Pharmacist Team Leader - Medicines Value | University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

This is a unique and high-profile opportunity to provide strategic leadership for the multi-million-pound medicines value and optimisation agenda. You will be accountable for the development and delivery of a complex programme that drives system-wide transformation in prescribing and medicines use.

• Strategic Leadership:
  Set the strategic direction for the medicines value programme across UHLG and the ICB for the next 2-5 years.
• Financial Stewardship:
  Lead the system-wide forecasting, modelling, and reporting of medicines expenditure and savings, ensuring alignment with ICB and NHS England financial plans.
• Team & System Leadership:
  Line manage and professionally lead the dedicated Medicines Value Team (including pharmacists, technicians, and analysts), while also mentoring and coaching colleagues across the region.
• System Influence & Representation:
  Represent UHLG at ICB, regional, and national strategic forums (including NHS England), influencing the medicines value and commissioning agenda.
• Clinical Service:
  Maintain and provide a highly specialist clinical pharmacy service to a named clinical specialty, acting as an expert source of medicines advice.
• Service Development & Innovation:
  Drive innovation and develop business plans to advance pharmacy services, with a particular emphasis on delivering the medicines value objectives of the Trust's pharmacy strategy.

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.

• Driving the Medicines Value Agenda:
  Lead, develop, and promote a culture of medicines value, ensuring the delivery of a high-quality, evidence-based service that aligns with the Trust’s pharmacy strategy.
• Financial Management & Reporting:
  Be the system owner for complex medicines value databases and financial tracking tools. You will ensure the accurate and timely provision of financial data, monitor high-cost drug usage, and lead cost-reduction initiatives without compromising service quality.
• People Management:
  Provide direct line management for the Medicines Value Team, overseeing recruitment, appraisals, performance, and professional development. You will act as a mentor and role model for staff at all levels.
• Strategic Collaboration & Policy:
  Collaborate with senior ICB colleagues to lead the High‑Cost Drugs working group and influence regional and national policy. You will be the trusted expert presenting the Medicines Value programme to senior stakeholders.
• Education, Training & Development:
  Ensure your team and wider pharmacy colleagues have the appropriate training to deliver the service. You will act as a tutor and contribute to educational programmes for a multi‑disciplinary audience.
• Clinical Governance & Quality:
  Integrate clinical governance into all medicines value activities, conducting impact assessments for all initiatives to ensure patient safety and service quality are never compromised.
• Expert Clinical Practice:
  When working in your clinical specialty, you will provide a highly specialist clinical pharmacy service, including patient consultations, medicine reconciliation, and acting as an integral member of the multidisciplinary team.

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