) - [life at luhft benefits (pdf, 333.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2664) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 258.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10399912) ## 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.