This is an exciting opportunity to join the expanding Cardiology Pharmacy team at the Royal site. The post holder will play a key role in delivering a high‑quality, safe and effective clinical pharmacy service across the Acute Coronary Care Unit and cardiology ward, while supporting and developing junior pharmacists and technicians. There will also be opportunities to contribute to specialist services, including lipid clinics.
We are seeking a motivated, forward‑thinking clinical pharmacist with experience and a strong interest in cardiology and working within complex clinical environments. The successful candidate will work closely with the cardiology multidisciplinary team to optimise medicines use, contribute to complex clinical decision‑making, and improve patient safety and outcomes. Experience in cardiology and lipid management would be advantageous.
This role is well suited to a pharmacist who enjoys taking ownership of clinical services, contributing to service development, and maintaining a visible, proactive clinical presence on the wards.
LUHFT employs over 120 pharmacists across three sites, delivering clinical pharmacy services to all major specialties. This post is based at the Royal site, with the support of a fully integrated electronic prescribing system and bespoke in‑house systems to enable excellent clinical care.
Assist the Lead Divisional Pharmacist for Medicine (Royal site) in the development of pharmacy services and medicines management within the Cardiology Directorate.
To provide a safe and effective advanced clinical pharmacy service to the Cardiology Directorate.
Assist the Lead Divisional Pharmacist for Medicine (Rpyal site) in providing clinical training and supervision, relevant to Cardiology, for other departmental staff.
Provide non-medical prescribing services to the Cardiology Directorate.
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.
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.
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.
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To provide an advanced clinical service Cardiology Directorate within the division of medicine in accordance with professional, departmental and Trust policies.
Provide highly specialist pharmaceutical information to medical and nursing staff and patients within the Cardiology Directorate and to General Practitioners and other staff within the Trust where appropriate.
To act as an independent prescriber in accordance with the Trust's Non-Medical Prescribers policies and guidelines (once registered as a non-medical prescriber)
Participate in Consultant ward rounds , clinics and multidisciplinary meetings relevant to the designated wards and or directorate,
For a full list of duties, please refer to the attached job description and person specification
