Highly Specialist Pharmacist | Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	13 Awst 2025
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£55,690 - £62,682 per annum
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	12 Medi 2025
Lleoliad:	Upton, CH49 5PE
Cwmni:	Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Math o swydd:	Cytundeb
Cyfeirnod swydd:	7376742/408-25-696

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Ready for an exciting, demanding and fulfilling challenge that will make a difference to patient care and transform prescribing at Wirral University Teaching Hospitals?

As part of our Urgent and Emergency Care Update Programme, we have a unique opportunity for a senior pharmacist to lead the implementation of a new electronic prescribing solution within our Emergency Department.

The post presents an excellent opportunity to optimise all of your clinical expertise and to develop further leadership and specialist informatics skills. No previous informatics experience is needed, as full training will provided by our experienced clinical informatics team.

The role will be offered on a fixed term basis for 12 months.

The postholder will have the following responsibilities;



Lead the implementation of a new electronic prescribing system to support the transformation of clinical services in the emergency department.

Collaborative working with multidisciplinary clinical and digital teams

Ensuring the electronic prescribing system is developed in line with clinical digital safety standards.

Provide training and onboarding support for pharmacy teams, prescribers, and administrative staff

Collaborating with other organisations through participation in supplier user groups

Developing prescribing reports

Provision of clinical pharmacy service to the Emergency Department

Championing the medicines optimisation and safety agenda

Participating in clinical audit and practice research



The successful candidate will be a self-motivated, organised person with excellent communication and interpersonal skills working effectively under pressure, both alone and as part of a team





WUTH Pharmacy has been recognised as a high performer by NHSE and CQC. We deliver services to the acute hospital, primary care networks (PCN) and a range of external customers for aseptic services and via our wholesalers dealers authority.

We are highly innovative department; recently winning, or shortlisted for national awards within pharmacy IT, surgery, antimicrobial stewardship and PCN. Our service is highly regarded by clinical teams, demonstrated by investment in a wide range of specialist roles embedded within MDTs.

We are proud of our approach in maximising staff satisfaction and developing staff to reach their full potential. Staff satisfaction scores are high and we proactively seek feedback regularly to continue to improve. We have a strong focus on training and development opportunities via a range of qualifications and a proactive process for appraisal and personal development planning.

The post holder will:

· Lead the provision and development of an advanced level, highly specialist clinical pharmacy and medicines supply service to patients within an agreed specialty. The post holder will ensure that medicines use is high quality, safe, rational, cost effective, legal and accurate. They will be expected to work to the medicines optimisation standards for Wirral Hospital.

· Support the Lead Divisional Pharmacists and deputise in their absence when appropriate.

· Train and supervise less experienced pharmacists within the subspecialty.

Key Responsibilities

The post holder is responsible for:

The leadership and proactive development of specialist clinical pharmacy services to patients within the agreed specialty.

· Providing highly specialist clinical pharmacy services to patients within the agreed specialty and developing services in line with appropriate national standards.

· Providing expert and highly specialised pharmaceutical information and advice to medical staff, nursing staff, other healthcare professionals and patients, both within the Trust and externally as appropriate.

· Providing clinical training, guidance, support and supervision of junior pharmacists, pre-registration trainees, other Pharmacy staff and other Trust staff as required.

· Promoting the medicines optimisation agenda by leading specific audit and research projects in the agreed specialty and provide support to others.

· Monitoring expenditure within the agreed specialty against drugs budget, identifying and implementing cost saving initiatives.


This advert closes on Wednesday 27 Aug 2025

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