Site Lead Pharmacist

Site Lead Pharmacist – The Walton Centre

Employer: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Location: The Walton Centre/Aintree, Liverpool, L9 7AL
Salary: £79,504 – £91,609 per annum
NHS Band: Band 8c
Contract: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full-time
Visa Sponsorship: Available – applications from candidates requiring Skilled Worker visa sponsorship are welcome and will be considered.
Closing Date: 24 November 2026
Reference Number: 287-DTC-148-26-A

Job Overview

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting an experienced and ambitious Site Lead Pharmacist to provide strategic and operational leadership for pharmacy services at The Walton Centre.

This senior leadership position offers an opportunity to shape medicines optimisation, improve patient safety and lead pharmacy service transformation within a specialist hospital environment.

The successful candidate will oversee pharmacy operations, develop high-performing multidisciplinary teams, drive service improvements and contribute to the wider strategic direction of pharmacy services across the NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group.

Applications are welcome from experienced pharmacy professionals with strong clinical, operational and leadership backgrounds.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic and operational delivery of pharmacy services across The Walton Centre.
• Oversee medicines optimisation, medicines safety, clinical governance and quality improvement.
• Provide professional and clinical leadership across neurology and neurosurgery services.
• Manage, develop and support pharmacy staff, promoting an inclusive and high-performing working environment.
• Lead service planning, transformation programmes and improvement initiatives.
• Manage pharmacy budgets, financial performance and cost improvement programmes.
• Monitor service quality, workforce performance, patient safety and operational standards.
• Oversee incidents, complaints, operational pressures and service recovery activities.
• Represent pharmacy services at Trust, Group, Integrated Care System and regional meetings.
• Support evidence-based prescribing and the implementation of clinical guidelines.

Essential Qualifications

Applicants must have:

• A Vocational Master’s Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent.
• Registration as a Non-Medical Prescriber.
• Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• A Diploma or MSc in Clinical Pharmacy, or equivalent experiential learning.

Desirable: A management or leadership qualification, or equivalent senior leadership development.

Essential Experience

Candidates should demonstrate:

• Significant post-registration experience in hospital pharmacy.
• Senior leadership experience covering clinical and operational pharmacy services.
• Experience working in neurosciences.
• Experience leading the day-to-day operations of a hospital pharmacy service.
• Experience in incident management, clinical governance, audit, risk management and performance reporting.
• Workforce management experience, including recruitment, rota management and staff development.
• Experience managing budgets, financial performance and cost improvement programmes.
• Experience working with senior clinical, managerial and governance professionals.
• Significant experience in medicines safety, incident investigation and learning in line with PSIRF principles.
• Knowledge of clinical governance frameworks, including legislation relating to Patient Group Directions (PGDs), Non-Medical Prescribing (NMP) and controlled drugs.
• Clinical pharmacy experience in the relevant specialist area.

Essential Skills and Knowledge

• Strong understanding of legal, professional and governance requirements relating to medicines management.
• Knowledge of hospital pharmacy performance standards, quality indicators and assurance processes.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills.
• Ability to prepare reports, business cases and governance documents.
• Strong leadership and decision-making skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a demanding clinical environment.
• Good analytical, organisational and computer skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Additional Requirements

• Commitment to developing pharmacy services across The Walton Centre and the wider Group.
• Ability to promote teamwork, staff morale and a respectful working culture.
• Willingness to travel across University Hospitals of Liverpool Group sites.
• Ability to participate in out-of-hours arrangements, including attending the site within one hour when required.

Visa Sponsorship

Skilled Worker visa sponsorship is available.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust explicitly welcomes applications from candidates who require current Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).

Additional Information

The position is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Overseas applicants and adult dependants may also be required to provide criminal record certificates from countries where they have lived for the required period.

About Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, which brings together major healthcare services across Liverpool.

The Group employs more than 16,800 colleagues and provides general, emergency and highly specialised healthcare services to communities across Merseyside and the wider North West.

The Walton Centre is a specialist hospital providing neurological and neurosurgical services.

Application and Selection Process

Interested and suitably qualified candidates should submit their applications online through the official NHS Jobs recruitment portal.

Applicants should demonstrate their senior hospital pharmacy leadership experience, clinical expertise, medicines safety knowledge and ability to lead service transformation.

Job Reference: 287-DTC-148-26-A

Closing Date: 24 November 2026

Employer: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Contact for enquiries:

Deputy Chief Pharmacist – Clinical Services
Colin Brennan
Email: colin.brennan@liverpoolft.nhs.uk
Telephone: 07834043594