Overview
Main area: pharmacy
Grade: Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Plus EDC)
Job ref: 287-DTC-9-25
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: 18/09/2025 23:59
Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Urology
Band 8a
Job overview
We are excited to announce a newly established full-time post for an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist – Urology at the Royal Liverpool Hospital. This role recognises the growing need for dedicated pharmacy input within the Urology service and offers a unique opportunity to shape and develop pharmaceutical care in this specialty.
As the first pharmacist in this role, you will play a pivotal part in embedding pharmacy expertise into the Urology multidisciplinary team. You will work closely with consultants, nurses, and allied health professionals to optimise medicines use, improve patient outcomes, and contribute to innovative service development across both inpatient and outpatient settings.
This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated and forward-thinking pharmacist to build specialist knowledge in urology while influencing the future direction of pharmacy services in this area. You’ll be supported by a dynamic and experienced pharmacy team committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care.
If you are looking for a fresh challenge in a progressive environment where your input will make a real difference, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
* Support the development and implementation of a dedicated pharmacy service for the Urology department, working closely with the divisional lead pharmacist for surgery.
* Provide a safe, effective, and patient-centred advanced clinical pharmacy service to urology inpatients and outpatients at the Royal Liverpool Hospital.
* Lead on medicines optimisation initiatives within urology, ensuring evidence-based prescribing and safe use of high-risk medicines, including those used in urological cancers, infections, and surgical care.
* Collaborate with urology consultants, specialist nurses, and the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure seamless medicines optimisation across the patient pathway.
* Contribute to the development of clinical guidelines, protocols, and pathways relevant to urology, supporting best practice and innovation.
* Provide clinical supervision, mentorship, and training to junior pharmacists and other healthcare professionals in relation to urology and medicines optimisation.
* Participate in audit, quality improvement, and research activities to evaluate and enhance pharmacy input into urology services.
* Act as a role model for excellent pharmaceutical care, demonstrating leadership, innovation, and a commitment to continuous professional development.
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
* Assist in the delivery of the Surgical Pharmacy Strategy at the Royal Liverpool site, with a focus on enhancing pharmaceutical care within the Urology service.
* Develop, manage, implement, and audit urology-specific medicines policies and guidelines across the Trust, ensuring safe and effective prescribing for patients undergoing urological procedures and treatments.
* Lead and supervise the training of pharmacy staff in urology and surgical medicine, including prescribing considerations for patients undergoing surgery, managing urological cancers, infections, and post-operative care.
* Liaise with healthcare professionals across primary and secondary care to ensure effective and efficient use of medicines, and where necessary, develop protocols for managing patients with chronic urological conditions and those requiring long-term follow-up.
* Collaborate with urology consultants, specialist nurses, and surgical teams to optimise patient care and ensure seamless transitions across care settings.
* Support outpatient clinics and inpatient reviews, including medication reconciliation, optimisation, and patient education, particularly for those on complex or high-risk therapies.
* Contribute to service development, quality improvement, and research initiatives within the surgical division, with a focus on advancing pharmacy input into urology.
For a full list of duties, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
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.
* Ability to affect and manage change.
Knowledge
* Excellent clinical knowledge and practical clinical skills for the relevant specialist role.
* Good all round clinical knowledge and practical clinical skills.
Experience
* Significant experience in a relevant specialist pharmacist role.
* Demonstrable commitment to continuing professional development / education.
* Experience as a Non-Medical Prescriber (NMP).
Qualifications
* Vocational masters degree in pharmacy.
* Membership of The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
* Diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent documented clinical experience.
* Full NMP qualification.
* MRPharmS.
Other
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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 achieving 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.
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 under-represented groups including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), LGBTQ+, disabled, male and 16-24 age groups.
DBS / Disclosure: The cost of submitting and processing the DBS application may be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. Details of fees may apply and are subject to change.
This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to safeguarding. All staff must adhere to safeguarding policies and local procedures.
All employees are expected to maintain safeguarding knowledge and complete mandatory safeguarding training.
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New entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
Employer certification / accreditation
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and Disclosure requirements.
Name: Siu Man Tin
Job title: Divisional Lead Pharmacist for Surgery
Email: siuman.tin@liverpoolft.nhs.uk
Telephone: 0151 706 2872
Additional information: Sally James, Lead Divisional Pharmacist - Medicine (Royal Site) – 0151 706 2872
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