PHARMACY DEPARTMENT
Senior Pharmacist (Technical Services)
Aseptic Production Unit – Royal Liverpool University Hospital
Band 8A + EDC Full time (37.5 hours per week)
We are a major acute teaching Trust offering a wide range of clinical specialities, including tertiary referrals for HIV and Renal Medicine.
Pharmacy at LUHFT has a highly regarded Aseptic Production Unit (APU) with a brand-new Manufacturing site licensed in June 2023.
Your input will be vital in the development of facilities, production processes, service delivery, workforce configuration & growth. You will contribute to all production related elements at site and ensure that quality is at the centre of everything we do for our patients across the NHS and private healthcare settings.
With significant experience of managing a technically trained team within a GMP healthcare setting, the post holder will be capable of working under pressure, prioritising to deadlines and multi-tasking.
The post provides an ideal opportunity to further develop specialist technical skills. If you are a forward-thinking and innovative pharmacist, with a desire to embrace new challenges, why not join us in Liverpool.
For further information please contact Shakeel Herwitker, Head of Manufacturing services on 0151 706 2454, e-mailShakeel.Herwitker@liverpoolft.nhs.uk.
The post holder will contribute to overseeing the operational quality aspects of all production processes, in a cost effective and operationally efficient manner and for assuring the quality of all unlicensed medicines manufactured and prepared within Royal Liverpool Pharmaceuticals (RLP).
After a period of training and assessment the post holder will be named as a releasing officer in the Quality Manual and Site Master File.
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 Hospitalis 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 Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women’s Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis 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 theircareers page.
The post holder will be responsible for communication with all key stakeholders in the supply of all Specials (Unlicensed Medicines) prepared within the Aseptic Production Unit. This will include internal and external customers, patients, staff and other healthcare professionals.
Lead on Operational Quality matters such as microbiological and physical environmental monitoring, Component and Consumable assessments, raw material quality assessment and approval for use within manufacture and preparation of medicines.
Review and update PMU policies and procedures, in light of changes to legislation and Trust Policy or process changes at site instigated via ‘change control’ mechanisms.
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This advert closes on Wednesday 5 Mar 2025