Site Lead Pharmacist - Neurosciences

Are you an inspiring pharmacy leader with a passion for improving patient care, developing people and shaping services for the future?

We are seeking an experienced and motivated pharmacist to lead pharmacy services at The Walton Centre, one of the UK's leading specialist neuroscience organisations. This is a opportunity to provide strategic and operational leadership in a centre of excellence, while working as part of the wider Liverpool University Hospitals Group Pharmacy Team.

You will lead a talented multidisciplinary pharmacy team and work closely with clinicians senior leaders to deliver safe, effective and high-quality medicines services. You will play a key role in medicines safety, clinical governance, quality improvement, workforce development, service transformation and financial stewardship.

We are looking for a collaborative leader who can inspire others, build strong relationships and influence across organisational boundaries. You will be committed to developing people, creating a positive and inclusive culture, and supporting teams to deliver their best for patients.

In return, you will join an ambitious and supportive pharmacy leadership team with a strong focus on innovation, excellence and professional development. This is an opportunity to help shape the future of pharmacy services across one of the UK's largest NHS organisations.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and ambitious pharmacy leader to join The Walton Centre Trust as Site Lead Pharmacist. As the senior leader, you will provide strategic and operational leadership, ensuring safe, effective and high-quality pharmacy services.

You will lead the planning, development and delivery of pharmacy services, driving innovation, continuous improvement and service excellence. Working closely with senior clinical, operational colleagues, you will help shape future service models and deliver improvements in quality, performance, productivity and patient outcomes.

You will provide expert leadership in medicines optimisation across neurosciences services. You will support the safe, evidence-based use of medicines, work with multidisciplinary teams to improve patient pathways, and ensure delivery of high-quality patient care.

The role includes responsibility for workforce leadership and development. You will lead workforce planning, recruitment, training and performance management, creating a positive culture that supports learning, innovation and continuous improvement.

You will also provide leadership for medicines governance, safety and quality, overseeing incident management, risk reduction, assurance reporting and quality improvement. Representing pharmacy at Trust, and system level, you will build strong partnerships across organisations and help deliver outstanding pharmacy services for patients.

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.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name:
Colin Brennan

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Deputy Chief Pharmacist - Clinical Services Email address: coli Telephone number:

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