NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group
Site Lead Pharmacist - Neurosciences
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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 an 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.
- Lead a talented multidisciplinary pharmacy team and work closely with clinicians and senior leaders to deliver safe, effective, and high-quality medicines services.
- Play a key role in medicines safety, clinical governance, quality improvement, workforce development, service transformation, and financial stewardship.
- Be a collaborative leader who can inspire others, build strong relationships, and influence across organisational boundaries.
- 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.
About the Role
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.
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- Lead the planning, development, and delivery of pharmacy services, driving innovation, continuous improvement, and service excellence.
- Work closely with senior clinical, operational colleagues to help shape future service models and deliver improvements in quality, performance, productivity, and patient outcomes.
- Provide expert leadership in medicines optimisation across neurosciences services.
- Support the safe, evidence-based use of medicines, work with multidisciplinary teams to improve patient pathways, and ensure delivery of high-quality patient care.
- Take responsibility for workforce leadership and development.
- Lead workforce planning, recruitment, training, and performance management, creating a positive culture that supports learning, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Provide leadership for medicines governance, safety, and quality, overseeing incident management, risk reduction, assurance reporting, and quality improvement.
- Represent pharmacy at Trust and system level, building strong partnerships across organisations and helping deliver outstanding pharmacy services for patients.
About Us
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.
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Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Colin Brennan
- Job title: Deputy Chief Pharmacist - Clinical Services
- Email address: colin.brennan@liverpoolft.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 07834043594
Ruth Bennett: ruth.bennett14@nhs.net
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