Lead Pharmacist for Acute and Emergency Medicine

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Lead Pharmacist for Acute and Emergency Medicine

The closing date is 23 December 2025

We have an exciting opportunity for a Lead Pharmacist to join our Emergency Floor team at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, covering the Emergency Department (ED) and Acute Medical Unit (AMU). This role is ideal for an experienced pharmacist who wants to develop or enhance leadership skills while managing a dedicated team of Pharmacists and Medicines Management Technicians (MMTs).

The Acute and Emergency Medicine service at the Royal Liverpool site is based in a brand-new hospital and includes the busiest A&E in Merseyside and one of the largest Acute Medical Assessment Units in the country. Working closely with clinicians, we have built a strong pharmacy team delivering a seven-day service to support patient care and improve outcomes.

We are looking for someone with a proven track record of delivering high-quality services and leading people effectively. Experience with hospital patients is essential, although previous work in acute or emergency care is not required. You will be collaborative, innovative, and passionate about setting the highest standards of care for patients.

If you are ready for a new challenge and want to make a real impact in emergency medicine, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Lead and provide clinical expertise in the delivery and development of pharmacy services to the Directorate of Acute and Emergency Medicine and developing an exemplary clinical emergency floor pharmacy service.

Manage the Emergency floor pharmacy team on the Royal site on a daily basis to ensure safe and effective specialist clinical pharmacy service for patients and staff in the directorate.

Ensure good medicines management delivery and patient focused medicines optimisation for all Emergency floor patients

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 Hospital is 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 Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is 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 their careers page.

Job responsibilities

To provide and lead on the strategic direction and implementation of pharmacy services to the Directorate of Acute and Emergency Medicine on the Royal Liverpool site.

To develop, manage, implement and evaluate Emergency floor pharmacy team services to the Directorate of Acute and Emergency Medicine

Supervises the training of Pharmacy staff in the Acute and Emergency team and wider pharmacy team as needed.

Liaise with appropriate health care professionals within Primary Care Trusts to ensure the effective and efficient use of resources across the primary/secondary care interface and where necessary develop relevant protocols.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Vocational masters degree in pharmacy
• 1 year pre-registration training and experience
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy

Experience

• Relevant post diploma clinical experience at advanced clinical pharmacist level
• Previous experience of the pharmaceutical management of Acute and Emergency medical patients
• Experience in senior management and leadership
• Tutor for postgraduate qualifications or preregistration pharmacist tutor

Knowledge

• Good all round Knowledge and practical and clinical skills

Skills

• 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
• Demonstrable commitment to continuing professional development / education
• Ability to affect and manage change

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.

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