Advanced Clinical Pharmacist and Clinical Educator

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Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Liverpool is seeking an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist and Clinical Educator to contribute to education while providing advanced pharmacy services. You will play a pivotal role in both clinical practice and shaping the future of pharmacy education. The ideal candidate should have a vocational master's degree in pharmacy, be a member of The General Pharmaceutical Council, and demonstrate strong leadership skills. This full-time position offers a salary range of £55,690 - £62,682 per annum.

Benefits

Commitment to continuing professional development

Supportive multi-site pharmacy department

Flexible working arrangements possible

Qualifications

• Vocational masters degree in pharmacy is required.
• Membership of The General Pharmaceutical Council is necessary.
• Experience as a non‑medical prescriber is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of experiential learning for pharmacy students.
• Provide clinical pharmacy teaching and assessments at UoL.
• Deliver advanced clinical pharmacy services.

Skills

Enthusiasm for the position

Ability to work on own initiative

Attention to detail

Ability to affect and manage change

Education

Vocational masters degree in pharmacy

Membership of The General Pharmaceutical Council

Diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent experience

MRPharmS

Job description

Main area Pharmacist Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract Permanent: 0.6 WTE with University of Liverpool under SLA/MOU Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 287-DTC-83-25

Employer Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Liverpool Hospital Town Liverpool Salary £55,690 - £62,682 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 05/01/2026 23:59

Advanced Clinical Pharmacist and Clinical Educator

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Job overview

We are seeking an enthusiastic individual who is passionate about developing others, committed to high standards of patient care, and motivated to innovate in both clinical and educational settings. You will join a supportive team within a large, multi-site pharmacy department, contributing to both undergraduate teaching and clinical service delivery.

This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and forward-thinking pharmacist to combine clinical practice with a strong focus on education and training. Based at our Royal Liverpool Hospital site, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of pharmacy education through collaboration with the University of Liverpool, while also delivering advanced clinical pharmacy services within our Acute and Emergency Medicines team.

Main duties of the job

• Lead the design, delivery, and evaluation of hospital experiential learning (simulation and placements) for undergraduate pharmacy students across all four years of the MPharm programme.
• Collaborate with the University of Liverpool Pharmacy Teaching Team to contribute to curriculum development, teaching, and assessment of clinical pharmacy skills.
• Coordinate and quality-assure hospital placements, embedding Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) and supporting placement supervisors through training and guidance.
• Deliver an advanced clinical pharmacy service to patients in our Acute admissions areas and Emergency department. This will include medicines reconciliation, prescribing independently and as part of MDT ward rounds, medicines optimisation, and therapeutic drug monitoring.
• Support the education and training of pharmacy undergraduates, trainee pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals.
• Participate in clinical audit, guideline implementation, and service development initiatives.
• Engage in continuing professional development and contribute to the strategic development of pharmacy education and clinical services.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will:

• Lead on the development, delivery and evaluation of hospital experiential learning to undergraduate pharmacy students across the four years of the MPharm programme with the University of Liverpool (UoL).
• Provide and develop undergraduate clinical pharmacy teaching and assessments at UoL in line with the GPhC Standards for the Initial Education and Training of Pharmacists.
• Provide an advanced clinical pharmacy service to patients and staff within a clinical specialty.
• Provide non‑medical prescribing services.
• Assist the Lead Clinical Pharmacist – Education and Training in providing clinical/medicines management training.

Please see attached JD/PS for further details.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Vocational masters degree in pharmacy
• Membership of The General Pharmaceutical Council
• Diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent documented clinical experience
• MRPharmS

Other

Skills

• Enusiasm for the position
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
• Self‑motivated and able to motivate/inspire others
• Methodical with attention to detail
• Ability to affect and manage change

Experience

• Demonstrable commitment to continuing professional development / education
• Previous experience of providing education and training within pharmacy
• Relevant post diploma clinical experience at specialist clinical pharmacist level
• Tutor for postgraduate qualifications or pre‑registration pharmacist tutor
• Experience as a non‑medical prescriber (NMP)

Knowledge

• Well‑developed knowledge of education and training in pharmacy
• Extensive knowledge of pharmacy audit

Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application. Posts advertised to ‘internal staff’ are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form. Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months’ of their 18th birthday.

The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work‑life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under‑represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £23 (standard disclosure) or £43 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.50 (standard) and £54.50 (Enhanced).

From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

This organisation has a zero‑tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults’ policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.

Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.

All employees (and volunteers) are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.

As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.

Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name Mark Peasley, Job title Lead Clinical Pharmacist - Education and Training, Email address [e-mail], Telephone number 0151 529 3987

Additional information:

Jodie Williams

Advanced Clinical Pharmacist Lead - Acute & Emergency Medicine (Royal site)

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