Pharmacy Programme Manager - Medicines Automation

Pharmacy Programme Manager - Medicines Automation

The closing date is 08 March 2026

We are seeking an experienced Programme Manager to lead the Medicines Automation Programme at Aintree Hospital. Your work will directly improve patient safety, support clinical teams, and modernise how medicines are stored, accessed and managed across the hospital.

This role will oversee three key projects:

• Deployment of automated drug cabinets across all clinical areas
• Refurbishment of medicines rooms
• Clinical and digital change to support safer, more efficient medicines management

You will manage delivery across clinical, digital, and estates teams, ensuring strong governance, clear communication and timely implementation.

This role offers the chance to solve complex problems, coordinate diverse teams, and deliver a genuinely high-impact programme that will change daily practice for thousands of staff and patients.

If you thrive in fast-paced environments, enjoy leading large-scale change and want to be at the forefront of digital medicines innovation, this programme offers the scope, visibility and challenge to make a real difference.

• Lead the full lifecycle of the medicines automation programme
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary teams and external partners
• Oversee programme governance, reporting, risk management and benefits realisation
• Support clinical engagement, training, workflow redesign and digital adoption
• Ensure alignment with Trust priorities, including the future Electronic Patient Record

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.

Lead multiple large, interrelated projects, ensuring clear plans, milestones, risks, and dependencies are managed throughout. Apply PRINCE2 and MSP methodologies to structure delivery and maintain high programme standards. Develop and maintain project documentation, business cases, benefits profiles, resource plans and progress reports. Ensure strong governance frameworks are in place to support decision making and assurance.

Monitor progress against project initiation documents and business cases, adjusting plans as needed. Identify, evaluate and manage risks and issues, escalating concerns where necessary. Lead post-implementation reviews and lessons learned exercises to improve future programme work. Develop and track Key Performance Indicators and Critical Success Factors across all programmes.

Work closely with clinical teams, senior managers, service leads, digital teams and external partners to support safe and effective delivery. Provide regular updates to stakeholders and present programme information to a wide range of audiences. Support cross organisational working,…